Small furniture vans
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• At a Portsmouth factory of J. H. Sparshatt and Sons Ltd, where coachbuilt furniture pantechnicons have been produced for more than 50 years, production lines have now been set up for a range of 525 and 600 cu.ft capacity small vans. Smallest of these, under 30 cwt unladen, is based on the Austin Morris 250 JU chassis, with a timber-framed, scaleddown traditional Luton front body, offering 525 cu.ft capacity. Latest customer to accept two of these vehicles is Humphrey Bros (Southsea) Ltd.
Inside body length is 10ft 6in. and inside body height 711 3in. A one-piece moulded glassfibre roof is incorporated and the body rear has full drop well and tail board. The vehicles comply with TIR requirements.
Slightly larger in size and above the 30cwt limit are 600 cu.ft capacity non-Luton bodies built on Austin Morris EA chassis cabs. Two vans of this type have recently been delivered to Bishop and Sons Depositories Ltd.
Also of timber construction, these bodies offer an inside length of 12ft and inside height of 7ft 9in. Loading is facilitated by fullheight double doors at the rear, in conjunction with a simple pull-out step. These vans are also built to TIR requirements.