divibandit Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Around 1980 the Post Office were using a lot of the EA vans too. Hi Bernard, RTI do one now...I was at Ally Pally on Sat, I was even at their stand...on Monday evening I discovered they had released the EA. Grrr....timing! Steve ps Daryle Toney has released a J4. He took over the old John Day range. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Scottish Modeller Posted March 29, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 29, 2017 Hi Bernard, RTI do one now...I was at Ally Pally on Sat, I was even at their stand...on Monday evening I discovered they had released the EA. Grrr....timing! Steve ps Daryle Toney has released a J4. He took over the old John Day range. Hi Steve, Ref to Daryl Toney... Do you have any contact details? If so - can you post them up here? Thanks 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Hi Bernard, RTI do one now...I was at Ally Pally on Sat, I was even at their stand...on Monday evening I discovered they had released the EA. Grrr....timing! Steve ps Daryle Toney has released a J4. He took over the old John Day range. I bet you wish you'd read this thread before you went! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Hi Steve, Ref to Daryl Toney... Do you have any contact details? If so - can you post them up here? Thanks http://johndaymodels.webplus.net/contactus.html 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Scottish Modeller Posted March 29, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 29, 2017 http://johndaymodels.webplus.net/contactus.html Hi Merfyn, Thanks - will follow up shortly. More vans to model! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Hi Bernard, RTI do one now... Yes, I noticed it on here too. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham456 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) A 240bhp variant would be pretty nippy!YOU WHAT ! I don't think there was 24 bhp in the ones I used to drive from from Bristol Cattle market office down to wedmore back in the day! Swaddled in mail bags to keep warm,crossing prince street bridge with out slowing down between the bollards (6'6") and a EA was that is (6'2") wide! Still wonder I got away without hitting them ever! All to the sound of the rear shutter banging up and down due to the play of the worn out Henderson shutter And if I remember 40mph was it! Once had twenty five postman drivers including me in the back of a 360 in a card school to kill time in the near two hour trip to Swindon to collect some new vans Thanks for the memories.....Eeer may be not shudder! Edited March 30, 2017 by Graham456 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 The 240 refers to the capacity in cubic feet, this referred to the short wheelbase, low roof version. There were also 260 (short wheelbase, high roof), 340 (long wheelbase, low roof) and 380 I think it was (long wheelbase, high roof). A 240bhp variant would be pretty nippy! YOU WHAT ! I don't think there was 24 bhp in the ones I used to drive from from Bristol Cattle market office down to wedmore back in the day! Swaddled in mail bags to keep warm,crossing prince street bridge with out slowing down between the bollards (6'6") and a EA was that is (6'2") wide! Still wonder I got away without hitting them ever! All to the sound of the rear shutter banging up and down due to the play of the worn out Henderson shutter And if I remember 40mph was it! Once had twenty five postman drivers including me in the back of a 360 in a card school to kill time in the near two hour trip to Swindon to collect some new vans Thanks for the memories.....Eeer may be not shudder! At the end of the 70's the British Leyland motorsport team used a handful of EAs as service vans for their rally team - only theirs had the diesel engine replaced by a 3.5 litre Rover V8 - I don't know about 240bhp, but I bet they were a bit livelier than the ones the Post Office got! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 9, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 9, 2017 At the end of the 70's the British Leyland motorsport team used a handful of EAs as service vans for their rally team - only theirs had the diesel engine replaced by a 3.5 litre Rover V8 - I don't know about 240bhp, but I bet they were a bit livelier than the ones the Post Office got! But how did they handle on a slippery road when fully laden? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 But how did they handle on a slippery road when fully laden? Probably much better than on a slippery road UNladen! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busstopprints Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Looks better in the english livery! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted May 14, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2017 (edited) The 'spacevans' and later Sherpas were used more for delivery and collection work, benches being fitted in the back for postmen to ride on while being taken out to their 'walks'l; side facing seating in a vehicle with no windows would be highly illegal now of course! They would not be a common site at a larger station, but could well turn up to pick up bags or parcels at smaller ones, especially in the days when dmus and other local trains had brake van space to carry such things. Box vans like the ones Geoff Delticman has made such a good job here of were used for station transfer work to the sorting office, and were a constant 24 hour feature of station forecourts or parcels entrances and the roads between there and the sorting office, and very suggestive of whatever period they are from. A couple of red painted Royal Mail barrows, empty, or piled with bags (in which case someone should be in attendance and working on them), in the vicinity would complete the picture in the days before 'York' containers were used, pre early 90s IIRC. Later than that, of course, the yorkies took over! Geoff, it might be worth getting in touch with Royal Mail Sheffield about number plates. Edited May 14, 2017 by The Johnster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
divibandit Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Looks better in the english livery! Hi, Are those your own transfers? If so, do you do others? You mentioned them in 'Road Vehicles for a bit' thread. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Looks better in the english livery! But not round here . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busstopprints Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Hi, Are those your own transfers? If so, do you do others? You mentioned them in 'Road Vehicles for a bit' thread. Steve Yes i do produce them, what are you looking for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Has anyone got any good photos of Royal Mail Sherpa vans? Thanks in anticipation. G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchinLoco Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Has anyone got any good photos of Royal Mail Sherpa vans? Thanks in anticipation. G. May not be much help scanned these in the other day. Happened a good many years back. I have quite a few other shots that may be of more use so I will try and scan and post later. Gordon W. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchinLoco Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Hi Grahame, Possibly not much help but unless some better ones turn up have these.. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 BMC J4 just announced by Oxford Diecast in Royal Mail livery. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
divibandit Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 BMC J4 just announced by Oxford Diecast in Royal Mail livery. How far in the future is it, though? This underlines Bernard TPM's point about Oxford and the kit market, especially in view of the fact that Daryle Toney has also recently released a J4 in Royal Mail livery. Steve ps this doesn't mean I won't buy one...as well as Daryle's, of course! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wamwig Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) How far in the future is it, though? This underlines Bernard TPM's point about Oxford and the kit market, especially in view of the fact that Daryle Toney has also recently released a J4 in Royal Mail livery. Steve ps this doesn't mean I won't buy one...as well as Daryle's, of course! Hmmm probably Q1 2018 for the Oxford version. Indeed that's what the new Oxford Diecast catalogue says. Edited June 7, 2017 by wamwig Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
divibandit Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Yes i do produce them, what are you looking for? Hi, To start with, I'd be interested in those English Royal Mail transfers as on your Sherpa! The Trackside LD also has modern Welsh transfers so they'd need to be replaced too. Would you consider publishing a list of transfers? Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busstopprints Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 I can produce most things except white writing as white isnt a colour to all domestic printers Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
divibandit Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) I finally ordered a J4 from Daryle at John Day models, paid for it yesterday and it turned up this morning! It's a nice clean casting with a good interior (ideal to add a driver...) and easy to fit wheels that I might be able to steer. Steve Edited October 7, 2017 by divibandit 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Izzy Posted October 4, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2018 I can vividly remember driving a J4 on afternoon collections during the long hot summer of ‘76 when you could have cooked a good meal on the flipping engine cover sat between the seats.... Then there was some Idiot who thought getting mini vans was a good idea...... Oh the good old days...... Izzy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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