MORRIS MINOR VANS USED BY THE GPO & PO

PART THREE

In this part of the feature we look at two late red Post Office vans, deployed on different duties to the mail vans, firstly a Post Engineering van (PoE) registered at EML 137J and secondly a Driver’s Instruction van (DI) registered as XKG 617K, surprisingly Driver instruction was also an Engineering Dept function!

PoE vans

Postal engineering vans (PoE) were supplied from 1969 in the mail van livery, but later after experimenting with a stark difference appeared they had a 6in white band painted around the waist of the van back, some also had a white stripe continue over the bonnet and the cab roof. Signage of ‘Postal Engineering’ appeared in black was on the stripe and they carried a gold crown. Some of these vans also carried the roof ladder rack, but less than 250 of these vehicles were supplied to the GPO/PO and only 90 or so carried