Wagons

Hello,
I have two of these wagons.Could any one give me any basic info on what year / decade they were produced ? I intend to fix one up.If any one could identify the limited amount of sign writing I could get it replaced. Many thanks.

 

Hello,
Your link does not work or what ever you asking for us to see.

Nick

 

Thanks Nick,I think ive fixed it.

 

They look suspiciously like LMS 10 ton 4 wheelers......

 

Thankyou I will look that up.

 

Do the VCT know you've got them?....

The more I look they do look like LMS Vans - and a mate & I discovered a very similar grounded body in the New Forest that they didn't know existed!

 

Thanks,what is the VCT?
Found it.vintage carriage trust?

 

This is the link - http://www.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ have a look around

 

One of the pictures shows the TOPS code VVV, and another has a tare weight in kg, both of which suggest they were still in use as late as the mid 1970s. I remember seeing many similar van bodies taken away for use by farmers while the chassis and wheels were cut for scrap.

 

It also carries the repair code "5 80/6003", which means it was in traffic after May 1980. It's a BR Standard 12ton, vacuum brake fitted, ventilated van, thus the TOPS code VVV.
Probably built sometime in the early/mid 1950s. Hundreds, if not thousands, of these and similar pre-nationalisation van bodies were sold, mainly for use as farm sheds. When I farmed in Suffolk in the 1970s/80s a Mr Loades, from Beccles, was selling them for £50 to 60 each! They made excellent pig or calf shelters and judging by the condition of the floor, this one may have had that use.

 

Thanks to every one for the info.