A MILK float, nearly 70 years old, is one of the more unusual lots entered into an auction at a motor museum in Somerset.
A rare Austin-Morris J Type milk float, which was built at some point in the 1950s, has been entered into the Charterhouse auction of classic & vintage cars on Thursday, October 23, at The Haynes Motor Museum in Yeovil.
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“I am pleased to say we still have milk delivered to our home three times a week, although it is in a much more modern milk float!” said Richard Bromell, an auctioneer at Charterhouse in Sherborne.
First registered in 1956, this rare Austin-Morris J Type rolled off the production line with a cab and a chassis and was then fitted with the specialist milk float back by a company in Poole.
It was used by Coward Brothers Dairy in Shaftesbury for many years. It even made guest appearances in the hugely popular TV Heartbeat series.
Estimated at £12,000-14,000, this British-built and designed Austin-Morris J Type milk float will no doubt appeal to collectors of light commercial vehicles and museums alike.
Charterhouse are inviting further entries for this specialist vintage and classic car auction on October 23.
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