The Morris Minor van became available in 1953, five years after the saloon had been introduced. One of the biggest customers was the GPO, who were looking for a quarter-ton van to succeed the Morris Z van. By the end of production, over 300,000 vans and pick-ups had been manufactured.

Differing from the car in that it was built on a frame chassis, the commercial version had a more spartan interior and less brightwork.

The GPO specified many accessories on its vans including increased security, different interior trim and GPO specification mirrors. Early GPO vans also had rubber front wings to reduce damage.

This GPO van is one of the later models complete with many of the accessories that the telephone engineers used in their everyday business.