The LDV Pilot was the last of a series of a panel vans that was produced by from 1974 until 2005, originally as the 1974 Leyland Sherpa developed by the Austin-Morris division of British Leyland, which was in turn derived from earlier light commercials produced by the British Motor Corporation.

The Morris Commercial J4 was a 10 cwt forward-control van launched by Morris Commercial in 1960 and produced with two facelifts until 1974.