Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin: — Made for:
Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2021-02-14 14:47 |
Ford Trader? Seems to have FORD letters on grill... |
◊ 2021-02-14 16:13 |
/vehicle_193967-Thames-Trader-641E-1962.html There do not seem to be any Ford Traders that look like this, they are called “Thames”. -- Last edit: 2021-02-14 16:15:44 |
◊ 2021-02-14 16:19 |
(from https://autocart.biz/ford-trader/ ) |
◊ 2021-02-14 16:23 |
I meant on this database. |
◊ 2021-02-14 16:42 |
Why? We have few of them. |
◊ 2021-02-14 16:44 |
Sorry, all I saw was the forward control type. |
◊ 2021-02-14 17:26 |
We also have the Ford K-Series [640E], so possible naming conflict? I don't profess to any certainty of Ford dropping the Trader name but I thought the K series was the later truck (from K = Koln?). /vehicles.php?make=Ford&model=K-Series&modelMatch=1&modelInclModel=on "With the introduction of the Ford forward control D series the normal-control models will be called the Ford K series" CM archive http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/2nd-april-1965/81/permutation -- Last edit: 2021-02-14 17:27:13 |
◊ 2021-02-14 17:30 |
Probably needs some deductive guesswork to pin down a name/date. UK naming followed the path taken by jfs of Thames brand until March 65 when all Thames lines were renamed Ford (see also 400E, Anglia vans etc), which makes that red one in Jale's link with 66 D plate and Ford badge a useful reference for the change. But strong suspicions that Thames was not used for export branding (or not used for exports to non-English-speaking markets, so these were probably sold as Fords from debut (1962?) in somewhere like Morocco, maybe with Thames Trader as model name. A wobbly is that I think Ebro made some similar models with this cab, and maybe Ford Germany did something similar as well?? But if we assume UK build, which I think we have loads more of than any other source, 1962+ Ford (make) Trader or Thames Trader (model) [642E] (LHD code), UK origin, made for Morocco is my best punt. Grille badge here seems words rather than F O R D, so there may be another title in play. |
◊ 2021-02-14 17:58 |
From recall of trips to Spain back in the day the EBRO versions always looked slightly different as though the drawings were slightly changed by metrication. /vehicle_402629-Ebro-C-Series.html Haven’t spotted one with a bonnet. Plus, some wise words from the keyboard of Chris40, rip. /vehicle_358488-Ebro-C-150-1965.html -- Last edit: 2021-02-14 18:09:26 |
◊ 2021-02-14 19:18 |
The grille says F O R D (the 'O' is slightly out of position), the grille itself is UK source, not Ford FK (Germany) which had vertical slits for the grille. For Ford UK initially, in February 1962, Thames Trader normal control Thames Trader NC 15, 20, 30, 50 and 70. Then after 1965 Ford K-Series. Ford K150, K200, K300, K600, K700 and K750. Ebro doesn't appear to me to feature with Ford on the grille. |
◊ 2021-02-14 20:23 |