1954 Foden FG

1954 Foden FG in Make Way For Steel, Documentary, 1966

Class: Trucks, Trailer truck (tractor) — Model origin:

00:17:52 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2024-03-12 02:48
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2024-03-12 13:24	Foden FG.
dsl ◊ 2024-03-13 18:22	If plate is WGG 500, = Glasgow, April 59. But not clear enough to be confident.
jcb ◊ 2024-03-16 02:40	Those were the days when not only could we build steelworks from scratch. We also could build all of the complex process machinery that went into them. Redcar steelworks built in the 1970s which was blown up last year was mainly designed, built and fabricated locally on Teesside from Teesside steel.
jcb ◊ 2024-03-16 02:42	There is a stylish red sports car in second thumb.
dsl ◊ 2024-03-16 03:00	^ I think MG TF
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2024-03-16 09:04	I think 1959 is too late for the cab design shown, and would suggest that the index is either MGE or MGG, in which case the date is either March or April of 1954, still Glasgow though.
Sunbar ◊ 2024-03-16 13:13	1947-1957 Foden FG for this cab; the grp composite cab being introduced in August 1957.