Advertising 1946 ERF DI6 Class: Trucks, Trailer truck (tractor) — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2014-07-19 17:44 |
![[Image: 07-10erf.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/07-10erf.jpg) ![[Image: 07-10erfhpo.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/07-10erfhpo.jpg) End of 46 plate - HPO 3xx. Excavator load at /vehicle_722326-Marion.html -- Last edit: 2014-07-19 21:23:09 |
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◊ 2014-07-20 14:16 |
Possibly ERF CI6? Information extracted from Commercial Motor Archive.. The cab dates from 1936 CI4, CI5 and CI6, as 3-ton 4-ton and 7½-Ton rigids 4,6 or 8 wheel (simple) trucks with separate trailers. Nothing to suggest an ERF tractor unit before 1939 although they did see some wartime use. Wheelbase 11ft or 12ft 6in. A 7½-Ton simple truck possibly becomes a 16 to 18 ton tractor unit? ERF CI6 https://www.flickr.com/photos/atkidave/5166958307/ -- Last edit: 2014-07-20 15:46:40 |
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◊ 2014-07-20 15:47 |
I was a bit surprised with plate date as early as 1946 - was expecting something closer to filming date (maybe 50/51 as this would have been early site arrival) because very clean, shiny and new looking, not well used appearance. Also a publicity opportunity for McAlpine to show off their newest stuff. |
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◊ 2014-07-20 17:30 |
Between 1945-1951 many manufacturers were concentrating on export markets I thought. Certainly there would be fewer new trucks than normal. I was thinking that the Thornycroft Amazon tipper truck used by McAlpine could be ex-WD and (less likely) this truck also. The 'McAlpine' signs look 'added-on' or temporary. |
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◊ 2014-07-20 17:48 |
Its a fair bet the Amazon and the Foden DG were ex military with new tipper/dump bodies. Companies were desperate for new vehicles after the war so looks like Macs were lucky enough to get a new ERF . -- Last edit: 2014-07-20 17:53:05 |
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◊ 2014-07-20 18:37 |
ERF DI6 looks to be correct for the period 1943-5. http://hymanltd.com/vehicles/4792-1942-erf-d16-truck/ http://avtoinetolko.ru/2013/12/klassicheskij-britanskij-sedelnik-erf/ Link to "www.flickr.com" Naming apparently the ERF Series was something like... ERF original OE range, standing for 'Oil Engine'. Then the 1936 CI (Compression Ignition), followed by the DI series in the early 1940s. |
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