Advertising Last completed movie pages 1955 Austin 5-Ton 503 [FE]Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin: 
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◊ 2014-10-27 08:42 |
Morris/Austin FV? - http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/commercials/commerials-light-trucks/ |
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◊ 2014-10-27 12:19 |
Local assembly. |
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◊ 2014-10-27 12:44 |
1955-9 Austin 3-Ton [FE] (it appears to have an Austin grille with two horizontal bars). |
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◊ 2014-10-27 12:45 |
Acording to http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/commercials/commerials-light-trucks/ it should be a FV Series II cab 'in Austin form'. |
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◊ 2014-10-27 12:52 |
I disagree with you, Sunbar. It is not the sytling of 1955 [FE] but the one of '54 [FV II]. (All my knowledge lying upon the page linked before.) The lorry grille is slightly better seen here, /vehicle_751885-Commer.html |
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◊ 2014-10-29 12:41 |
Aus assembly of FE was 1955-59 in 5.0 to 7.0 Ton versions as 503 to 701. . No FV II assembly. |
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◊ 2014-10-29 13:15 |
DidierF, the Austin-Rover OnLine data is incomplete and has errors. "the Series II also featured distinct styling for its Morris and Austin versions" - The introduction date of the Austin version was either 1954 or 1955 and the grille remained unchanged throughout Austin FE production. "In 1955, after just one year, the FV was replaced by the FE (or Series III) cab. The FE saw the individual Morris and Austin styling replaced with a single corporate design, although it was still sold under both brands." Not true they were specific Austin and Morris grilles (the Morris grille is not shown /vehicle_434974-Morris-FE-1957.html). The BMC grille shown was used much later. |
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◊ 2014-10-29 13:32 |
See also http://www.simoncars.co.uk/morriscv/morrisfj.html which shows FV II, but may also have problems of mixing up Austin and Morris as same patterns. |
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◊ 2014-10-29 15:16 |
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24467251@N02/15346688368/in/photostream/ Willenhall Motor Panels cab, Morris version picture before it is Austin version, vehicle referred to as FE. This cab also used by Foden amongst others. -- Last edit: 2014-10-29 15:19:08 |
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◊ 2014-10-29 17:20 |
The Austin and Morris FE forward control trucks were introduced at the same time as Austin and Morris WE normal control trucks 1n March 1955. Link to "archive.commercialmotor.com" Both FE forward control and WE normal control cabs used the same new lower front panels (with the necessary Austin or Morris also later a BMC grille). I can find no Austin equivalent to the Morris FV series II (with the inverted heart-shaped grille) introduced in about 1954 and doubt its existance. However perhaps an example will turn up in the future with or without the same lower front panel. |
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