Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:
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◊ 2015-05-07 21:32 |
New entry now I've got better quality source. Very background but it looks unusual and is onscreen for a fair time, although static so no better view possible. Looks coachbuilt for transporting big things or a recovery vehicle?? Shiny Bedford-ish grille?? If impossible, I'll ditch the page. |
◊ 2015-05-07 22:00 |
I hardly dare to suggest this, but........ https://www.flickr.com/groups/1763646@N20/pool/56358803@N02/ |
◊ 2015-05-07 22:18 |
Just in case these help:![]() ![]() ![]() Possible sleeper/extended cab, split windscreen, single rear axle but double-wheeled, big shiny crash bumper and a fair bit of other chrome, a smart livery .... |
◊ 2015-05-08 08:59 |
That was my first thought too,there are definite similarities http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/23HAfugkQd-yWNRSby0XfA but it could also be just a flashy cab on any chassis built by one of the many bodybuilders . The rear body does seem quite elaborate . -- Last edit: 2015-05-08 09:01:42 |
◊ 2015-05-08 15:11 |
Two votes secures it. Even if it's wrong in the end, it's now lodged somewhere so it can be shot at. And we have a new make. |
◊ 2017-08-08 20:36 |
![]() ![]() ![]() By chance I look to have found the same or similar truck pictured on the M1 in 1966, in a University of East Anglia Film Archive video. Not a crew cab but it appears to have strorage lockers behind the cab. Company name not legible but registration something like... XWE545 or XME545? Flashy stylised body with platform/drop-sided body sides for most of the load bed. -- Last edit: 2017-08-08 20:38:22 |
◊ 2017-08-08 20:51 |
XWE = Sheffield, 1956; XME = Middlesex Dec 51 to July 52 "allocated in blocks". |
◊ 2017-08-08 22:06 |
XMA? Cheshire? Rolls-Royce Group transport fleet? Foden? ERF? |
◊ 2017-08-09 11:25 |
"Rolls Royce Limited" Just what I was thinking, from the company name on the side. Nothing to prove its Rowe Hillmaster, no similar Rowe badge on the front. -- Last edit: 2017-08-09 11:26:03 |
◊ 2019-09-12 13:35 |
Vehicle bodywork probably by Jennings Sandbach, Cheshire both by the cab appearance and windscreen design also their connections with Rowe Hillmaster, ERF and Foden. |