1952 Austin A70 Hereford Van [BK3]

1952 Austin A70 Hereford Van [BK3] in Oxford, Short Movie, 1958

Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin:

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dsl ◊ 2016-09-14 15:15	A70 Hereford van?? Is it likely to be escorting the precious Rootes-jewels on their journey from Cowley to Ryton or a random coincidence??
dsl ◊ 2016-09-16 15:05	Can't find anything at all about any A70 Hereford van production. There was a Pick-up and a chassis-cab was also offered (both [BK3] code) and these produced some conversions eg this low-roof van - https://www.flickr.com/photos/aceanorak/6958338991 - and Shooting Brakes. But a complete blank for anything high-roof like this, apart from a newspaper van with no info and a different style for Girling works van.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2016-09-16 17:22	It looks like a converted pickup to me.
dsl ◊ 2016-09-17 02:14	Found a book reference that the Hereford pick-ups were sub-contracted to Briggs of Dagenham, with 20,000 built 1950-54. The previous A70 Hampshire [BQU2] pick-ups were built by Jensen in 5 batches (possibly 1000 in each = 5000 total) and very successful exports to Africa, Australia and NZ.
Sunbar ◊ 2017-07-29 11:37	Pick-up "bodywork by Anthony Hoists Ltd. Ruislip, UK which concern ... builds the Austin A70 and Fordson 10-cwt pick-up bodies" Link to "archive.commercialmotor.com" http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Anthony_Hoists