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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2024 => Topic started by: sichel on December 28, 2023, 12:37:02 PM
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Which truck does this driver's place belong to?
Manufacturer, type and year of manufacture.
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Up to the Experts.
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Mercedes
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Not quite correct, but wrong ;)
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Hanomag Henschel
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No, don't make it quite that easy for yourself ;)
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Unimog
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No, not again.
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German
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No.
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French
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Unfortunately not either.
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GB
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Yes.
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Truck ?
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Yes, it is a truck.
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AEC
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No.
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From the USA?
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No.
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Sorry for wasting your time - I had missed the 'Yes' to GB.
let's try the other end of the alphabet to Bill d isere - Is it a Vulcan?
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1970's
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The mystery lorry was created before the 1970s, when Vulcan Motor and Engineering Co Limited no longer existed.
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Up to the Professionals.
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An Austin 504?
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It's not an Austin 504 but it's very, very closely related. Locked for you.
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An Austin 503 maybe?
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No, the type designation consists of two letters.
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Then I guess it's an Austin FF.
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You guessed right! Now only the year of manufacture is missing. Locked for neilshouse.
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1958?
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The brochure from which the illustration is taken is from the 60s...
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The range of BMC lorries from this era is a bit confusing. I have found a website that states that the FF was built from 1958 to 1961 when it was replaced by the very similar FH. So I'm guessing 1961 for your brochure photo.
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This confusion is perhaps typical of BMC's model policy, not only for the trucks...
My source is a Dutch brochure from 1962. Let's assume that this type was still exported in 1962 under the designation FF...
Did Austin or BMC have branches or assembly plants on the continent?
In any case, there is a point for this solution.
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I know that BMC had factories in Belgium and Holland although I'm not sure if heavy commercial vehicles were produced/assembled there.