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Title: SOLVED: si_548 - Austin - FF-Innenraum - 1962
Post by: sichel on December 28, 2023, 12:37:02 PM
Which truck does this driver's place belong to?
Manufacturer, type and year of manufacture.
Title: Re: si_548
Post by: sichel on January 05, 2024, 05:00:04 AM
Up to the Experts.
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Post by: Bill d isere on January 05, 2024, 08:54:29 AM
Mercedes
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Post by: sichel on January 08, 2024, 04:21:32 PM
Not quite correct, but wrong  ;)
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Post by: Bill d isere on January 09, 2024, 02:20:00 AM
Hanomag Henschel
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Post by: sichel on January 09, 2024, 05:58:00 AM
No, don't make it quite that easy for yourself  ;)
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Post by: Bill d isere on January 09, 2024, 09:49:42 AM
Unimog
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Post by: sichel on January 09, 2024, 11:41:48 AM
No, not again.
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Post by: Bill d isere on January 09, 2024, 02:39:12 PM
German
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Post by: sichel on January 09, 2024, 02:46:32 PM
No.
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Post by: Bill d isere on January 10, 2024, 02:16:35 AM
French
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Post by: sichel on January 10, 2024, 12:10:27 PM
Unfortunately not either.
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Post by: Bill d isere on January 10, 2024, 12:57:26 PM
GB
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Post by: sichel on January 10, 2024, 01:18:53 PM
Yes.
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Post by: Bill d isere on January 11, 2024, 03:58:16 AM
Truck ?
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Post by: sichel on January 11, 2024, 04:25:42 PM
Yes, it is a truck.
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Post by: Bill d isere on January 12, 2024, 06:03:45 AM
AEC
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Post by: sichel on January 12, 2024, 07:24:10 AM
No.
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Post by: D-type on January 12, 2024, 10:53:59 AM
From the USA?
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Post by: sichel on January 12, 2024, 04:22:47 PM
No.
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Post by: D-type on January 12, 2024, 06:57:01 PM
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?
Title: Re: si_548
Post by: Bill d isere on January 13, 2024, 05:16:38 AM
1970's
Title: Re: si_548
Post by: sichel on January 13, 2024, 12:08:00 PM
The mystery lorry was created before the 1970s, when Vulcan Motor and Engineering Co Limited no longer existed.
Title: Re: si_548
Post by: sichel on January 27, 2024, 04:39:46 PM
Up to the Professionals.
Title: Re: si_548
Post by: neilshouse on February 01, 2024, 01:01:27 AM
An Austin 504?
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Post by: sichel on February 01, 2024, 05:04:07 AM
It's not an Austin 504 but it's very, very closely related. Locked for you.
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Post by: neilshouse on February 02, 2024, 01:44:41 AM
An Austin 503 maybe?
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Post by: sichel on February 02, 2024, 02:56:26 AM
No, the type designation consists of two letters.
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Post by: neilshouse on February 03, 2024, 01:55:45 AM
Then I guess it's an Austin FF.
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Post by: sichel on February 03, 2024, 01:50:07 PM
You guessed right! Now only the year of manufacture is missing. Locked for neilshouse.
Title: Re: si_548
Post by: neilshouse on February 04, 2024, 01:27:18 AM
1958?
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Post by: sichel on February 04, 2024, 08:06:27 AM
The brochure from which the illustration is taken is from the 60s...
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Post by: neilshouse on February 08, 2024, 12:36:21 AM
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.
Title: Re: si_548
Post by: sichel on February 08, 2024, 06:55:00 AM
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.
Title: Re: SOLVED: si_548 - Austin - FF-Innenraum - 1962
Post by: neilshouse on February 09, 2024, 03:02:30 AM
I know that BMC had factories in Belgium and Holland although I'm not sure if heavy commercial vehicles were produced/assembled there.