ramone:
gingerfold:
0What a great period photo Graham ,this must have been an early Mammoth Major ,is that the air cleaner on the n/s of the cab?
The above photograph has not reproduced in your post. I presume that you mean this lorry with the following
caption:-Northern Ireland based AEC Mammoth Major Mk.II, 1938
I’ve seen several photographs of pre-war AEC lorries that have a box mounted outside on the lefthand side of
their cabs,and I’ve always assumed that this box is the reservoir tank part of the Autovac fuel feed system.
Strange thing is that not all pre-war AEC lorries had an outside Autovac tank - was it fitted inside the cab on some AEC lorries? Many pre-war AEC motorcoaches and buses also had Autovac tanks,and these were mounted on the outside of the bulkhead next to the engine,as on this 1930s AEC Regal Single Decker Bus,Provincial
No.28:-
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Other pre-war motorcoaches and buses,such as Bristol’s and Leyland’s,also had outside Autovac tanks.
VALKYRIE.