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Ray Smyth:
Unusual Ford Thames 6 wheeler of W.Scott & Sons of Aintree, Liverpool.
I cant make out the signwriting on the cab door, stating what type of
“Manufacturers” they were, soft drinks perhaps ?. Also, what weight would
it carry, seeing that it has 6 stud wheels ? Picture from Bootle Forum.
Ray Smyth.This pic taken in 1990.
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The Ford Thames 6 wheeler has a London number, RGP 789, and I think that it
may have been a lorry connected to some government department. It would be
interesting to learn whose lorry it was from new. Ray Smyth.
I have done a bit of ferreting about, and this Ford Thames was new in 1952. It is shown on
modern records as being diesel with an engine capacity of 3800cc/ 3.8 litres. This may refer
to a 4D engine which became quite common in Ford Thames lorries, but perhaps, from new,
it may have had a side valve V8 petrol, or maybe the 4 cyl OHV engine which we referred to
as the “Cost Cutter”. The G.V.W of the Ford is 9145 kg. Ray Smyth.