tyneside:
Hi BuzzerDo you know if the TH Brewis photo is the Northumberland branch of the family??
Tyneside
Sorry TS I dont know the answer to that, cheers Buzzer
old 67:
A couple of oldies, not certain about the lorry but I think it is a Commer ?
My money says nobody can identify the car !! ■■
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Regards John.
The van is a 1938 Ford V8, registered in Salford in late '38. The car isn’t any make of American ‘production’ car, it looks to be something either from the Eastern Bloc or maybe home-built on a light truck chassis.
I’d agree with Ray for the Reo. The stretch “limo” well changed my mind about the London cab bits, so 1950s and reg looks UK but the fashion of that era women wore hats, the blokes with not a flat cap or ■■■ among them, a tricky one.
Oily
Thanks to Buzzer, Suedehead, pyewacket947v, lurpak, old 67 and coomsey for the pics 
Oily
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oiltreader:
I’d agree with Ray for the Reo and the stretch “limo” from the windscreen back has a bit of 1960s London black cab about it.
Oily
Definitely a Ford model 85, built in their plants around the world (with minor trim differences for 1939) in weights from 1/2 ton upwards. There was a six-wheel version built in Britain, known s the “Sussex” which was used by the RAF in WW2 as balloon winch trucks.
fodenway:
oiltreader:
I’d agree with Ray for the Reo and the stretch “limo” from the windscreen back has a bit of 1960s London black cab about it.
OilyDefinitely a Ford model 85, built in their plants around the world (with minor trim differences for 1939) in weights from 1/2 ton upwards. There was a six-wheel version built in Britain, known s the “Sussex” which was used by the RAF in WW2 as balloon winch trucks.
Thanks for that fodenway
Oily
25 April 1986
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Warwick
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Wrong side of the fence.
A little Commer/Karrier box van still being useful in agriculture.
coomsey:
A rum bit of kit! NMP off FB
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I know that one is a Merc, but wasn’t it based on a Jensen Tempo,or the result of some sort of tie up between the
two companies.?
A few oldies from Orkney, NMP’s. Les.
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fodenway:
oiltreader:
I’d agree with Ray for the Reo and the stretch “limo” from the windscreen back has a bit of 1960s London black cab about it.
OilyDefinitely a Ford model 85, built in their plants around the world (with minor trim differences for 1939) in weights from 1/2 ton upwards. There was a six-wheel version built in Britain, known s the “Sussex” which was used by the RAF in WW2 as balloon winch trucks.
Hi, I have looked at the cab section of the green lorry, and with its split windscreen, it is very much like what became the Ford 4D series cab.
North Western Gas Board had dozens of these Fords, the earlier ones were V8 petrol, some were 4 cylinder petrol, referred to as a Costcutter,
and the later ones had a 4 cylinder diesel engine. Some of them were rigid 4 wheelers, and some were artics with Scammell hitch trailer coupling.
Some trailers were tippers for bulk deliveries of coke, others were 25ft flat beds for delivering bagged coke to peoples houses, schools, etc.
Cheers, Ray.
coomsey:
A rum bit of kit! NMP off FB
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The Mercedes works team used those transporters in the fifties before they withdrew from racing after the Le Mans disaster, they were capable of over 100 mph.
Pete.
Les P , is that Vince driving Taits DAF. ? That must be on the A9 no hills or roads like this in Orkney.
Cheers, Leyland 600
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windrush:
coomsey:
A rum bit of kit! NMP off FB
0The Mercedes works team used those transporters in the fifties before they withdrew from racing after the Le Mans disaster, they were capable of over 100 mph.
Pete.
You’d need stainless steel doodahs to drive that at 50mph Pete let alone 100
Leyland600:
Les P , is that Vince driving Taits DAF. ? That must be on the A9 no hills or roads like this in Orkney.
Cheers, Leyland 600
Yes sure its Vince and not on Orkney, too hilly and the trees are straight. . Les.
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