[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Richard the Contract number is V.4914, so much later than the Census Number might suggest: V.3949 was the 1941? batch and the first series production.

I am pondering whether this was representative of lorries that were to be refurbished perhaps, but more likely de-bodied and shipped to Europe or even the Far East? I have been pondering what "LOT 521" is, and the fact that the cab and body have different "F" numbers. I conjected that they might be shipping numbers for manifest or census purposes. I.e. they dismantled the bodies from the chassis-cabs then shipped them out.

I am stumped, truly stumped on this one!

I have pored over hi-res blow-ups of the two photos. On the left side there are padlocks in place on boxes. The wheels look as though they have been painted black and the tyres look good. There appears to be no spare wheel which presumably would be at the rear on this body? Also no sling flanges on the hubs. In the cab on the back there is some form of printed notice.