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Old 07-04-08, 20:26
Rich Payne Rich Payne is offline
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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra View Post
It has been assigned "L1284648" and is shown while use in training in the UK in 1940. (Surely the "L" is a mistake, a utility vehicle / light truck like this should have been assigned either an "M" or "Z".)
Perhaps the vehicle still had a luggage compartment full of peanut butter when it was put on the weighbridge and this brought it above the 1 ton mark ?

I have had a quick flick through the re-printed Chilwell census lists and can see no trace of 'Fordson'. It looks as if for contract purposes, the supplier was always Ford.
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