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I have never seen photos of the elusive Dodge tippers. Reference is made to them in the Treasury Requirements Committee minutes as foreign exchange was required to pay for them. It seems that a done deal was made by the Chairman of the LCC [LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL] to order them in 1941 and they were delivered under civilian contract, possibly not through the Ministry of Supply. In other words, they acquired them from Dodge Bros (Britain) Ltd of Kew, then in Surrey, and they had them imported as chassis cabs and I would imagine bodied over here with tipping gear. I wonder if there is anything in the Pathe library on them?
I do have a few shots of trucks in Hyde Park where there was a massive neat stack of rubble. The military were used to cart away tons presumably for runways etc., and used Bedford OYs. The civilians included tippers from civvy contractors. There were also salvage sales there, in order to repair damaged buildings, and also recovered vehicles etc.
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