F15A Trying to Identify

[Colin Alford]

I saw this thread last night and thought that I might be able to assist. I was concerned that the data plate in the truck read F15441-M-MACH-1 as opposed to F15A MACH-KL so I had a flip through the design records to figure out what the M-MACH-1 could be.

There are no Machinery Lorries listed that match M-MACH-1 and the only Machinery Lorry that entered production on a 15cwt chassis was the MACH-KL (the exception being a pilot model "Machinery Lorry 15cwt Slave Battery Charger" Code 15A-BC-1 but it appears that this pilot model was built on a Chev). I wonder if the designation F15441-M-MACH-1 was a code for the beefed-up chassis designed for a Machinery Lorry as opposed to the code for the complete vehicle?

Having not found an answer from the design records I then decided to drop by the KL in Borden during lunch to have a look at the data plates on that truck. Unfortunately the data plates are missing from the Borden truck. They were definitely on the dash (not on the door) but were missing prior to the last paint job.

Knowing that the only Machinery Lorry on a 15cwt was the KL and the fact that the remains of the body appear correct for the KL, I think that it is a safe bet that the subject truck was a KL.

Colin