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1941 Morrison Electrics Milk Float 
Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2016-12-31 12:48 |
![[Image: mf2.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10555/mf2.jpg) Real one: ![[Image: mf3.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10555/mf3.jpg) |
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◊ 2016-12-31 13:24 |
Late 1940 plate - slightly surprising for a milk float to be registered during WW2?? |
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◊ 2016-12-31 13:49 |
The towing eye in the centre of the front panel under the registration plate suggests that this may be a Brush 10/14 cwt. https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/5922588525/in/pool-559616@N22/ http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/cooperative,float/Interesting See HYN86. -- Last edit: 2016-12-31 13:59:37 |
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◊ 2016-12-31 20:01 |
My first thought was an NCB Electric, the basis for models by Dinky, Pocketbond and Days Gone. |
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◊ 2017-01-03 19:30 |
real one indeed down to number![[Image: _smbriggs2-3.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/13592/_smbriggs2-3.jpg) |
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◊ 2017-01-06 13:00 |
Unlike petrol or diesel engined vehicles, the manufacture of electric vehicles was positively promoted during WWII. Local delivery of foods, other than milk, and mobile shops (if local shops were bomb damaged) were also based on the 'Milk Float' design. It may have been partly this that resulted in electric milk float development being so advanced that they became so accepted in Britain. Their range and reliability were ideal for local town work. |
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◊ 2017-01-06 21:01 |
If we take the registration date of 1941 as valid its likely a Morrison Electrics chassis with its original body or possibly rebodied later. Brush four-wheeled battery electric vehicles first appeared in 1946/7; CM Archive & Brush.eu History The Smith's Electric Vehicles started as Smiths-NCB in 1948/9; 'History of Electric Cars' By Nigel Burton Pre-WWII milk floats and delivery vans were from Morrison Electrics, Electricar, Ereeash, Metrovick, Midland, Murphy, Sunbeam, Victor and Wilson-Electric (also others not found?). My guess would be a 1941 Morrison Electrics (Morrison-Electricar being formed in 1946). |
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◊ 2021-01-22 15:37 |
The reason these things were so widely used is because the milk was delivered early in the morning (I'd guess 6-7 am) when most people were asleep. Since electric engines are much quieter than your normal combustion engine (in my experience even if you floor it, the only sound the engine makes is a quiet high-pitched vreeeeee) that meant the delivery person could drive down a road and not worry about the van's engine waking people up. |
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