1957 Austin 5-Ton 503 British Road Services [FE]

1957 Austin 5-Ton [FE] in They Take The High Road, Short Movie, 1960

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1957 Austin 5-Ton 503 British Road Services [FE]

00:00:42 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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dsl ◊ 2017-10-01 23:14	Main and this group are ASX 920 = early 1957, West Lothian and seen in Glasgow Another seen later in Aberdeen - ASX 914 (or might be 974) Originally described as Sunbar wrote Morris FE-series or Austin 3-ton 1955-1959
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2017-10-02 11:46	Originally described as accurately as is possible, except I think 3 ton is a bit too light for one of those BR containers. -- Last edit: 2017-10-02 11:49:44
Sunbar ◊ 2017-10-02 14:23	There was I believe no lighter tractor unit based on the 3-tonner, my error. As 'simple trucks ratings are for the short wheelbase models were... 1955-1959 Austin/Morris FE (Austin Series III/Morris) '503' 5-Ton 120" w/base 1955-1959 BMC FE '701' 7-Ton 120" w/base (BMC grille Series III) For a tractor unit the ratings are higher; probably 6-7 tons (based on 5-ton simple truck) and 8-9 ton (for the 7-ton base chassis). British Railways apparently had lighter Austin Loadstar tractor units but these would be unique for their lighter deliveries. edit: BMC/Austin-Morris used the same 5-ton '503' and 7-ton '701' designations for the tractor units, although the tractor-trailer unit would be considerably higher (but not specified) a result of the rather loose ratings used at the time. Default to Austin FE perhaps? -- Last edit: 2017-10-02 14:45:15

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dsl

◊ 2017-10-01 23:14

Main and this group are ASX 920 = early 1957, West Lothian and seen in Glasgow

Another seen later in Aberdeen - ASX 914 (or might be 974)

Originally described as

Sunbar wrote Morris FE-series or Austin 3-ton 1955-1959

johnfromstaffs

◊ 2017-10-02 11:46

Originally described as accurately as is possible, except I think 3 ton is a bit too light for one of those BR containers.

-- Last edit: 2017-10-02 11:49:44

Sunbar

◊ 2017-10-02 14:23

There was I believe no lighter tractor unit based on the 3-tonner, my error.

As 'simple trucks ratings are for the short wheelbase models were...

1955-1959 Austin/Morris FE (Austin Series III/Morris) '503' 5-Ton 120" w/base
1955-1959 BMC FE '701' 7-Ton 120" w/base (BMC grille Series III)

For a tractor unit the ratings are higher; probably 6-7 tons (based on 5-ton simple truck) and 8-9 ton (for the 7-ton base chassis). British Railways apparently had lighter Austin Loadstar tractor units but these would be unique for their lighter deliveries.

edit: BMC/Austin-Morris used the same 5-ton '503' and 7-ton '701' designations for the tractor units, although the tractor-trailer unit would be considerably higher (but not specified) a result of the rather loose ratings used at the time.

Default to Austin FE perhaps?

-- Last edit: 2017-10-02 14:45:15

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1957 Austin 5-Ton 503 British Road Services [FE]

1957 Austin 5-Ton [FE] in They Take The High Road, Short Movie, 1960

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