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Austin LD Cummins Conquest Ice-Cream Van

Austin LD in On the Edge, Movie, 2001 IMDB

Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin: UK

Austin LD Cummins Conquest Ice-Cream Van

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Sandie SX

2012-05-05 02:18

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[Image: unknownicecreamtruck.jpg]

mini95 EN

2012-05-05 20:17

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Looks like a Leyland FG to me.

chris40 UK

2012-05-05 22:06

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It could be, but it's been baffling me; could be based on a Commer BF or an Austin/Morris/BMC LD. Don't be misled by the doggie windows.

dsl SX

2012-05-05 22:10

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I was thinking BMC LD-ish too - the wheels are light/medium van.

Sandie SX

2012-05-06 01:31

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I have a lead: http://www.whitbymorrison.com/_files/download_12/1.pdf but agree that it looks too small to be based on an FG in this case. Maybe something smaller with a similar body?

dsl SX

2012-05-06 01:54

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Your link has made me much readier to accept FG - I think the size and proportions are very close, particularly if you look at the wheelbase and lower body contents between the arches, and then the portions fore and aft. And the wheels match. Apart from the pug-nosed front with slight roof roll-over and some different lower side vents, the match is very good.

Sunbar UK

2012-05-06 14:07

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FG is correct I believe, I've seen a few pictures of these in the past.

FG K30 1½-Ton 9'6" standard wheelbase looks about right.

However looking again at the thumbnail the front matches the very early advert on the previous link http://www.whitbymorrison.com/_files/download_12/1.pdf so Morris-Commercial is most likely, before reverting to the more standard front.

Sunbar UK

2012-05-06 14:31

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OK chris40 congratulations :beer: you had it right.

Austin LD as here http://www.flickr.com/photos/57312633@N07/5282852922/in/photostream/

[Image: austinld.jpg]

Comparing the wheelbase and rear wheel position with red ends to the 'torpedo sign' in the old advert it matches the Austin LD and the FG would to too long.

chris40 UK

2012-05-06 15:50

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:) [:aboire] - more by luck than judgment.

dsl SX

2012-05-06 15:56

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Like the old British Railways slogan, we get there in the end.

Sunbar UK

2012-05-06 17:57

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chris40 wrote :) [:aboire] - more by luck than judgment.


Luck or not you obviously must have considered it as a possibility. :D


dsl wrote Like the old British Railways slogan, we get there in the end.


Unfortunately, I hit the buffers a long time ago.

chris40 UK

2012-05-06 20:14

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Sunbar wrote Unfortunately, I hit the buffers a long time ago.

So long as you didn't overshoot them: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walsall1955/4554993357/
I remember seeing this an hour or two after it happened.

ingo DE

2012-06-17 00:18

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dsl wrote Like the old British Railways slogan, we get there in the end.


The video doesn't seem recently made either:

[Image: img1463w.th.jpg]
:whistle:
Spotted today at http://www.scotfest.de/cms/pages/de/start/festival-2012.php

-- Last edit: 2012-06-17 00:20:14

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