1941 Austin K3/KJ GS Truck

1941 Austin K3/KJ in The Man Who Never Was, Movie, 1956

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
chicomarx ◊ 2012-12-22 19:26
dsl ◊ 2012-12-22 19:38	Sadly Navy/Army/RAF plates are undateable from civilian plate records, and I've no idea what systems were used. All I can say is the usual format was 12AB12 as here and RN probably excludes army and RAF.
chris40 ◊ 2012-12-22 19:44	Austin K3, 1939+.
chicomarx ◊ 2012-12-22 19:54	dsl wrote RN probably excludes army and RAF. Royal Navy?
chris40 ◊ 2012-12-22 19:57	That'll be why it has RN on the side ...
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2012-12-22 20:07	The xxAAxx format was only introduced in 1949 anyway: Link to "en.wikipedia.org" (The film is set during the Second World War.)
dsl ◊ 2012-12-22 20:15	Gag Halfrunt wrote The xxAAxx format was only introduced in 1949 Useful info for something else - there is a Corgi model Ford Popular 103E from a set commemorating 1944 D-Day anniversary with the plate 6754 RN and liveried as a naval staff car with wartime black-out trim. I knew the car was wrong for the date (perhaps Anglia E04A or earlier) but at least the plate might be correct.
Sunbar ◊ 2015-11-18 12:04	Closed cab KJ-type from 1941 onwards.