1927 Maudslay 5-Ton Royal Mail conversion to 6 wheeler

1927 Maudslay 5-Ton in Roadways, Short Movie, 1937

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

00:07:53 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2016-04-30 01:38	Maybe another Maudslay??? But it's older - see the wheels and windscreen - and possibly smaller than YY 292 and YY 291 which sandwich it. Plate not legible for date.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2016-04-30 09:55	It looks very similar except for the solids instead of pneumatics. Since we have no model name as yet it's ok to go Maudslay IMO.
dsl ◊ 2016-05-02 02:26	This crops up briefly at 12-49 near the end ... looks Maudslayish and similar details as this older one.
dsl ◊ 2016-05-03 13:57	Sunbar wrote The G.P.O. Builds... CM Archive 18th June 1929, ..the General Post Office has.... four-wheeled Mandalay 5-tonner for relatively short journeys within a 50-mile radius of the metropolis. Link to "archive.commercialmotor.com" A conversion based on a 5-tonner. The picture looks as if plate is YU 3045 or similar which was Sept 1927 to Jan 1928, London. I think I can see ..U 304.. in the plate in first thumb here. But there are windscreen differences to consider.
dsl ◊ 2016-05-03 14:38	See the clip here - Link to "www.gettyimages.co.uk"