Dodge Power Wagon airtug conversion

Dodge Power Wagon in Out of the Clouds, Kinofilm, 1955

Typ: Lkw, Abschleppwagen — Herkunftsland: — Hergestellt für:

Fahrzeug im Hintergrund

Autor	Mitteilung
JCB ◊ 2018-11-04 22:10	Something American I would guess.
andrepa ◊ 2018-11-05 01:34	...and something special, like Oshkosh or FWD, the plane american, too. Link to "footage.framepool.com"
JCB ◊ 2018-11-05 08:51	Yes some kind of specialised air side truck with British registration plates- KCP951 ?
andrepa ◊ 2018-11-05 23:58	I believe it is a ~ 1955 Dodge Power Wagon with Ponton style front conversion done for the operator BOAC by dark blue color. http://car-from-uk.com/ebay/carphotos/full/ebay720698.jpg
dsl ◊ 2018-11-06 00:05	KCP 951 was Halifax, Jan/Feb 1959. KCF 951 was West Suffolk, Jan 1957.
andrepa ◊ 2018-11-06 00:35	the scene is about concerns of flight safety, with BOAC Boeing-377 Stratocruiser in background led me to the following tragic story happened Christmas 1954 http://www.ephemeraltreasures.net/prestwick-crash-1.html
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2018-11-06 09:12	I’m intrigued by the circular things attached to the cab sides. Was it jet-propelled? (I think they are probably speaker horns or spotlights.)
andrepa ◊ 2018-11-06 13:28	Yes, it is an airtug specified for the Stratocruiser, by strengthened front bumper and spotlights to find the hardpoints on the plane.