1965 Atkinson Mark 1 Silver Knight Gardner 6LX

1965 Atkinson Mark 1 Silver Knight in Thriller, TV Series, 1973-1976 Ep. 2.07

Class: Trucks, Trailer truck (tractor) — Model origin:

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Author	Message
ahoora ◊ 2021-02-22 15:16	that is 1967 Atkinson black knight.
240 Gardner ◊ 2021-07-09 14:20	It's clearly an artic with 2 x 20' boxes on, and with the trailer clearly visible, and so can only be a Silver Knight tractor. We can't see the chassis layout to give the precise nomenclature but we can see that there is a Gardner badge on the grille. The Hunter is obscuring the lower part of the Atkinson cab, so we can't see if it has the post-1966 wide front wings over the 5.5T Kirkstall axle, or the narrow ones over the earlier 5T axle.
dsl ◊ 2021-07-09 19:19	Recognition point - 240 gardner wrote Mk.1 Silver Knight (exposed radiator ...) from here??
Sunbar ◊ 2021-07-10 19:44	Not thw wider front wings I believe so before 1966. Also as said not the later dummy radiator cover and the wipers have top-pivot driver's side and bottom passenger's side, unlike the top hung later cabs?
240 Gardner ◊ 2022-01-13 15:27	the additional photo confirms the narrow wings used up to the end of 1966, so it dates from somewhere between 1963 and 1966, unless it has been re-cabbed, or fitted with the later front wings. We can also see a Gardner badge, which will almost certainly denote a 150 bhp 6LX engine. Mk.1 cabs had nearside wipers mounted both top or bottom -- Last edit: 2022-01-13 15:28:39
dsl ◊ 2022-01-13 16:00	Suffix plate, maybe C = 1965.