1956 Austin 5-Ton [FE]

1956 Austin 5-Ton [FE] in Crossroads to Crime, Movie, 1960

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

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2022-07-21 22:00	Austin FE. YPP County Council of Buckingham July 1956. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Austin_FE_%281957%29_-_14175561530.jpg -- Last edit: 2022-07-21 23:39:36
AleX_DJ ◊ 2022-07-23 21:01
dsl ◊ 2023-11-29 04:14	2 different trucks here, one artic (main and some thumbs), the other lwb fixed. But probably both 5-Ton??
jcb ◊ 2023-11-29 22:14	The artic will be about 10 ton , lower gearing.
mike962 ◊ 2023-11-29 22:16	JCB do you recognize this two ?? /vehicle_1220174.html /vehicle_1220179.html
jcb ◊ 2023-11-29 22:56	See Victor Madderns the lorry driver, he must have give Sam Kydd a good run for most film appearances !
jcb ◊ 2023-11-29 22:57	mike962 wrote JCB do you recognize this two ?? /vehicle_1220174.html /vehicle_1220179.html Not really, but Lansing Bagnall seems good for second one.
Sunbar ◊ 2023-11-30 12:39	Thumbnails 1 and 2 the long wheelbase truck is not an Austin FE at all. The nearest I can think of is an ERF or a forward control Guy wolf? All FE tractor units were based on the 5-ton, I don't know of any exceptions other than the normal control Austin Loadstar for British Railways had its own lighter version. -- Last edit: 2023-11-30 12:43:58
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2023-11-30 14:09	Thumbs 1 and 2 are certainly not the FE. Guy and Thornycroft used the cab shown, so I think that your suggestion howls quite well.