1948 AEC Mammoth Major MkIII

1948 AEC Mammoth Major MkIII in Churchill: The Hollywood Years, Movie, 2004

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

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Author	Message
Jale ◊ 2011-09-05 18:13
nzcarnerd ◊ 2011-09-06 03:02	AEC. Don't know enough about the model names they used to interpret what is on the radiator. -- Last edit: 2011-09-06 10:10:12
chris40 ◊ 2011-09-06 08:46	Looks like a Mammoth Major Mk.VI (1948-60), therefore a slight anachronism.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2011-09-06 10:13	Thanks for the clue. Something like this one - http://www.truck-photos.net/picture/number1578.asp I presume in both cases the orange indicator lights on the side are modern additions.
chris40 ◊ 2011-09-07 22:26	I'm not sure; it seems possible that flashing indicators would have been factory-fitted by 1960.
volvof10 ◊ 2012-10-29 01:31	Is indeed a Mammoth Major, but a MkIII, the Mammoth Major '6' referred to in the link picture is due to it being a 6 WHEELER. The Mammoth Majors were only model numbered up to the MkV's of which the last were built in 1965/6, later models being the Ergo cabbed version.