1951 Sentinel Light Six 10-Ton swb
1951 Sentinel Light Six in The Naked Truth, Movie, 1957
Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin: 
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◊ 2015-11-07 01:32 |
What is the name of this model? http://ccmv.aecsouthall.co.uk/p819320861 4/4DV? 4/4 DV? DV44? We are not clear here. en.wiki name it DV44 (giving for default year 1947+). And CCMV is, well, chaotic. |
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◊ 2015-11-07 02:59 |
No idea. But have lumped our trio together as 4/4 DV so they can be resolved together. |
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◊ 2015-11-07 10:03 |
S W Stevens-Stratten refers to the vehicle as 4/4DV, or 6/6DV in the section on Sentinel's Diesel Vehicles in his book "British Lorries 1900 - 1992" Following reference to "Selling Sentinels" in Vintage Roadscene Volume 9 Nos 36 and 37, it appears that Sentinel made two engines, a four cylinder and a six cylinder, of similar general design, and two chassis, having four wheels or six wheels. The vehicles were sold as having capability of 7/8 tons or 12 tons. In my opinion, due to its length, the vehicle in the subject picture is a 6/6DV, or possibly a "Light Six" which was a variant thought up by Tom Ward of Transport Vehicles Warrington. http://ccmv.aecsouthall.co.uk/p819320861/h6EB8FEE0#h6eb8fee0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/aecsouthall/8710932187 Sentinel also made buses which were referred to as STC4 or STC6 dependent upon the engine used, I used to ride on Hubert Nickolls's STC4, HAW 179, new to Smith's Eagle Coachways of Trench Shropshire, most Saturday mornings. Nearly, but not quite - http://www.delainebuses.com/38.html I hope that this has cleared up your problem!! -- Last edit: 2015-11-07 13:47:30 |
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◊ 2015-11-07 14:26 |
Seems 4/4 DV started Aug 46, and 6/6 DV in Sept 50 - http://www.sentinelwaggons.co.uk/sentinelpage6.htm . Have changed this one to 6/6 DV as jfs ^. I did some googling on Sentinel out of curiosity and it seems a quirky story. Originally a Glasgow firm, which established a second site in Shrewsbury in 1915. But the Glasgow factory also made boats - "although a significant distance from the River Clyde, produced almost 500 small ships and boats. The vast majority were built as 'knock downs' – assembled at the Jessie St works using nuts and bolts, then dismantled and shipped as parts in crates to their client destination where they were re-assembled using rivets. At least one Alley & McLellan ship still exists – the motor vessel (originally steam ship) Chauncy Maples built in 1899 and reassembled on Lake Nyasa (now Lake Malawi) in 1901." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel_Waggon_Works |
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◊ 2015-11-07 15:38 |
Interesting reading, johnfromStaffs and dsl, I found the movie on YouTube and yes, it looks like a six-wheeler and not a four...![[Image: lightsixwheeler.2.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/558/lightsixwheeler.2.jpg) ![[Image: lightsixwheelerhighlighted.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/558/lightsixwheelerhighlighted.jpg) edit: body length high-lighted as the screen capture did not make it fully visible. However if it is a six-wheeler I think it could be a short wheelbase Light Six, by the shorter rear overhang, (wheelbase of 176½") rather than a Sentinel Medium Six-wheeler (201½" wheelbase). The Light Six swb has half the length rear overhang of the Medium Six-wheeler. Sentinel Light Six commercialmotor.com Sentinel Medium Six-wheeler commercialmotor.com -- Last edit: 2015-11-07 17:04:57 |
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◊ 2015-11-07 16:25 |
The road tests are a good read, although the electronic character recognition seems to struggle with decimal points at times, crediting the engine with a 51" stroke! I wouldn't argue against light six, but wouldn't fancy driving one with a gross weight of 19 tons and only 90 bhp. Sentinel were a very odd outfit, the range of products coming out of Shrewsbury beggars belief. However all good things come to an end, in this case as Perkins Engines (Shrewsbury), when I had knowledge of them. |
