1955 Austin 5-Ton with Simon Hoist [FE]

1955 Austin 5-Ton [FE] in The Sweeney, TV Series, 1975-1978 Ep. 2.02

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

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Author	Message
stronghold ◊ 2006-11-23 12:26	looking for the truck
Alexander ◊ 2006-11-24 14:52	It is an Austin FV Series II (1954-55).
stronghold ◊ 2006-11-25 03:35	Alexander wrote It is an Austin FV Series II (1954-55). I didn't know you had found this already, so done some searching and came across this :- /vehicle_58651-Morris-FE-Series-1955.html
Alexander ◊ 2006-11-25 13:12	stronghold wrote ... and came across this :- /vehicle_58651-Morris-FE-Series-1955.html It is the same kind of vehicle, only a Series III which was then called FE and no longer FV. External changes applied to the grille, which was identical for the Morris and Austin badged versions. There was also a 7-ton BMC badged version.
bassman ◊ 2007-02-06 23:42	Looks like a "Cherry picker" in the colours of post office telephones
Sunbar ◊ 2014-03-15 14:05	Similar to Morris/Austin 5-ton FE K100 Forward Control with Simon Hoist for PO Telephones. Probably re-built or ex-PO Telephones (I thought they were normally Morris but Austin grille here).