50's coal merchant lorry

[spiket4]

Hi all im looking for a suitable 1/76 scale vehicle for a 1950's coal merchant.

 

Regards

 

Mark

[wamwig]

According to a photograph a coal merchant near me in the fifties had a Bedford OW (as produced by Oxford Diecast).

Edited December 3, 2017 by wamwig

[Fat Controller]

Hi all im looking for a suitable 1/76 scale vehicle for a 1950's coal merchant.

 

Regards

 

Mark

Pocketbond do an Austin K6- lots of these were WD-surplus, and could be bought for a song. Bedford 'O' series were also common. Oxford Diecast do some of the variant with the angular bonnet.

[javlinfaw7]

Pocketbond do an Austin K6- lots of these were WD-surplus, and could be bought for a song. Bedford 'O' series were also common. Oxford Diecast do some of the variant with the angular bonnet.

My father worked for a coal merchant in the late fifties .His company used a pair of Bedford OW ,a Ford Thames and two horses and carts ,another local merchant who supplied smokeless fuels fleet included a half cab Leyland coach with the area behind the rear axle cut down to the window level

Edited December 3, 2017 by javlinfaw7

[Arthur]

I like the sound of that Leyland coach conversion. In those days of lesser regulation hauliers were often quite creative in their workshops.

 

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Edited December 3, 2017 by Arthur