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Don't know , first time I have ever seen one of these is in this thread. But as an old British plant enthusiast very interested. Possibly it is an out of scale grease gun or a handle for little hands to raise bucket , odd if latter because I thought these were scale models not toys. Craig

The Anguplas Chaseside ( or Chasseside as it says on box , maybe this was the Spanish division ! ) is a pretty good model of the Chaseside 700 loading shovel with apparently full movement on bucket and lift . Very popular industrial / construction loader in late 50s early 60s and then trickled down into the coal yards and builders yards and there are still some to be seen even now. Underneath all the very heavy metal of course the indestructible Fordson Major tractor skid unit. Picture below is from a brochure.

Thanks for posting pics of presentation boxes , that little loading shovel in the last box looks like a 1960's Chaseside , would be very at home in a coal yard.

Excellent , there is a gap in the market for 1.76 construction vehicles look at how much construction stuff is made in 1.87 Craig

Hi Rod Interested in all commercial vehicles since a toddler ! but especially military and fire trucks. I think there is/ was a facebook site on fire engine models but don't know the link. Transport Models has some interesting stuff but no specific fire section http://www.transport-models.com/scales.asp The Fire Flash Delta site is superb and has hundreds of historic images of all the fire engines and stations in the North West of England . http://www.fireflash-delta64.co.uk/ Fire Engine Photos is also a good site and does what it says on the tin ! The search facility is clunky though and better to use google with the site title . http://www.fire-engine-photos.com/index Craig

The ERF fire engine was quite popular in its time and falls right in your time scale . Designation was ERF 84PF and if you google image search this you will see a good selection of in service photos . You should be able to get a ' played with' Dinky one for around £20 on Ebay and they are easy to restore / detail. There is also the Dinky AEC Merryweather Marquis ( Slightly more toy like as it can pump water ! ) and Ford Transit fire engines which would make a good second appliance with either the ERF or the AEC . Craig

Nice photos Merfyn, the box body looks like an 'off the shelf' one seen on distribution trucks and High Streets all over .

Rail replacement buses ? Looks like Arthur from 'On the Buses' getting on

Is this Leyland Terrier a parcels van , seems quite unusual - https://ccmv.aecsouthall.co.uk/p579551090/h3FCC719B#h3fcc719b Also nice pic of Terrier dropsider- https://ccmv.aecsouthall.co.uk/p579551090/h2aea708b#h2aea708b

It may have been mentioned before but on IMCDB link below is a vast selection of vehicles seen in 'The Professionals' TV series which was shown 1977 - 1983 so falls right in the period. Link- http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=75561

Always liked the look of these Commers , there is a good set of photos of the Kent Commers on the Romar site - http://www.romar.org.uk/page180.html

The Sdkfz8's crane would sit nice in a goods yard

Totally non scientific but going by photos that have surfaced on the net the Fordson Thames ET6 ( also done by Pocketbond Classix ) in van and flat body form seems to far out number any other 1950's BR middleweight vehicles. In fact I can't recall seeing a photo of an Austin K2 in BR livery. Que dozens of examples Incidentally the snappily titled book - 'A Pictorial Parade of Southern Region Road Vehicles' Consists entirely of sharp full page photos of 50's BR vehicles albeit Southern Region. Quite cheap now on Amazon. Because it uses photos and notes from a former Road Vehicles Inspector it also tells you how the various vehicles performed in service which makes a change from the usual dry facts and figures. The Karrier Bantam tractor units appear to have been rubbish !

It's got some legs this topic

Was watching Salvage Hunters the other day and the guy selling had an Arkley in his yard . Remember seeing quite a few of these in the 70s 80s , it was a fibreglass front end and tail that you fitted to your ( usually very rusty ) MG Midget or Austin Healey Sprite.

You've nailed the gritter there. I visited Econ Gritters a few years ago and they had what every reception area should have- an immaculate restored 1976 Bedford MK gritter !

That's a nice fleet on the bridge , like the Bedford MK gritter .

Funny I don't mind messing about converting Ready to Plonk models but I can't be bothered fiddling about making white metal kits, impatience and laziness probably

Yes back in the day I remember our local left wing council being horrified that some of their vehicles had Made in South Africa stickers in their windscreens .

Wonder why they do a MK111 Cortina pick-up as we never got these in UK . Maybe not a UK company ? P100's had the Mk V front end. http://pickupand4x4.co.uk/ford-p100

The BSA M20 motorcycle in the bomber resupply kit looks very detailed with spoked wheels and girder forks, if it's a true representation. Not convinced the despatch riders bikes are BSA M20's look more Norton to me and with telescopic forks could only be Matchless G3 if WW2 era.

Suppose you've seen the Airfix offerings , all ww2 but maybe you have a classic bike meeting on your layout ! Expensive way to get them though as you would have to buy the RAF Recovery set for two Norton mounted despatch riders and the RAF vehicle set has one single motorcycle ( Norton ?)

Got to agree , it's a hole in the market that I am surprised Oxford haven't filled . Dumpers , compressors , mixers, road rollers , truck cranes, crawler cranes, truck mixers , Drotts, wheeled loaders , JCB 3C's I could go on I know they have made a early 50s JCB but this was not a very common sight .

Nit picking- The Tomy-tec Hi-Ace appears to be a very long version , much longer than the 70's 80's UK imports I remember.

Yes I particularly like the pick ups specially the GPO compressor truck , probably the only MID ENGINED van as the Fordson diesel in the back powered the van also.