Author Topic: Solved: GTE 352 - 1931 A.T. Refuse Collector by Allan Taylor Engineering and Manufacturing Co.  (Read 4360 times)

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Re: GTE 352
« Reply #100 on: May 19, 2020, 01:45:42 PM »
Perhaps the coachbuilder was Allan Taylor Engineering and Manufacturing of Wandsworth?
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Can you post your unmodified photo with the details included within the picture?
Would be appreciated.
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Thanks!
Can you post your unmodified photo with the details included within the picture?
Would be appreciated.
Here you go:

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I note they call it a Ford rather than a Fordson, same as the picture I posted.
I think the name Fordson only appeared in the UK later in 1931.
I wonder how many they made? It's possible that the picture I found is the same vehicle in prototype form, which might have been modified - e.g. different wheels - when it was sold to Holborn Council.
I wonder if records exist anymore...
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It's possible that the picture I found is the same vehicle in prototype form, which might have been modified - e.g. different wheels - when it was sold to Holborn Council.
Front wheels could have been flipped around

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The front mudguards are different and the small side lights on the front are not there on the Holborn Borough Council vehicle, but other than that it looks just the same. The rear bodywork seems identical. I can't find anything at all about the vehicle on the Internet.
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