1939 Commer Superpoise Q4

1939 Commer Superpoise Q4 in Local Newspaper, Short Movie, 1952

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

00:06:20 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2016-09-13 03:30	Strange to see such a white truck in 1950s film.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2016-09-13 08:33	Commer Superpoise.
dsl ◊ 2016-09-13 12:22	Any ideas what sort of Superpoise?? Maybe a Q15???? We need to do a sorting-out-of-names amongst our Superpoises. Several are listed as Superpoise [Qx], but we also have batches as Qx Superpoise. Which is the best name??
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2016-09-13 12:38	This is a "Mk I" version, introduced in1939. It had a range of capacities from 1 1/2 to 5 tons, starting at Q15. This looks like twin rear wheels so I would think it's a bigger one. Try this: - http://ccmv.aecsouthall.co.uk/p895410596 -- Last edit: 2016-09-13 12:43:15
dsl ◊ 2016-09-13 13:17	Twin wheels confirmed. This Q4 looks similar, but I don't really know what's what with these.
Sunbar ◊ 2016-09-13 13:21	Longer wheelbase I believe (153" rather than 120") so Q3 3-ton, Q4 4-5 ton or Q6 6-ton; all visually the same I think. Q4 would be a good assumption here I guess.
Sunbar ◊ 2017-08-19 13:07	johnfromstaffs wrote This is a "Mk I" version, introduced in1939. .... This is the first in the Superpoises introduced in 1939, but Mk.I was assigned to the 1949 restyled cab (followed by MkII to MkIV etc) Effectively its 'pre-Mk.I' by some Rootes Group numbering logic.