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◊ 2007-11-04 17:27 |
The vehicle details for TU 3113 are: Date of Liability 01 05 1999 Date of First Registration 28 07 1926 Year of Manufacture Not Available Vehicle Colour BLUE Also listed as petrol not coal fuelled! -- Last edit: 2007-11-04 20:33:51 |
◊ 2007-11-04 18:04 |
1926 Foden C-type' 6-ton Steam Wagon. Works No. 12388, King William, Reg No. TU3113. Part of the King's collection sold at Bishops Lydeard in Somerset and one of the first to be restored, the lorry has a three way tipping body which works on a water ram. Owned by the White Bros. of South Witham, Grantham. |
◊ 2007-11-04 19:47 |
Very nice engine! Thanks, Sunbar! It is a 4 n.h.p. type. -- I introduced using the chassis field for the Works.No. |
◊ 2007-11-04 20:15 |
You're welcome Alexander. (edit: I have added close-up views of the cab interior and steam engine motion to the first comment above.) I will remember Steam Engine 'Works Number' placement for the future. -- Last edit: 2007-11-04 20:35:19 |
◊ 2007-11-04 20:56 |
Great! You might like this link, Sunbar. http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/?pc=/engines/foden/wagon/12388/ Interesting to see that it is a left-hand-drive. |
◊ 2007-11-05 12:11 |
Being left hand drive makes it easy to keep driving near to the kerb. I think you are very unlikely to actually want to pull out to overtake slower moving traffic, because there isn't any. |
◊ 2007-11-05 12:47 |
Well, horse-carts were slower. These hard rubber wheeled trucks had a maximum speed of around 15 mph, but the later Sentinel S4 had a top speed of 60 mph! |
◊ 2007-11-05 13:07 |
...and it can probably still beat a modern lorry from zero to 20mph! |