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1935 Dodge 10cwt van 'Evening Standard' newspaper delivery van 
Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin: 
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◊ 2021-05-13 11:59 |
![[Image: ven.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/4290/ven.jpg) |
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◊ 2021-05-13 17:25 |
Humber Snipe, I think. CGC, London 8/35 to 10/35. /v197662.html A later Humber newspaper delivery van. -- Last edit: 2021-05-13 17:32:09 |
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◊ 2021-05-13 17:42 |
Or Commer 15cwt Van?? |
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◊ 2021-05-13 17:51 |
The Commer radiator on the example shown doesn’t have the sweeping shape below the starting handle aperture. That looks more like a Humber Snipe radiator, but knowing Rootes they may have updated the front slightly between 1933 and 35. |
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◊ 2021-05-14 13:56 |
It looks a little small for Snipe or 15cwt delivery van, possibly 8-10cwt using the number-plate size as a guide. Commer or Hillman not looking likely at the moment. Similer in size to the other unknown newspaper delivery van /vehicle_1065215-1935.html but what they are (and if they could be from the same chassis) I don't know. ![[Image: newsvans.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/558/newsvans.jpg) Parking them as unknown unless a better idea surfaces. |
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◊ 2021-05-14 19:44 |
1934 Commer 8cwt van based on Hillman Minx (engine 1185 cc) as in the movie 'Street of Shadows'. https://www.classiccarcatalogue.com/H/hillman%201934_Minx_poster_34.jpg Minx type radiator shell and front wings the body is the same as the Commer 8cwt van. Commer possibly had a flatter front to the radiator shell but not with any certainty from photos found. ![[Image: commer8cwt.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/558/commer8cwt.jpg) |
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◊ 2021-05-14 20:49 |
The windscreen doesn’t match. Coachbuilt? |
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◊ 2021-05-15 13:18 |
Looking at the thumbnail the driver's door also differs from the actual Commer body. The side-mount is also missing. The Commer had shaped doors at the scuttle area and continues the bonnet side profile. The newspaper van has a squared-off scuttle/bulkhead so yes a purpose built body. My initial question, was it a Hillman or Commer chassis; I originally guessed the radiator cowl was possibly Hillman and not as flat as the Commer's but a found preserved example shows they are probably exactly the same, but staying with Commer for simplicity. https://www.pioneer-automobiles.co.uk/Resources/library/Commer%208cwt%20van.html The fleet of 'Evening Standard' newspaper delivery vans were actually owned by the United Service Transport Co. Ltd. Clapham in the early 1930s but they do not appear to be coachbuilders as well. -- Last edit: 2021-05-15 13:20:25 |
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◊ 2023-03-11 02:30 |
I think I might be able to help identify the two vans that you have not yet been able to conclusively identify, both of which are signpainted for the'Evening Standard' Firstly the vehicle previously identified as a '1935 Commer 8cwt van'in the 1953 film 'Street of Shadows' johnfromstaffs thought the reg number was 'CGC xxx' i believe it was, in fact CGO 968 which was a Dodge 10 cwt Van owned by United Service Transport Co Ltd (Fleet no 192) The other unidentified van in Sunbar's px is CGY 40, a Humber (model unknown) Van also owned by United Service Transport (Fleet Number 714) It looks as if UST (a contract hire operator) acquired all the Evening Standard's fleet of vans in 1932, and then hired them back to the Evening Standard. |
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◊ 2023-03-11 17:10 |
^ Interesting comments - our first Dodge 10cwt sighting. But we have a small nest of 15cwt newspaper delivery vans. Do you want to stick with 10cwt here or twist?? CGO 968 was London Oct-Nov 35. |
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◊ 2023-03-11 17:11 |
is there a Morning Standard ? |
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◊ 2023-03-11 17:21 |
^ There was, but just called The Standard until it ended in 1916, but its evening version is still going today. |
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