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1955 Hillman Minx Phase VIII Estate Post Office Radio Service

1955 Hillman Minx Phase VIII Estate in The Hostage, Movie, 1956

Class: Cars, Wagon — Model origin:

1955 Hillman Minx Phase VIII Estate Post Office Radio Service

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Comments about this vehicle

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jcb ◊ 2022-12-17 09:16	PUL459 False plates maybe as none of the GPO HILLMAN MINX estate cars are listed here as PUL series , but it my not be a full list . https://www.britishtelephones.com/vehicles/estate.htm -- Last edit: 2022-12-17 09:17:03
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2022-12-17 09:40	PUL is London, 10/54 to 11/55, exclusively for PO vehs, so that figures. I have never seen one of these, presumably the service was based in London. It looks like most of the 8cwt was in the back! -- Last edit: 2022-12-17 09:41:13
jcb ◊ 2022-12-17 17:57	johnfromstaffs wrote PUL is London, 10/54 to 11/55, exclusively for PO vehs, so that figures. I have never seen one of these, presumably the service was based in London. It looks like most of the 8cwt was in the back! You must have had a TV licence https://www.britishtelephones.com/vehicles/estatecars/001.htm -- Last edit: 2022-12-17 18:00:45
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2022-12-17 19:21	JCB wrote You must have had a TV licence https://www.britishtelephones.com/vehicles/estatecars/001.htm Coming from a family of coppers my Mum insisted on such things, I think my Dad might have been a bit more cavalier about it left to himself.
dsl ◊ 2023-11-26 14:58	Mark208 wrote I've just watched The Hostage on the UK's wonderful Talking Pictures TV channel. Marvellous to see the radio interference and TV detection van in action. But I had assumed this is a Hillman estate rather than a Commer as listed here? johnfromstaffs wrote Not necessarily. The Commer badge was used on the base spec. “Commercial” estates at that time. I don't see any reason why this is not a Minx Estate, given that we know PO used Minxes rather than Commers, it's got proper side windows which look factory fit, and it has a thick shiny windscreen surround and other bits of window trim. The only way I know to solidly solve this would be view of bonnet badge - Minx had wider winged Hillman logo (and small HILLMAN lettering etched into grille surround), Commer a simpler and smaller plaque.
Sunbar ◊ 2023-11-28 18:13	01:17:48 It looks like the Hillman Badge to me rather than a plain Commer badge. The Commer badge, on images I have found, was also mounted lower nearer the bonnet's lower wdge. -- Last edit: 2023-11-28 18:17:39
dsl ◊ 2023-11-28 19:02	Agree Hillman - Commer for comparison - interesting to note that one has just as many shiny bits as a Hillman - don't know if slightly over-restored or a flag that the differences were minimal/nil by mid-50s.

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