Autocar Model UT
Autocar Model UT in The Day the Earth Caught Fire, Movie, 1961
Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin: 
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Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2009-10-20 21:33 |
Looks like an FWD SU-COE to me. |
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◊ 2009-10-21 10:55 |
My complete guess, based on what could have been available, is a Bedfod QL WWII aircraft refueller with side pontoons added, or post-WWII tanker, plus a snow-plough fitted on the front. |
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◊ 2009-10-21 11:48 |
It could by New York, or something (scenes with snow probably are from America). |
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◊ 2009-10-21 12:58 |
True, but I wouldn't discount this from being shot in the south of England. From 1947 through the 1950s winters were commonly more severe than today, even in the south-east including London, with heavy snow-falls recorded for the winters of 1957-8 and 1959-60. |
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◊ 2009-10-21 13:17 |
I mean, that some pictures was from "around the world" (floods, blizzards, etc), and they told about America. .gif ":)") |
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◊ 2009-10-21 13:28 |
Thank you, I understand. |
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◊ 2009-10-21 17:39 |
Link to "images.google.co.uk" |
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◊ 2009-10-22 00:21 |
not an FWD SU-COE....this was a military 4x4 artillery tractor..sometimes converted to cargo truck..the one in the top pic shows a commercial 4x2 chassis with double rear wheels..the windscreen and curvature of the wings are wrong for the FWD SU COE...its either a 1946 GMC COE...or a 1941 Ford COE..both non military commercials...absence of headlights molded into front wings rule out the Chevrolet COE -- Last edit: 2009-10-22 00:39:20 |
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◊ 2009-10-22 23:14 |
Looking at the American "Cab Over Engine" designs the Autocar looks close to me... The narrow cab with the cab doors over the wheels rather than behind them (as on the GmC or Ford cabs) look right. /vehicle_73324-Autocar-Model-UD-1936.html The sides of the tank on the Texaco truck also look almost the same. /vehicle_164702-Autocar-U-Series-1939.html |
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◊ 2009-10-22 23:26 |
Forget the FWD, I think I have to agree with Sunbar, Autocar it is, the shape of the windscreens is the deciding factor for me. |
