1954 Thames 10cwt Van [E83W]

1954 Thames 10cwt Van [E83W] in The Beatles Anthology, Mini-Series, 1995 Ep. 2

Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin:

00:23:07 Background vehicle

Author	Message
nzcarnerd ◊ 2010-07-22 03:59	Fordson.
chris40 ◊ 2010-07-22 09:24	Fordson Thames 10cwt [E83W], 1938+.
dsl ◊ 2020-05-21 18:26	Twin rear lights and reflectors were Sept 54 (Glass's). Plate looks like OxA 405, but haven't found a convincing match for x after Autumn 54.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2020-05-21 18:36	IIRC, the two rear lights legislation was retrospective in that all vehicles had to display two red lights to following traffic after a certain date. It therefore follows that the subject vehicle could have been a pre twin light as new, and retrofitted to comply with the law. OKA - County Borough Council of Liverpool, 1/53. -- Last edit: 2020-05-21 18:40:51
dsl ◊ 2020-05-21 18:54	The retrospective issue would fit this 1953 plate date very conveniently as it looks home-made. And agree OKA is probably the most convincing combination as seen above. But if there was retrospective legislation, why do so few of our E83Ws have twin lights - wouldn't most of them have been forced to have updates??
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2020-05-21 21:30	When you compare film dates and allow for some of the vehicles being in foreign films it doesn’t seem a problem to me.