Great War truck Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 At the GDSF last year there was an FWD which had a large letter A painted on the side of the seat. This seems to be very old and I was wondering if it related to a category that the lorry was placed into for disposal. Looking through some photos I came across two other vehicles which had been marked with a B and a C. Can anybody shed some light on to what these markings might relate to? Thanks Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Numbers from the salavaging companies / dumps like Slough? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 l would like to put forward one idea l have come across with sales disposal catalogues from the auctioneers own copies they all use their own method of grading the items which gives a idea of condition for them when selling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Larkin Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Could possibly be identification letters for the port they were leaving France through. "A" was Calais, "B" was Boulogne & "C" was Havre. Letters possible applied by the VRP as instruction for the RTO as to destination of the vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 Thanks guys. Some interesting ideas there. The Thornys marked B and C were returned to Slough and then ended up in Basingstoke at the Thornycroft factory. Both were in very poor condition having suffered collision damage. I have not yet found any other markings but need to do some more work. I need to find more photos of them with these letters to make the connection. Thanks for your input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo.T Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Tim, could the top no. be the chassis no. ? The lower group could well be a date, 4 / 2/ 20 (I have seen dates written like this on War time docs.) Any more pics of the dispersal sales please ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Larkin Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 48 minutes ago, Tomo.T said: Tim, could the top no. be the chassis no. ? The lower group could well be a date, 4 / 2/ 20 (I have seen dates written like this on War time docs.) Any more pics of the dispersal sales please ? I'd read it like that Tommo, and shipped home through Havre probably to Avonmouth but quite possibly through Chepstow or Newport and then on to Slough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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