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27 minutes ago, fv1609 said:

As a very basic time frame it has a MoS plate, so that suggests 1939-1959.

To narrow this down a bit, I see that the equipment was made by Houchin. Their factory was opposite where I worked at Ashford and knew a lot of people who worked there. Their speciality was ground power and engine starter units for aircraft and these units could be seen at civil and military airports around the world. As they moved to a large purpose built factory at Ashford in the late 50's I would date it in a period roughly 1955-59. The company went through take overs and the factory is no longer there.

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4 hours ago, radiomike7 said:

Struggling to find a real one but this might it:

RAF 60 kva Ground Power Unit (GPU) AIM - Ground Equipment GE48055

The one shown above was less than half the height of the trailer in question so they could get close up to the aircraft, I saw a lot of these as the makers used the loading ramp at our workshop to transport them away.

I did notice on the contract plate that it was 'prototype' some likely it was a one off

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