AEC Matador.
Paul supplied this old lorry photo, it shows an ex-military AEC Matador in it's post-war civilian life with Dew of Oldham. Originally a military vehicle, many Matadors found new post-war lives with civilian operators helping in the rebuild of the country's town and cities. Thanks to their excellent off-road characteristics, a significant number of de-mobbed AECs found themselves hidden away in woods and forests, on logging work. In all around 9,000 of these artillery tractors were produced, with examples serving with the RAF, Navy and the Army during WW2.
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