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ogofmole · Joined: 02 Jan 2013 Posts: 5

Hi All, my name is Barry and I would possibly like some help from your experience with these older vehicles as my family is doing a lot of family research, but we would like a bit of help with some vintage lorry's. I did post one of these images onto your Facebook page where Rick 99.9% identified the lorry's as Ford modelAA.

The first image was taken in 'Hynams Lane, Hynams (We are not sure where this is) in May 1933. We know that the vehicles were registered in Worcestershire, and that One lorry is named Desert Cloud and the other Flying Dutch. Do you know if this was normal to give lorry's like this names.

We know that the lorry's were registered in Worcestershire from the registrations (I don't know if any more information can be found from these).,

The other 2 images would had been taken around Kingswinford where they had a Haulage company, would the lorry's in the other two images be the same as the ones in image 1.

Is it possible to work out, what vehicles they are from these photos, and if so, do you think they were quite new in 1933 or possibly older. Also has anyone heard of a place known as 'Hynams'.

Any help would be much appreciated.

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Penman · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4873 Location: Swindon, Wilts.

Hi
At a guess it could be Highnam or Highnam Green. Glos

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Highnam/index.html
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ogofmole · Joined: 02 Jan 2013 Posts: 5

That could be possible as Gloucester would had been within reasonable travelling distance of Kingswinford. I also had a suggestion of a place in Cumbrian on your Facebook page. Although the writing on the back of this photo clearly says 'Hynams', but maybe the person writing this was like me with spelling . Confused

V8 Nutter · Joined: 27 Aug 2012 Posts: 603

The Model A car was made from 1928 until it was superseded by the Model B in early 1932. I would guess the AA truck would have been much the same

ogofmole · Joined: 02 Jan 2013 Posts: 5

roverdriver · Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 9:21 am Post subject:

Both are definitely AA's. Both are 1930/31 models. The differences in the front body shape between 28/29 and 30/31 are quite marked. If the photo was taken in1933, then the trucks have had quite a lot of use since new, the wear on the tyres is evidence of that.

The 1930/31 had a higher radiator than the earlier version. That also meant that the petrol tank (cowl) shape was altered to line up with the radiator. The radiator shell was made from Stainless Steel, as were the headlamps. Commercial vehicles were often turned out with paint over the SS. There is also a SS bead over the foremost part of the cowl, not seen on the earlier vehicles, and the petrol cap is SS and a bayonet-type action as opposed to a brass screw-on cap earlier.
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ogofmole · Joined: 02 Jan 2013 Posts: 5

BigJohn · Joined: 01 Jan 2011 Posts: 954 Location: Wem, Shropshire

Lots of lorries have names, just look at Eddie Stobarts fleet, they even have a spotters club! Laughing

I think once transport moved on to the road from the canals and horse drawn carts, the habit of naming boats and horses moved onto trucks.

Inglewood · Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:47 pm Post subject:

Amy Johnson flew a D.H.80A Puss Moth G-ACAB named Desert Cloud (England-South Africa 1932)

I wonder if this was the influence behind the name appearing on one of the trucks?

ogofmole · Joined: 02 Jan 2013 Posts: 5