[David_Hayward (RIP)]

As I said guys, the inscription on two of the photos which was blanked out was 'AFS TAKORADI HARBOUR NO.1' and another truck set 'AFS TAKORADI HARBOUR NO. 2'. ...I wondered if these were shipped back from Ghana to Liverpool post-war? There was a 'beam' apparently between the two sections...I reckoned the rear part was a cut-down 3-ton chassis. Note the conversion to fifth wheel. Then I found out that 'AFS' was an RAF term. I queried whether this meant that there was an RAF flying boat unit? Takoradi was of course used by the Royal Navy and there was an established route to Cairo from Takoradi...PanAm flew clippers to Cairo and although there is now an airport there may have been a 'Boat base. In which case was there a requirement for tender transport? I am totally out of my depth here [excuse pun] and have no idea what these two trucks were doing in Liverpool! Unless they were produced in Liverpool and shipped out post-war.

Incidentally I found a pic of a 2-wheel A-frame trailer that converted a fifth wheel trailer to a drawbar. Would that be called a 'Dolly Converter'?