Census numbers for Ford LAAT

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alastair Thomas

Where do I start to find the correct batch of numbers that may apply to this vehicle? Is there no option but to visit the RLC museum at Chillwell?

Hello Alastair,

I had a quick look in Rob van Meel's "B" vehicles WD numbers by alphabetical order of manufacturers. This is a reworked Chilwell allocated number blocks list, in four chapters: vehicles, Motorcycles, trailers and miscellaneous. It lists two blocks of numbers for Ford LAAT trucks:

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• H6100201 - H6100448, supplied under contract SM6111
• H6100505 - H6101404, supplied under contract SM6143

There may be more, but this is what I could find during a quick glance.

HTH,
Hanno

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[Alastair Thomas]

Thanks, Hanno. You have lead me to exactly the reference I was looking for. A copy of the book is now on order.

[ajmac]

Hanno,
That's really interesting, does that publication give production numbers? I was trying to understand how the Loyd Carrier production numbers are so screwed up and this may explain it as I bet it doesnt tally with the bovington contract cards!