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James Mair
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2303D CGT303X
2379D NYR379Y

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01/12/2020

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Details: One more visit to Willesden for today and this view shows the same three vehicles as another photo published today. What I found interesting about this one is that it shows how cosmetic the changes made to the Dodge Commando design in the early 1980s were. As seen, 2379D was a crew-cab box lorry with the later design of front grille. However, by the time of this photo (most likely late 1991), the large black grille had been removed and the lorry now looked very much like the earlier design. Most of the larger 'grille' panel was aesthetic rather than functional, and the panels underneath were unchanged. Note also that the wheelarches had been repainted from grey to black, while the tail-lift on similar box truck 2306D (parked behind) has either been replaced or repainted from grey to reddish-brown. None of these lorries ever worked again. The industrial estate has not changed much over the past thirty years, except that the Magnet building in the background is now used by Car Giant. This area has been in the news recently, with plans for major redevelopment being opposed by some of the current users.

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