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Details: London Transport bought 136 Ford Thames Trader lorries between late-1959 and early-1965, the type then being replaced by the new D-series. The Traders came in a variety of configurations including box vans, tippers and artic tractors, but perhaps the most numerous were open/dropside lorries. Typical of these was 1229F, a dropside lorry new in October 1961 and fitted with a half-length tilt cover. Although not visible here, this lorry was one of only a handful of LT Traders to be equipped with a tail-lift. Note that the vehicle tonnage is shown by a figure 5 after the fleetnumber and in a slightly smaller font. 1229F lasted just over ten years with LT, being based at Chiswick and Parsons Green. It was photographed on 22nd August 1962 parked at Shepherds Bush.

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