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| Another familiar location, this is Chiswick Works on 4th August 1989, less than a year before closure. Parked near the back yard were a number of service vehicles, headed by Dodge Commando dropside lorry 2386D. A fairly typical example with a crew-cab, tail-lift and metal dropside-doors, the only distinctive features are the weight lettering carried near the front of the body, and the grey wheelarches. The former has been noted on a few other lorries (such as Dodge 2402D), while the latter can be compared to the black ones on the similar lorry parked behind. I don't have any photos of 2386D with black wheelarches so perhaps it retained the grey ones throughout. I have been studying photos to see if there were any visible differences between the various Dodge Commando variants (e.g. G1085, G1185, G1285 and G1685). The first two digits are believed to relate to vehicle weight, with the heavier vehicles presumably having larger engines and/or wheels. Although there are slight height differences visible in some photos, they are too small to be relied upon for recognition. Of the other vehicles visible here, the white Ford Transit on the left was not part of the main service vehicle fleet. The blue Transit minibus just visible above 2386D could be 2458F, while behind the second Dodge lorry is what looks like mobile laboratory 2375D. |
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| Photographer: | Photo ID: | 6515 | |
| Photo date: | 04/08/1989 | Size: | Regular |
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| Date added: | 01/12/2020 | ||