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Cambridge Vintage Sale - Sale 5 -- Commercial vehicles & classic cars, vintage & classic tractors at Machinery Saleground, Sutton, Ely, Cambs, CB6 2QT (#356) 20/10/2018 11:00 AM CEST Closed

Starts Ending 20/10/2018 11:00 AM CEST

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Lot 21171946 ERF C15 diesel 4x2 wooden dropside lorry Reg. No. EDL 172 Serial No. 4057 Fitted with a Gardner 5LW diesel engine, a copy of the vehicle register sheet shows EDL 172 was also fitted with a streamline cab and 40gallon fuel tank. EDL 172 has a well recorded history having been sold new to C.B Yates & Sons, Merston on 4th September 1946, which apparently was the first diesel engined lorry to be sold on the Isle-of-White. The lorry was then sold to a Mr Barry Halford of Totton Diesel Co, Totton

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Lot closed - Winning bid:£15,000 (7 bids)

Cambridge Vintage Sale - Sale 5 -- Commercial vehicles & classic cars, vintage & classic tractors at Machinery Saleground, Sutton, Ely, Cambs, CB6 2QT (#356) 20/10/2018 11:00 AM CEST Closed

Starts Ending 20/10/2018 11:00 AM CEST

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  • 1946 ERF C15 diesel 4x2 wooden dropside lorry Reg. No. EDL 172 Serial No. 4057 Fitted with a Gardner 5LW diesel engine, a copy of the vehicle register sheet shows EDL 172 was also fitted with a streamline cab and 40gallon fuel tank. EDL 172 has a well rec