LTSV Vehicle Detail

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Main vehicle details

Number	Registration	Type	Class	Chassis No.	Body No. ? If the vehicle had two or more bodies (i.e. if it was rebodied), the body numbers (where known) are shown in chronological order. Refer to the history records for more details.
1781F	MGX915L	Ford D1000 10-ton Bolster Lorry (Fixed Sides)	Heavy Lorry	BC01MG55040

Licence on:	23/08/1972
Into stock:	09/08/1972
From:	Godfrey Davis Ltd
Out of stock:	25/04/1983 (Life: 10.71 years)
Disposal:	British Car Auctions, Farnborough
Licence off:	31/10/1983 ?This is the last recorded licence expiry date. Previous expiry dates will be shown in the Licensing History section below.

Livery:	Grey
Operator:	LT
Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	24/04/2023 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

1 photo of this vehicle has been published.

There may be references to other photos in the Notes section further down this page.

Sightings
2 sightings of this vehicle have been reported. Shown below with the most recent at the top.

Date	Place	Comments	Posted by ?If the name is in brackets, the vehicle was not seen by the person, but the sighting was added by the person.
07/09/1982	Chiswick Works		Malcolm Conway
21/07/1977	?	-	Steve Howard

History ?This section contains details of events during the lifetime of this vehicle. These can be drawn from official documents or from observations, and will eventually cover the whole career of each vehicle.
8 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
09/08/1972	New into stock	LT	n/a	Works	u	ex Godfrey Davis Ltd	LT Variation Sheets
22/08/1972	Licensed and transferred	LT	Distribution Services Manager (Gp.3)	Chiswick Works		ex Works	LT Variation Sheets
by01/09/1972	Allocated to	LT	Distribution Services Manager (Gp.3)	Chiswick Works		Docked at Chiswick	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by01/01/1974	Allocated to	LT	Distribution Services Manager (Gp.3)	Chiswick Works			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by05/1978	Allocated to	LT	Distribution Services Manager (Gp.3)	Chiswick Works			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by03/1982	Allocated to	LT	Distribution Services Manager (Gp.3)	Chiswick Works			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
19/04/1983	Delicensed and transferred	LT	n/a	AEC Works, Southall	u	ex Distribution Services Manager. Replaced by 2381F	LT Variation Sheets
25/04/1983	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex AEC Southall	LT Variation Sheets

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
1 note about this vehicle has been posted.

Note	Posted by	On
Although the 1982 photo on this site shows 1781F to have a dropside body, an earlier photo (which I cannot publish) confirms that it originally had a fixed-side body. Details of the conversion are not known.	Thomas Young	24/04/2023

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
4 documents relating to this vehicle have been published. Shown below in date order (oldest first). Hover over a document to see more details.

Licensing History ?The licence expiry dates are regularly updated, with all records shown here (most recent first).

Date checked	Expiry date	Notes	Added by
01/01/2022	31/10/1983		Ray

Edits ?This section shows a description of each change that has been applied to the database entry for this vehicle.
This record has been edited 4 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
24/04/2023	Record reverted to Fixed Sides (was converted to dropsides mid-life)	Thomas Young	Y
15/02/2014	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y
22/04/2012	Dropside (not fixed sides)	Thomas Young	Y
28/04/2009	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y