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022 ERF KV Series (1961) SJL 660

ERF KV Series Flatbed (1961)

Livery F R Somerset, Road Transport and Contractors. Coombs Valley, Chepel en le Frith

Owner R Somerset, Chapel en le Frith

Registration Number SJL 660 (Holland, Lincolnshire)

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The KV was a radical change for ERF, designed by Dennis Foden who had recenctly become Managing Director, along with Gerald Broadben of Sandbach coachbuilders J H Jennings and the ERF Chief Engineer Ernest Sherratt the new Kleer Vue cab (KV) was heralded as a futuristic design with its use of curved glass, on of the first applications in the truck industry and one that created challenges for glass manufacturer Triplex.. It prove popular with operatorswith its rounded shape and trusty Gardner engine

 

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Shot 29.08.2016 at the Shrewesbury Steam Fair REF 121-022

 

 

 

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Uploaded on September 10, 2020