VA03306 Ford 300E Thames Van - Gates Ford Dealers Class_Class 47 Since then

Since then

as found on many other BR classes

Wires are approx

Gordon's Coach

are longer with two 1st class compartments

VA03306 Ford 300E Thames Van - Gates Ford Dealers Class_Class 47 Since thenAfter the success of Ford's first European designed monocoque bodyshell, the 1951 Consul Zephyr, the company followed the same route with their next car which was the smaller 100E, arriving in 1953. The following year it sired a van variant, the 300E, which remained in production until 1961. It was initially only offered as a 5cwt payload van, but a subsequent 7cwt version accounted for 57,618 of the 139,267 300Es produced; both offered 66 cubic feet