'Two-Stroke' writes me to say: "Following on from the Biglorryblog post on the Cargo-cabbed Ashok Leyland 6x6 in Africa. There was some interesting 4x4 solutions displayed on Ford châssis at the recent Hospice of St Francis steam rally."
"In the forestry section next to the Latil (that Ron featured) was a 4x4 Thames Trader. Is it safe to assume this was County conversion? As Ford was not a big player in 4x4, compared to Bedford who had the military business." Well interesting questions TS. It could well have been, as you suggest, a County conversion. But equally active in the all-wheel drive conversion market was Newton Abbott Motor (NAM), United Services Garage (USG) the big Bedford dealer in Portsmouth and Reynolds Boughton to name but a few... Now click through here for more weird all-wheel-drive wonders!