Vehicle Badge I.D. Needed Petrol Heads A Challenge !

[Always A Trade Off U.K.]

Hi from the UK

I picked up these badges from the car boot sale (flea market), last week for a few quid. Can anyone tell me what vehicles they belong to ? I suspect they are from Fords and possibly trucks, as the makers name on the back is the same as the one that used to produce badges for Ford cars here in the UK.

• This topic was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by Always A Trade Off U.K..

[Jay]

Those dont come from any Ford truck here in the US. But they do look like car badges, but google doesnt bring anything up.

[Always A Trade Off U.K.]

I cant find anything they match in the UK either, maybe they aren’t from trucks ? Or maybe they are prototypes

[Anonymous]

How big are they?
Maybe they are for audio equip., generators ??

[AdventureE]

I think these may need to be looked up individually.

Using google reverse search and some key words, I found some links that may be of benefit.

For the Swan one

https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZitGTgZDHGABPMm114Uv1I_1OF7ueSUqarzgpN7MMhAhy1i6uQaqN9Ghn4W3r8cedv1JbNpVRunidWvJbOku-OltgzFGe4NAwrRy8xIQvUcZRD4-BunXW1r5v5pNBtUB6fUbmH8rvVOiryu9xH5qpm7BzMIorKxDBLgJlaXwYi029zEBD85hoja0F-oe0vNIMXzkT0txbnKOg2PVuBB0InW0knn1YFumi4UTuGyozIzZfw85LDvk3yj6v9r8AaIePfhf3VuwTAHiBv1i-1fiYDGITrbU2bMus2rVxcA16IDxjzabcREBKHEt0WNiLwSKxfG9k5U8mQhziNO3tJ4QzSkSILW-5eg&hl=en

900 FG

https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZisTnBrQl6_1MQyLHZnuJeB14Vl3fic7Tae1p6pEnWC4fa1kkroCGoIn8D_1rxjnJ9ogHld9vd1LV_1Xh8HaDq7OgY50YbuK1tVF6TuPowhnezC_17nSE1qR5nDagw0W912wAKCOybA9N7SeIi-Ef3TTYzbQ5f_1RJVZsZSf6mqlFIsovXXtviexvjBAAXC94QtcFHheYR9oDPjH9IV8tc3fTnmG28-ZFMr0hEjZtfUy_1zcv2z84NAOs8NRlmOaaU5SEr5mPH-ZH_173QY0-T-W9in8NyWIWjlKd3J6YQFx5hyU2z488aRxM5CspyRyD8gEVPy7iH30089FXLC0OXpCohmqrLPO6zEoA&btnG=Search%20by%20image&hl=en

BX 1200

https://www.google.com/search?q=waht+does+BX+1200+represent&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

LR 1825

LR-1825

[Always A Trade Off U.K.]

Size is 1″ x 5″

The Swan One is in fact a box of English matches that I used for scale, something virtually everyone in the UK would recognise, sorry my mistake !

Maybe I should have thought this through a little more when I took the photo and included a rule as a guide doh !! lesson learnt

[Gompers]

Most likely the LR xxx badges are from BMC Laird trucks. You can see the badge on the front of this truck at the top left most photo on this page https://www.pinterest.se/pin/368521181980245051/

The BX and FG badges may be from trucks too, but i haven’t found any matches.

[Amatino]

Most of these are from the 1960s BMC Laird lorries.

900 FG https://www.flickr.com/photos/semmytrailer/5918935145

LR 1825 https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4f/b4/9b/4fb49b8816965596edc806f5fd71f804.jpg
(not sure if I got that one right, but it’s very similar)

LR 1800 https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a2/85/48/a285482eaa1e5ae7411c2f51c840444e.jpg

And the BX 1200 is from the 1970s Leyland Boxer https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4412/36002506820_e51d6e7c63_b.jpg

You have to remember your search keys. In the UK, they’re not called trucks. They’re called lorries. 😉

[Jay]

You are the master at finding items! Good eye.

[Always A Trade Off U.K.]

Thank you for the compliment Jay.

I have great hope for these badges If I can find the right buyer, they are (as my father would of said) as “rare as hens teeth”

Everytime I go out scavenging always buy sure fire “winners” when I see them, however If things are cheap I always buy some “wild cards” if the price is right for “Failure is Success If We Learn From It” and if they dont or are worth nothing I just put them on my stall at the flea market (car boot sale) and recoupe some or all of the cost.

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