Tilly (vehicle)

Car Light Utility 4 × 2 , or Tilly (from Utility ), was the name of a group of light passenger cars made by various manufacturers that were used by the United Kingdom's armed forces during World War II .

Standard Twelve "Tilly"

Origin and use

In addition to civilian vehicles that were used in bars and other rear-end tasks, the British military used a large number of modified civilian vehicles in which the passenger compartment was shortened and a loading area was fitted in the rear, like a pick-up truck.

Manufacturers and variants

Austin produced around 29,000 units by the end of the war:

• Austin 8
• Austin 10

Morris:

• Morris Ten

Default:

• Standard Ten
• Standard Twelve

Hillman:

• Hillman Ten

literature

• Bruce Robertson: Wheels of the Royal Air Force , Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1983, ISBN 0-85059-624-6

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Colin Peck: The Last Real Austins: 1946 TO 1959 , Veloce Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84584-193-5 , p. 6