Kew Dodge from 1952

I believe this Dodge was the first truck to be purchased by the Ritches (Ritchie?) family in Haddington.

Their business was market gardening, and the truck was used to take their produce to market.
Where was the market.... Edinburgh?

Through time additional trucks were added to the business & the firm were asked if they could transport other people's
garden produce, so a new part of the undertaking started in 1954 as a general haulage company.

This Kew Dodge is a 1952, 6 ton model with (probably) a Perkins P6 diesel engine.
Perkins employed a badge, not seen here, of four conjoined chrome circles to denote
that the vehicle was fitted with one of their engines.
The main part of the cab is, I think, by "Pressed Steel Fisher" and similar cabs were used on contemporary
Fordson's and some models of Leyland Comet.

As far as I know this truck (SS 7381) has, thankfully, been saved for preservation

Although the signage on the cab door clearly says "Haddington" the owners name doesn't look like "Ritchie"!!

Do you have any more info about this truck or the company?

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