Austin Breakdown Truck donated to the National Motor Museum

The truck has been at the Museum on loan originally from Mr Martin Quick since 1997. Members of the original owner’s family, including his daughter Melanie Fisher, were at the handover along with members of the Museum team.

Originally fitted with a Landaulet body and used for taxi work, this Austin Twenty was converted into a breakdown truck in 1938 by Quick’s Garage of Handcross, Sussex. The winch, made by the owner’s grandfather Mr Quick in 1927, was previously fitted to Dodge and Rolls-Royce based recovery vehicles. Quick’s operated the vehicle until the 1950s. It was restored by Mr Quick's son, Martin in 1967 and used in historic vehicle events in the 1970s.

The truck is now being shown in the museum outside Jack Tucker’s Garage in the condition that it would have been in when in use in the late thirties, complete with the equipment and tools, RAC relief car enamel plate, and tow bars.

Watch Melanie Fisher who donated the breakdown truck to the Museum