Dodge 100 Kew

The Dodge 100 Kew was a range of trucks that the American Dodge company made from 1949 until 1957 at its British factory in Kew, London. The trucks were nicknamed the parrot nose because of the distinctive shape of their bonnets and grilles. Most were powered by either a Perkins diesel or a Chrysler petrol engine, and the cab body was built by Briggs Motor Bodies and shared with the Ford Thames ET6 and the Leyland Comet. They featured in the 1957 film Hell Drivers. In India the same model was built by Premier Automobiles Limited and production continued until the 1980s, later under the names Premier Roadmaster for the diesel and Pioneer for the petrol version.