FILM STAR NAAFI AUSTIN

The Austin K2 was introduced in January 1939 as a two-axle normal control truck with a 2-ton payload, built at Longbridge. At the same time, a 30cwt truck, the K30, and a 3-ton truck, the K3, were also introduced, all with the same engine. The K30 had single rear wheels whilst the K2 and K3 had twin rear wheels. The 4/5-ton Austin K4 followed in 1941.

The standardised engine was an Austin six-cylinder 3459cc, 70bhp overhead valve petrol unit with a bore of 3.35in and stroke of 4in. It had a four-speed gearbox, a single dry-plate clutch and a fully floating rear axle with spiral bevel final drive. Lockheed hydraulic brakes operated on all four wheels. Austin K2s had six wheel nuts on the front wheels, distinguishing them from the K3 and K4 which had eight.

Two different wheelbases were available,