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[Vamps]

http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery/860808/1956-seddon-flatbed-lorry/like/

Browsing through some of those pictures and care across this, who is it?

http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery/893694/snow-covered-road/

[Vamps]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/7018276553/

[The Red Baron]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/7018276553/

can i have the car behind it please. 

[Seth]

heres another one for you Byron.



 

Commer flat-bed, powered by their own 2-stroke diesel with 3 cylinders/3 pairs of horizontally-opposed pistons.
The 'Maxi Load' range replaced these noisy motors in the mid-60's - many of those being powered by the Perkins 6.354 4-stroke diesel.

[The Red Baron]

heres another one for you Byron.



 

Commer flat-bed, powered by their own 2-stroke diesel with 3 cylinders/3 pairs of horizontally-opposed pistons.
The 'Maxi Load' range replaced these noisy motors in the mid-60's - many of those being powered by the Perkins 6.354 4-stroke diesel.

& guess what,....yes i had one of them too.

[Seth]

Here's a Commer Maxi-Load in artic form:


Getting ready to leave the 1997 Welland Steam Rally, laden with a vintage lorry/living accomodation.

[Seth]

A Commer Maxi-Load powered by the TS3 2-stroke diesel:


At the 2007 Great Dorset Steam Fair - disguised as a ballast tractor.
Note the twin silencers under the front bumper.

[The Red Baron]

A Commer Maxi-Load powered by the TS3 2-stroke diesel:


At the 2007 Great Dorset Steam Fair - disguised as a ballast tractor.
Note the twin silencers under the front bumper.

i bet that had the 2 speed rear axle aswell, very nice machine indeed. had to replace a ts3 in a ballast tractor, it had a cracked cylinder, it exploded & threw bits of piston right down the exhaust system.

[Seth]

Whilst on the Commer theme .............
It's appropriate to include an example of the Karrier marque, as these tended to be at the lighter end of the truck range. Commer, Karrier and Dodge ultimately became part of Chrysler.


A Karrier 'Bantam' refuse collection lorry - very popular with local authorities all over the country.
The 'Gamecock' model was it's bigger stablemate. 

[The Red Baron]

quite nice little things the bantams tbh. 

[Manual Elite V6]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/7018276553/

can i have the car behind it please. 

I get many mk2 Jaguars in my place of work, for a car of that era I find them quite nice to drive and being 21 I am used to most modern cars, we get some mint examples come into my place including the Daimler V8 version, though the 2.4 version was a little underpowered for the road.

[Seth]

I quite liked these:


Tilt-cabbed, the Dodge 'Commando' range was straightforward to work on and a worthy contender to the contemporary Bedford TK and Ford D-series.
IIRC; the very late models were badged as Renaults.

[The Red Baron]

I quite liked these:


Tilt-cabbed, the Dodge 'Commando' range was straightforward to work on and a worthy contender to the contemporary Bedford TK and Ford D-series.
IIRC; the very late models were badged as Renaults.

used to drive one of them when i did outside real ale tents for steam rallies. not a bad motor, a little underpowered maybe though.

[Seth]

Another erstwhile once-famous and no-nonsense British marque:


1993 Upton-upon-Severn Steam Rally (prior to locating at our permanent home at Welland)

Lord Burton ........ would you care to comment, Sir?

[Vamps]

I quite liked these:


Tilt-cabbed, the Dodge 'Commando' range was straightforward to work on and a worthy contender to the contemporary Bedford TK and Ford D-series.
IIRC; the very late models were badged as Renaults.

used to drive one of them when i did outside real ale tents for steam rallies. not a bad motor, a little underpowered maybe though.

I remember that they had a 'restrictor' in the form of a bolt under the throttle pedal, I just screwed it right down.....