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[albitz]

Saddo.

[VXL V6]

I used to live about 1/2 mile from this company, amazing some of the items they've moved.

http://www.allelys.co.uk/default.asp

[Omegatoy]

The epitome of the 1960/70s road haulage scene:


A lovingly-restored Ergomatic tilt-cabbed AEC Mercury flatbed, with AV505 engine and 6-speed constant-mesh 'box.
Pictured at the Welland Steam Rally a couple of years ago.

damn!!! drove one for Wimpey for about 6 months and another for the ABM in Wallingford for a year!!
this was around 79/81

[Omegatoy]

Nice trucks, but you can't beat a Transconti. When was the last time you saw one though?

Not much Ford about 'em, though a good mechanical spec.
Powered by the iconic 14-litre Cummins lump, so would appeal to many operators (or should have, anyway!)

lol my favourite hotrod truck!! had one at Cannons transport for the general haulage nothing fazed it no matter what you put on it!! brillaint truck, was replaced vby a scania 141 v8 now that was even quicker!!!

[Marks DTM Calib]

There are a coupld of trucks at the Heritage centre:

A Leyland Constructor 2 flat back (A130 BRB) with a hyab

and

An ERF Tractor unit (VUT 493X)

Although today, I am mostly hating Land Rovers......AGAIN!

[Amigo]

Loving the old AEC. Brings back memories of the Mandator & Leyland Super Comet. You had to DRIVE them!!! I'm a Volvo man myself truckwise, can't beat a good Globie for general living/running, cracking motors so loving the FL too. Reminds me of the 82 FL7 turbo 6 8 legger tipper i used to drive before i had an HGV!!! 4 over 4 range change, no split box but it least it was synchro & had power steering, luxury back then.

  Driving a fully auto 57 plate TGA M.A.N. now. Does everything quietly, you hardly have to be there. Not the same somehow but at least Gaffer's promised me another Volly later this year!

[Olympia5776]

I'm not a truck driver but have always loved the very American design influenced 50's British trucks.
Like UK there's a great deal of restored trucks over here with two annual runs passing through the town each year . Watching and listening to these heros of the past is an absolute delight much ,much better than any car show.......
No CAD here .....




 

[Vamps]

I'm not a truck driver but have always loved the very American design influenced 50's British trucks.
Like UK there's a great deal of restored trucks over here with two annual runs passing through the town each year . Watching and listening to these heros of the past is an absolute delight much ,much better than any car show.......
No CAD here .....

Awwhhhh the Bedford 'J' series, in the early 80's I had a 1972 Ambulance version, lovely old truck with the 3.0L 6 cylinder petrol and about 50MPH used it as a Mini Bus for Cub's and often slept in the back of it on camp.   I painted it Royal Blue but it remained an Ambulance with blue lights and a new set of air horns courtesy of Cleveland Ambulance who used to run her, I got it from a Racecourse, I sold it to buy a Transit crew bus, a really bad move as the Bedford would have lasted for ever....I wish I still had it..
At one point, when a Cleveland Ambulance in managed to wrap itself round a lamp post, front end, on the A19, they had a picture of her at the Ambulance maintenance place that I got the air horns from..

[Nickbat]

Nostalgia is not what it used to be.


BTW, I'm young enough to remember having a Thames Trader Matchbox tow truck. 

[Seth]

Nostalgia is not what it used to be.


BTW, I'm young enough to remember having a Thames Trader Matchbox tow truck. 

Me too!

[albitz]

I think I may well still have one in the loft.

[Vamps]

Nostalgia is not what it used to be.


BTW, I'm young enough to remember having a Thames Trader Matchbox tow truck. 

Me too!

And me.....

[pscocoa]

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

[redelitev6]

Yeah,Yeah.
I spent 20 years working around trucks,and a lot of time shunting them and trailers around,but never developed any interest in them tbh. Just never floated my boat at all.The objects of desire for the very sad among the workforce were the "Hiab" type cranes on the trucks. Every time an even bigger than the previous biggest one arrived,an orgasmic crowd would gather around to inspect it.
Those of us who had a bit of sense would then gather to take the p1ss.

You mean like this little baby.... 

I had originally spec'd a 25t city crane to lift the huge chiller unit condensing coil into place.  When the fella from Abbey said 'I've got a hiab that will do that', I though he was having a laugh...

He wasn't!! 

Not a helmet or hi-viz in sight! 

[Seth]

Now I'm pretty sure that Mr Red Baron will be able to comment favourably on these two leviathons:


From the pristine Sayers of Newbury fleet - a 6x6 AEC Militant, successor to the 4x4 AEC Matador.
Photo taken at the 1988 AEC Society Rally at Nottingham's Wollaton Park.





And another fine example in full military guise:


At the 1995 West Somerset Railway Steam Fayre, Bishops Lydeard, near Taunton.

Over to you Jon ....................