I’ve been working on a series of features for Truck & Driver magazine looking at the kind of bog-standard UK-only driving everyone forgets about, and how it has changed through the decades. I started with the 1960s, the 1970s is in this month’s issue, and now I’m putting together the chapter about the 80s.
Up until now I’ve always appealed for contributors in the Old Timers forum, but since my plea for 80s drivers only led to an argument about whether they actually count as “old timers” I figured I’d be better off asking in here.
All that will be involved is a 30 minutes-ish chat on the phone at some point this week…I have a couple of people already from elsewhere, so I only need one or maybe two more. Surely someone here would be up for it? Please?
I’m also on the hunt for images from the same era if anyone’s willing to share…
Thanks guys…
Ps. Juddian, I saw your post on the first thread but you didn’t say whether you were actually up for a chat…Are you please?
Those who were in their 40’s in the 80’s are likely retired. Those of us who were the newbies of the mid 70’s onward are still here, mostly.
Having some memories, not yet as befuddled as the Donkey thinks they should be, I’d be up to bore you for a half hour.
Maybe include an argument in the article between Bewick and myself as to why he thinks that driving a Leyland WF tipper on the council in the 1980’s was any different to doing the same job in 1960.Or how stripping a tilt and using it as a flat and sheeting it with the tilt cover was ‘easier’ than sheeting a flat in the 1970’s.
truckyboy:
i started my career in transport in the 60s through the 70s…80s..90s until present day…only problem is i cant remember what i did last week…ha ha
Carryfast:
Maybe include an argument in the article between Bewick and myself as to why he thinks that driving a Leyland WF tipper on the council in the 1980’s was any different to doing the same job in 1960.Or how stripping a tilt and using it as a flat and sheeting it with the tilt cover was ‘easier’ than sheeting a flat in the 1970’s.
Carryfast:
Maybe include an argument in the article between Bewick and myself as to why he thinks that driving a Leyland WF tipper on the council in the 1980’s was any different to doing the same job in 1960.Or how stripping a tilt and using it as a flat and sheeting it with the tilt cover was ‘easier’ than sheeting a flat in the 1970’s.
Theres your man Lucy, Carryfast could fill a full monthly magazine for at least 2 years.
There was a video on here and on utube a while ago, about drivers and there jobs etc,think it was in late 80s or early 90s, one fella stood out,think he had a burgandy coloured daf with a block trailer,chris perhaps? Was a good watch,but cant find it anywhere
Carryfast:
Maybe include an argument in the article between Bewick and myself as to why he thinks that driving a Leyland WF tipper on the council in the 1980’s was any different to doing the same job in 1960.Or how stripping a tilt and using it as a flat and sheeting it with the tilt cover was ‘easier’ than sheeting a flat in the 1970’s. [emoji38]
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Theres your man Lucy, Carryfast could fill a full monthly magazine for at least 2 years.
Especially if someone disagrees with him every dozen or so pages [emoji57]