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Home brew sleeper cabs...

Remember when going scotch (if from the south), or going down to the smoke (if from the north), was long distance?
When Middle East work was readily available?.
When driving a 111 or F89 meant you were truly the king of the road?
Recall those companies long gone, where every day was an adventure?

What ever happened to those drivers you spent hours with.. where did they go? and recollect on those characters in the industry sadly no longer with us.
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Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby Richard J » Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:14 pm

Anyone remember those cab extentions which we used to bribe the workshop crews to build on the cab of your Bedford TK's/KM's/Ford Cargo's/Leylands/etc, in lieu of a proper sleeper cab?

There were some very strange looking concoctions bolted on the cab backs...any photos of them would be appreciated.

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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby billybob » Fri Dec 30, 2016 5:39 pm

Hi
found this advert for a sleeper conversion in a 1982 Bedford Operator magazine that might be of interest
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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby Richard J » Fri Dec 30, 2016 6:56 pm

That's spot on, BillyBob...and very upmarket too! Most of the ones I remember seeing were very much a home brewed thing, but looks very posh.

Many thanks for that...


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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby rastone » Fri Dec 30, 2016 8:05 pm

Richard J wrote:That's spot on, BillyBob...and very upmarket too! Most of the ones I remember seeing were very much a home brewed thing, but looks very posh.

Many thanks for that...


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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby Buzzer » Fri Dec 30, 2016 9:17 pm

Hi this is a model done by Unity Conversions of Little Lever Street Bolton, they sent me this picture of a Hipwood & Grundy motor to show me what the finished article would look like, any ways I had my 110 Scania done but when I took it up there in an old mill it were I nearly had second thoughts but carried on and was well pleased with the results. cant remember how much it cost but it sure was better than kipping across the seats.
In my early days I got two fella's from a car repair shop to put a hutch on the back of a Mammoth Minor AEC, that was scary once they nibbled the back of the cab Saterday and I needed the truck to go to work on the Monday but they did it with a sheet of mild steel and 1 inch angle but that was back in the day.
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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby Ste46 » Fri Dec 30, 2016 9:30 pm

They all look a darned site better than the Jennings nesr boxes they stuck on the back of Walton-le-Dale's finest!

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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby Richard J » Fri Dec 30, 2016 9:59 pm

Some nice images there guys, thanks ever so much. I remember back in the day that some would knock the side windows out of the TK cabs and have a metal box welded across the resulting hole, at least could you get yourself across the parcel shelf behind the seats.
The upmarket version was made by cutting the back of the cab right off, and welding in an extension plate, then welding the back of the cab back on. An old piece of carpet, a pile of blankets (or if you were lucky, a narrow mattress) a set of old curtains, and away you went with your smart sleeper cab.

How things have changed....

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Postby Stanfield » Sat Dec 31, 2016 1:38 am

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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby lespullan » Sat Dec 31, 2016 2:53 am

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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby Richard J » Sat Dec 31, 2016 9:03 am

Terrific pictures...thanks guys, keep 'em coming!

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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby Dirty Dan » Sat Dec 31, 2016 9:11 am

Here is one i like,would make the Daf to a great longhaul unit me think.

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Postby dave docwra » Sat Dec 31, 2016 10:33 am

lespullan wrote:
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That AEC must have been quite a talking point in its day..
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Postby Bewick » Sat Dec 31, 2016 4:08 pm

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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby Richard J » Sat Dec 31, 2016 9:44 pm

Blimey...some of those are real posh compared to what I'm thinking about. I guess I'm going back to...ooh, the late '70s-early '80s or so.
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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby [zb] anorak » Sun Jan 01, 2017 2:06 am

Bewick wrote:Image

Perfect presentation of a great-looking lorry. Even the pigeon loft is in proportion to the rest of it.
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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby tiptop495 » Sun Jan 01, 2017 1:04 pm

Hey, to all a goor newyear.

I think that the MB1418, F88 and Daf 2600 must be the most welcomed imports with their standard sleepercabs ????
At Scania it was still an option.

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Postby Richard J » Sun Jan 01, 2017 1:21 pm

I managed to find one image on the 'net showing what it is I'm babbling on about...

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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby hotel magnum » Sun Jan 01, 2017 1:53 pm

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Postby robert1952 » Sun Jan 01, 2017 2:01 pm

Richard J wrote:I managed to find one image on the 'net showing what it is I'm babbling on about...

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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby Richard J » Sun Jan 01, 2017 2:27 pm

In a two word answer...."sod that..."
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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby pv83 » Sun Jan 01, 2017 5:02 pm

Does these two fit the bill..?

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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby strawman » Sun Jan 01, 2017 5:02 pm

Did you pay him "night out" money Dennis?
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Postby strawman » Sun Jan 01, 2017 5:03 pm

Bewick wrote:Image
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Postby pv83 » Sun Jan 01, 2017 5:04 pm

Even with the large cab's coming straight out of the works nowadays, it seems that for some it isn't quite what they had in mind..?
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Postby strawman » Sun Jan 01, 2017 5:07 pm

Did you pay him "night out" money Dennis?
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Postby Bewick » Sun Jan 01, 2017 8:11 pm

Image This would be taken about August '76 shortly after I bought K.Fell & Co and this shot is their A Series with Jennings sleeper conversion , the unit was about two years old and I sold it shortly afterwards. Cheers Bewick.
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Re: Home brew sleeper cabs...

Postby Richard J » Sun Jan 01, 2017 9:19 pm

Now we're on the right track...thanks, keep them coming!

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Postby newmercman » Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:28 am

That Trader looks well
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