Bedford TM.
These Roman trucks must have been more popular than i remember i think thats the 3rd one.
Spanish Dodge.
Day cab Maggie.
Foden.
Maggie,looks heavy.
Tidy bedford TM day cab.
Your being spoilt BonkeyDollocks !

Another day cab Crusader.
PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONModerators: ERF-NGC-European, dieseldave By posting content to TruckNet, you're agreeing to our terms of use and confirm that you have read our Privacy Policy, and our Cookie Use Policy. You acknowledge that any personal data you post on TruckNet may be accessed by other members of TruckNet and visitors to the forum Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONAlways thought these Fodens had so much character about them ! Unlike all the modern stuff.
Bedford TM. These Roman trucks must have been more popular than i remember i think thats the 3rd one. Spanish Dodge. Day cab Maggie. Foden. Maggie,looks heavy. Tidy bedford TM day cab. Your being spoilt BonkeyDollocks ! ![]() Another day cab Crusader.
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONExcellent shots once again Deano ! But just a perfectly innocent observation as these shots were taken in the South it just go's to show that vehicle buying tastes during those years were completely different from those in the North and Scotland. We bought mainly Premium makes such as Atki/ERF Scania and Volvo whereas many of the motors in the shots are Bedford/Ford/Maggie/Roman etc. Oh! and Scammell Crusaders ! but interesting all the same, well done to Paul for having taken the time to create what is now a time warp ! Cheers Bewick.
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Half cab yes brill pic B D Whitwick A R C had 4 drove 1 on nights dry stone to M Keynes for a while , alright I thought but called Animals by everybody
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONWhat a marvelous thing Paul has done. The thing we wished we'd done at the time n couldn't be arsed or afford to
Fantastic !
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONSpoilt indeed!
![]() And I spotted the Sed Ak ARC artic. I reckon it could have been an owner driver otherwise the cab would have had the company logos on as well. Always on the lookout for khaki Tarmac tipper pics.
Know of any ? ![]()
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONGreat collection Dean many thanks to you & Paul for posting
Cheers Ant Wheeler on the side - 10 - 10 till we do it again
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONThanks Dean and Paul for the great photos, any more of Bakers of Southampton? Excellent shot of Bakers Volvo F89 and top timing, Jimski has just finished building a model of this very truck for me, which my uncle, Phil Dibden used to drive!
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My sentiments exactly ,love the Philpots TM ,they had a few with Detroit motors ,thanks regards Keith .
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Those pics of the ERF parked up are perfect for me,you feel that you could be stood there in real life looking at them !
Intresting observation Dennis, i would not have said the Ford transcons were not premium motors ? Bedford's were probably the most common trucks back then. The TK and TL were money making trucks,simple,easy to repair,cheap to repair,and cheap to run. They could make you good money . The maggies semmed to have a strong following just by the numbers that Paul took photos of,plus as a kid i can remember seeing loads of them about. I dont know Dennis,but maybe they were cheap to buy ?? The Crusaders and Romans i dont know that much about. I believe the Romans were basically Mans,but someone else may know for sure...
Cant really remember them coomsey,but must have been a bit tight for storing your personal bits and bobs you take to work. Would imagine that they were pretty rare ???
Indeed i mentioned it before ! It was expensive back then having films developed ! Paul did develop his own black and white pics, but had to pay for the colour ones and obviously the films. He must have spent a fortune !
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Same lorry chap ! Dont remember a Sed Ak ,but there was a Transcon ! ![]()
Thanks Ant, Paul will be pleased that so many people are enjoying them. ! ![]()
LR MAN, There were some earlier in the thread i think ! I am sure there will be more pics of Bakers as hopefully there are a lot more pics to come ! ![]()
Thanks for the comments, Keith. Starting with a Borderer. Datsuns 88 Another Roman. Tidy 88 ,but should have a sun visor on it makes them look so much better ! Big transcon. Mercedes, That cab lasted them years,although the steering wheels were too big ! Day cab crusader Day cab ERF,with huge gap between rear of cab and trailer. Fair play to Paul ,another 88 ! ![]() Seddon Atkinson, same company as 88 above.
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONhi all,
i am loving these evocative images,every day it gets better and better.thanks for sharing. regards andrew.
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONFoden.
Day cab Foden Marathon. Transcon Berliet i think ?? A lot of Fodens about this day. ERF Guy big J Another Berliet,fairly local to me that company. Mercedes
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONI know all you lads appreciate that these photos are all PRE digital and there has been a lot of expense accumulating the collection ........a lot of stuff just disappears without the enthusiasts .............. think of all the things most of us have seen but no camera ?????
What a great collection ............. parking up now !!!!!
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Mercedes, That cab lasted them years,although the steering wheels were too big ! [/quote] That big steering wheel was the best thing about those NGs - loved 'em! lol. After that, the German's dropped their long-standing legislation that all commercials should have big enough steering wheels to get the driver home in the event of power-assistance failure. It was a good common-sense rule: I'm only a little chap but I got an MAN home from Belgium with no power-steering one day because the big wheel enabled me to - and saved a fortune! Robert Lorries of Arabia
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONHey DEANB,nice kick off with that lot with the Issac Caswell Borderer . He had a big immaculate fleet and his Borderers were the finest in S Wales ,thanks again for some superb stuff,regards Keith .
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Cant really remember them coomsey,but must have been a bit tight for storing your personal bits and bobs you take to work. Would imagine that they were pretty rare ??? They were not THAT rare, at Tilcon our depot alone had around 20+ of them (tippers and powder tankers) and there were many more nationwide based at other quarries. Not a bad truck, you could just squeeze two people in the cab which we sometimes had to do on breakdowns but it was tight! Ivonbrook Quarries had a few as well locally, also ARC had a lot of tippers and mixers (ex St Ives Sand and Gravel I believe) but fitted with the 'dumper' type of half cab instead. Pete. Foden Forever!
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONOnce again DEANB thanks for posting these superb photos. On the F88 agree that they do look better with the sun visor fitted. On that note remember when mating for Stevens running over Scammonden dam on the M62 a lorry passed us and when passed sudden wind gust blew visor slamming it back onto roof. I do remember driver saying it had happened before, and also another of Stevens F88 same problem smashing that one ,so was removed and never refitted. Just wondering if other drivers on here had same problem?
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Hi Pete, don't recall any later than J reg n only Foden, would that be right? Ideal for tipper work most lorries I drove never went anywhere near the passenger seat. N you could get to nearside window always a game on hot days on the road.Plenty of room for flask n snap. Was there any payload gain? Paul
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Fantastic model, the man has a gift indeed. I remember when it was draged back from a water dyke, might have been France, and it needed a shovel to get the mud out from inside the cab before it could be put back together again, Eric was so relaxed about it I could not believe it. In my earley days knowing Mr Baker he would have gone loopy. Harvey
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We had several J reg tippers but they were all short wheelbase 24 ton eight leggers. There were two J reg tankers, NRB 174 J and ORA 310 J, all the rest were long wheelbase thirty tonners on K plates. Several of the thirty tonners were recabbed with S40 Motor Panels cabs to give them a longer life as the half cabs rotted badly, plus there were insurance issues with there only being one door in case of an accident. I took most of them to North riding Garages at Middleton St George for recabbing and engine overhaul while the cabs were off. Payload was about the same as the plastic S39 cabbed ones I think, around 21 tonnes. They did plenty of distance work, Isle of Wight and back in the day and Truro, Scotland, Crediton and down into Kent were regular runs. Of course during winter the sugar factory at Felsted in Essex had a large tonnage of limestone daily so they were kept busy on that. Pete. Foden Forever!
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONPete.[/quote]
Pauls busy scanning the next batch !
I think we all feel like that,should have taken a camera !
That big steering wheel was the best thing about those NGs - loved 'em! lol. After that, the German's dropped their long-standing legislation that all commercials should have big enough steering wheels to get the driver home in the event of power-assistance failure. It was a good common-sense rule: I'm only a little chap but I got an MAN home from Belgium with no power-steering one day because the big wheel enabled me to - and saved a fortune! Robert[/quote] The only good thing about them was you could nod off on them ! ![]()
Thanks for the input Keith !
Thanks Pete,coomsey for your comments ! ![]()
Never heard of that before ? Thanks for the observation.
Lovely motor and model Harvey. ![]()
Good point about only having one door ! DAF F88 Transcon, looks like a removal truck ?? F88 ERF Maggie MAN, Dont think the ministry would be to impressed with that today ? Dont see many Aveling Barford's on the road. Crusader. Tidy transcon.
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONIs the F88 with fridge a Greenaway from Cornwall used to do banana's, real memory jerkers on here boys, Buzzer.
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONThese Unic T 340 were built by Unic in their factory in Trappes ,west from Paris, the engine was a V8 one and gearbox was a 8 range homemade. The "group" cab was tilting , same as a Fiat one which did'nt on the Italian range.
It seems that the first one is from the Multi-Transport company who still exists in Le Puy en Velay ,but mainly owns Daf,Man and Mercedes. The freight could be Michelin tyres.
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONWhats the odds that Mr B says something about the sheets on James Reid Ford Transcon.
![]() ![]() ![]() Another cracking set of photos again DEANB thanks. Regards JOHN.
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Hello Buzzer, sorry chap cant tell blew the pic up but where its on the move cant make the name out.
Michel, Thanks for the information. Out of intrest,does anyone know if the Unic brand was sold in the UK ? I know the Fiat with the same cab was,but a french driver was asking me if Unic's were sold here. Although i remember seeing Unic's i dont know if they were actually marketed here ???
Funny you should mention that i thought exactly the same when i saw the sheet blowing in the wind. If you look at the driver it looks like hes checking his mirror ! Probably muttering to himself . ![]() Starting with a fine looking Foden tipper ! Thats an early F86 Single axle trailer on the TM,you dont see many of them these days. ERF, was on here yesterday photographed in a different spot. What can you say..... Nice looking 6 wheeler TM. DAF Roman, i said originally that these were rare and then seemed to be posting alot of pics of them,thinking that they must have been alot more common than i remembered. However Paul contacted me and assured me they were rare but he always took a pic when he saw one ! Is that a Atkinson Borderer going the other way ??? Seddon Atkinson 400 Merc looks a bit tired,could do with a wash ! Last edited by DEANB on Thu Jun 15, 2017 5:35 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONERF ,no easy sheets in those days!
Two Seddon Atkinsons running together from the same fleet. Mercedes. MAN Another Seddon Atkinson Breeding like rabbits ! I bet the scania draw-bar was fun to reverse ! Another scania Like the scania the F86 must have been fun with that dolly.
Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTIONThanks for that photo of J R Margrett's S-Atki, the driver of which was ...? Marshall. As a dedicated ERF fan, J.R. couldn't wait to get rid of the S/A- he reckoned that it spent twice as much time in the workshop (barn!) than the rest of the lorries put together.
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No, it's a Motor Panels cab, so likely to be a Seddon or a Guy Big J
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