Punchy Dan:
Hi Larry my uncle and mentor is 76 now and only retired in November ,he started at 17 with a O type Bedford fitted with a ford 4d by Tilsley & Lovett from the potteries it had a Gmc 5 speed overdrive box ,for starting it had a decompression lever ,the Bedford was a spreader and he would load slag or lime and spread it in warickshire ,lime from Kevin quarry or slag from Shelton bar or applbey frodingham at Scunthorpe and even the odd load from breedon hill .the rate from Kevin to Birmingham for 2 loads was £10 per day ,fuel was a shilling a gallon ,by 1962 he progressed to a ex Dene quarries S type Bedford and would do 2 loads a day from the big hole in wirksworth to Peterborough to do these runs he’d leave uttoxeter at 0130am to get the first load on ,back then he couldn’t afford a new battery so he parked at the top of his neighbors farm drive to run off although it would start during the day cheers Dan’l
Great stuff Dan, Regards Larry.