cav551:
Karl can you recall the surname of the guy who was tragically killed in a crash involving one of the Six wheel unit AECs (UKM 285H?) I know he came from the Hadlow area where I think his family had a farm. His first name was Stuart. There was of course, also the equally very sad tale of the tyre.
Hi I just cant remember Stuart surname I’m sure it will come to me, Stuart was one of those drivers who kept himself to himself and did not say much, not the usual sort of Firmin diver of the 70s. The AEC we scraped as it was so badly damaged, the impact was so bad it had snapped the engine block.
The driver who was killed by the wheel was just before I started in the 60s, I recall the ambulance flashing pass me in Redwall Lane on my way home from school, he was killed by the split rim wheels of the day very dangerous to fit and pump up.