Ancient brits heading east!

gb1:
Some of those trucks are a bit questionable for such a long journey…it is almost as if anything that moved was pressed into service ! And with nonsleeper cabs…

This thread is turning out to be one of the best, and surely worthy of another book Ash.
I can recall Reads of Peterborough sending a day-cab D-Series artic and a day-cab Foden artic to the M/E.
They also sent a demo Transcon, which for some reason had the bunks removed.
Strange thing was, the drivers of all 3 were happy to go! A different breed!

The second Transcon that Ford submitted to Commercial Motor, for roadtest, had the bunks removed, if I remember correctly. This was to reduce its unladen weight, which was higher than many of the day-cab units popular at the time. Maybe it was this lorry which went.