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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.
I remember that it was green, with the lower panels in the normal white. It was supplied through the local Ford dealer, PM Trucks, who were based
at what later became Murfitts yard at Kings Delph.
It only did 1 trip IIRC, before it was returned to the dealer.
Incidently, PM Trucks was owned by the Read family.