Longwayround:
Sorry,i’m not much up on Seddon Atkinson,what was the reason for pushing out the bonnet,I am guessing a longer engine.I have an image burned in my brain of passing a Benfields coal truck laboring up Deddington Hill on the A45 circa 1970.Any one have any pictures of coal trucks from that time.
Not sure what you mean by “pushing out the bonnet” - you mean the shape of the front end of the Krupp cab? If so, that is just something that Atki were stuck with when they bought the cabs in.
The longer engine issue came in 1970 with the straight-8 Gardner - the solution was to lengthen the wheelbase and have the back 2 cylinders sticking out of the back of the cab - a rain-cooled engine!