volvo f6:
Thanks for the pics I’ve only just seen them, I think mines the one in the middle because the other two have blue curb mirrors mines black and original , I think as a fitting tribute I’m going to put the albatross name back on, thanks again for the history it’s much appreciated. It’s made my day knowing it’s an original tractor unit I thought it had been cut down, is rheemco blagden still operating?
You’re welcome… Sadly Blagden Packaging is no more I left in 1996 and I believe it was bought out by a company called Greif in 2006. The Trafford Park factory was demolished only last year. End of an era… very sad had a lot of happy times there.
The three trucks in that photo were B605PNG, driven by Dave King, B607PNG driven by John Miles and B609PNG driven by Bob Thomas.
As I said before they moved onto Scanias in 1990/91 and continued to show them at Truckfest
