moomooland:
Atkinson Mk II 4x2 tractor unit Reg No ETF 510J was originally registered new to W & J Riding.Atkinson Mk II 4x2 tractor unit Reg No ETF 510J Fleet No 77, powered by a Gardner 180 engine, was registered new on the 5th of May 1971 costing £4,872 plus vat from the factory.
Seen here when new it was driven on a regular basis by the late Fred Wolstenholme, aka Pluto, and is pictured here at the premises of Hepworth Polva Plastics in Padiam near Burnley a company which manufactured plastic piping and guttering.
After a seven years service it was sold on to Tom Riding’s friend John Killingbeck of Blackburn on the 14th of August 1978 for £2,500 plus vat.
Another shot of ETF 510J after being sold on to John Killingbeck of Blackburn were it became No 27 in the fleet.
This pictured shows it heading up the A50 at Longton Stoke-on-Trent while hauling a Pandoro flat trailer loaded with steel pipes from the long gone Stanton & Staveley plant at Ilkeston in Derbyshire.
Good stuff again Paul ! Tom used to do really well selling his motors second hand. When you think he
worked it for 7 years and still got half of what he paid for it,that’s good business ! 
