Guy

1969 and the first truck i ever drove for a living.
AOM 984B a Guy Invincible 8 wheel tipper
One of two belonging to James F G Hare of Kings Norton, Birmingham.
Photographed in Ashwood Dale Quarry, Buxton,Derbys
Put bluntly it was about as much use as a chocolate tea pot for Peak District hauling.
Single drive with a dead trailing axle, no shock absorbers and brakes that where wishful thinking.
Given its drive line, a Gardner 6LX, and a David Brown 6 speed gearbox on paper it would have climbed the side of a house if asked to.
But, it would not climb up into Ashwood Dale when the ground was wet, let alone icy, or covered in snow, which tended to happen in Buxton
anytime between October and the end of May,or was it June.!
The springs broke with monotonous regularity, the Tecalamit chassis lubrication drive belt never stayed on for more than a hour or so.
The windscreens broke for the hell of it, usually when it was raining .
Easter Saturday 1969 her sisters brakes went on strike just as i began to descend into Ashbourne, Market Day.
I used the big stone wall alongside the church, below the ‘Bowling Green’ to stop her.
That was another visit to Fallings Park and a bill of £1,060,00…
I was glad to see the back of them, replaced with Scania 110s.

mmm, they looked good though.!

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