Old North East haulage companies (Part 1)

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Edward Jennings:

Lawrence Dunbar:
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I well remember those old Bedfords, sore ribs from leaning over the front mudguards comes to mind. Cannot remember the model, though? I also recall that the head studs doubled up as the main bearing cap fastenings, strange idea, eh?

Thanks for posting this, Mr Dunbar.

(Cannot seem to get the piccy to come up!)

Saurer and Bernard used that method on some engines, I have a Bernard W2 engine and the studs were in the water jacket and rotted away in time. Gardner used the main bearing studs to secure the block to the crankcase as well.

Pete.