toshboy:
Hi Windrush, Memories of the past , Oxford BRS had their fair share of those “things” in the early days (1950 ish) although of an earlier mark , we drivers hated them ,in blue livery for Prestcold , Saurer diesel engine which would often run backwards on starting ,suicide doors, but fitted with 5th wheel so as to be standard with rest of trailer fleet , every hill resulted in trail of black smoke behind ,
Yes, the Saurer diesel engine made by Nuffield under licence. A very popular vehicle the Morris Commercial FVO and there were hundreds of them around, Derbyshire Stone ran a lot of tippers. Morris/Austin developed their own 3.4 diesel engine using the Saurer design as a base, similar in some respects and of course with the fuel pump still mounted on the right hand side. I have an original workshop manual for the Saurer diesel upstairs.
Pete.