my new truck arrived my boss must have too much money

by **malcolmj** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:04 pm

my boss informed me that my new truck had arrrived but it wont be on the road for a while as it wont pass its mot :lol:

[img][img]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o80/malcj/25042008005.jpg[/img][/img]

by **zebadee** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:08 pm

If thats a real Ford Transconti - I'll have it any day of the week!

by **malcolmj** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:10 pm

yeah it is a 1975 vintage i think and its got a shiny horn on the roof i cant wait to polish it

by **zebadee** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:12 pm

I'm more interested in the motor under the bonnet!

The 1 I drove many moons ago went like [zb] off a shovel, was very comfortable and had a cracking bed and cab for it's day!

by **Coffeeholic** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:14 pm

malcolmj wrote:yeah it is a 1975 vintage i think and its got a shiny horn on the roof i cant wait to polish it

I think the subject of horn polishing belongs in a different, currently 5 page long, thread on here. :wink:

by **greg50** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:19 pm

along with the 1418 merc and berliet.
they were walk across cabs.
great truck.
not a bit of ford in them.
cummins engine/rockwell axle/zf box.
pity they took them off the market,with todays tech they would have been right there with the scania and others.

by **zebadee** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:22 pm

Greg, dont forget the old little cabbed MANs, with their 360 motor they could see most things off the roads - including any 330 Scanies! :lol:

by **Clarky** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:23 pm

Coffee you are addicted to the "LONG" thread? :wink:

Something you wish to share with us? :wink:

by **Coffeeholic** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:27 pm

Clarky wrote:Coffee you are addicted to the "LONG" thread?

Something you wish to share with us?

Depends. What you looking for big boy?

It just makes a change from all the doom and gloom threads.

by **Clarky** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:28 pm

LOL, M8 just "pulling your horn"!

077798 123 1234 :wink:

by **Coffeeholic** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:30 pm

Clarky wrote:LOL, M8 just "pulling your horn"!

No you [zb]ing aint, not into that. :wink:

by **Reef** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:56 pm

After seeing a bit about the new MAN TGX i can see now why your holding out and didnt go for the Daf 105 malc them new MAN's are a nice looking truck and i want one too

Clicky for a piccy

Clicky for a piccy 2

Oh well i can dream (whilst im tramping in my 08 Merc)

Its a hard life (no really it is i hate it..... err the Merc that is not my life)

by **malcolmj** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:21 pm

ive seen the order form Reef its on its way,but been told its due june 2009

by **Reef** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:32 pm

malcolmj wrote:ive seen the order form Reef its on its way,but been told its due june 2009

Ouch thats a long wait

Who had the Daf in the end then (i did ask for it but you ignored me :cry:

)

by **malcolmj** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:40 pm

sorry sir nobody had the daf it didnt arrive he has 5 trucks 3 mans 1 scania and an iveco the newest is the iveco @3 the scania is a 2001 vintage that driver also refused a DAF the old uk only 1998 MAN and a pair of tga xxl both just turned 5 years old ,the boss is replacing the lot with MANS

by **teatime** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:50 pm

Transconti wow ! now they were a flyer Heathrow~Prestwick~Heathrow~Prestwick and on and on and on , brill truck but drank the juice

by **brit pete** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:43 pm

Malcolmj,,
if you don,t wish to have it please
pass it along to me thank you,

by **wheel nutz** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:00 pm

can you get any more pics of this ford ? :shock:

by **toowise** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:07 pm

Ooohhh NO

dont start em all off on the Transcon nostalgia again.......it'll be F88's and 141's next.....

:lol:

by **willie_mac** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:27 pm

Mac Kinnons had the transconti drags on prestwick- heathrow..........

by **albion** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:29 am

Well if it gets done up, it might be worth a bob or two.

Smith Bros at Widnes F88 went at auction on Saturday morning for £52k. God only knows how much he spent on it, but it looked pretty much like new.

by **Wheel Nut** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:51 am

Yer know what they should've done. A Ford Transcon with a twin splitter

by **truckyboy** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:15 pm

Malcolm, make sure he puts in a Big Cam Cummins, and a twin splitter.
when its finished, give us a bell, and i`ll be there as its new driver..9some hope)...got tears in me eyes already..

by **allikat** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:35 pm

Never had the pleasure of matching the come-apart with a twnsplit, buit I drove a GMC with a 300hp big-cam cummins and an 18 speed eaton-fuller roadranger. And I LOVED IT!!

by **bowser** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:26 pm

malcolmj wrote:my boss informed me that my new truck had arrrived but it wont be on the road for a while as it wont pass its mot [img][img]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o80/malcj/25042008005.jpg[/img][/img]

that looks like it's a six wheeler .... i had the pleasure of driving a transcon twice , i was only 21 and green as grass , truth be known it was to much for me at that time and i found it scary :shock:

it was worse due to it being a dutch spec left hooker .... far too much for a new driver to take in ....

they were rare then , and i count myself lucky to have driven it...

brakes ??? what brakes ?? :shock:

by **Harry Monk** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:33 pm

teatime wrote:Transconti wow ! now they were a flyer Heathrow~Prestwick~Heathrow~Prestwick and on and on and on , brill truck but drank the juice

Electrics were a nightmare too, endless trouble.

by **wheel nutz** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:13 pm

Harry Monk wrote:
teatime wrote:Transconti wow ! now they were a flyer Heathrow~Prestwick~Heathrow~Prestwick and on and on and on , brill truck but drank the juice

Electrics were a nightmare too, endless trouble.

and wheel studs kept snapping

by **teatime** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:23 pm

wheel nutz wrote:
Harry Monk wrote:
teatime wrote:Transconti wow ! now they were a flyer Heathrow~Prestwick~Heathrow~Prestwick and on and on and on , brill truck but drank the juice

Electrics were a nightmare too, endless trouble.

and wheel studs kept snapping

Oh yess one night had a sparky wire lights direct to the battery, via a switch taped to the dash to keep me going, never had the studs go though.

by **malcolmj** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:25 pm

as an up date on the ford my boss has owned up to not owning it but only storing it :cry:

it belongs to stuart durant an OD who parks in the yard at weekends and i think hes bite off more than he can chew not touched it since april when it arrived in the warehouse

my new truck arrived my boss must have too much money

my new truck arrived my boss must have too much money

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