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Scrapbook Memories

Remember when going scotch (if from the south), or going down to the smoke (if from the north), was long distance?
When Middle East work was readily available?.
When driving a 111 or F89 meant you were truly the king of the road?
Recall those companies long gone, where every day was an adventure?

What ever happened to those drivers you spent hours with.. where did they go? and recollect on those characters in the industry sadly no longer with us.
This forum is for us all to indulge in a little nostalgia and remember with rose coloured glasses how much better it was in the olden days

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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Star down under. » Sun Jan 23, 2022 6:11 pm

We were offered the option of Rover's 3.5 V8* in Terriers, was that an option for you?
IIRC, a Terrier was used as a service vehicle for the Austin and Morris entrants in the 1968 London Sydney Marathon. It was V8 powered. It was decided to enter the truck into the contest, as it was traveling the full distance. It went on to win its class. I don't know if it was entered by Leyland Australia or the parent company.
Edit: *Actually, I think it was the 4.4 version, from the Leyland P76.
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby pete smith » Sun Jan 23, 2022 6:34 pm

bubbleman wrote:Hello lads,Nice to see the old thread reserected...loads of good stuff been put on,it was a shame I ran out of good clippings from the old Commercial Motors,Motor Transports etc but Dean keeps finding stuff so that keeps the nostalgia going.I've thrown out the clippings now when I cleared my garage out during lockdown plus basically all my collection of magazines too :cry: ..I did keep a copy of most of what I posted on this thread in a folder so I can still look back...its a shame a lot of the pictures have the Photobucket watermark across them,perhaps I should repost them :D .Buzzer and co ,keep posting lads,
Cheers Bubbs, :wink:


Hi Bubbs,
You can remove the photo bucket watermark, copy the photo link to Google search page, open the pic in on the new page and it will save without the water mark, I haven't a clue how to do this on a phone as I used a laptop
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby windrush » Sun Jan 23, 2022 7:26 pm

Star down under. wrote:We were offered the option of Rover's 3.5 V8* in Terriers, was that an option for you?
IIRC, a Terrier was used as a service vehicle for the Austin and Morris entrants in the 1968 London Sydney Marathon. It was V8 powered. It was decided to enter the truck into the contest, as it was traveling the full distance. It went on to win its class. I don't know if it was entered by Leyland Australia or the parent company.
Edit: *Actually, I think it was the 4.4 version, from the Leyland P76.


The Terrier wasn't introduced until 1970 so it wouldn't have been around in 1968, possibly the Australian's had a different model with the same name? Of course there was a previous Leyland Terrier model back in the thirties! The only engine options here were the 4/98 and 6/98 diesel engines, the 98 was the bore size in MM's. Early Terriers had nitrogen operated brakes, there were two nitrogen cylinders behind the bumper (one for each side) and these needed recharging reguarly. If one cylinder had less pressure than the other the braking would be uneven. The brake fluid was pumped around the system under pressure with an engine driven pump and there was a large plastic tank behind the cab containing the brake fluid. The later facelifted models reverted to a more conventional braking system though. I was actually booked into a course on the braking system at Cowley but left the dealership before going.

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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Buzzer » Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:50 am

A few more, Buzzer
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Carl Williams » Mon Jan 24, 2022 1:31 pm

windrush wrote:
essexpete wrote:Where did the Leyland /BMC Laird fit in the line up with Boxer and Mastiff?


The Laird replaced the original FJK series for five to eight ton payloads, it allegedly had all the 'improvements' to cure the cooling system problems the FJ had but in all honesty was little better. We seemed to spend our time replacing just as many engines under warranty or renewing liners as we did on the previous models. Then they gave up and the Boxer appeared with the 6/98 engine (a revamp of the old BMC 5.7 litre with a modified block and improved liner sealing and cooling passages) mounted vertically and they were pretty reliable. Same engine was used in the Terrier in both four and six cylinder form but some 4/98's did have porous blocks where the liner seals fitted which let coolant into the sump, not easy to see though and the first one I encountered (a Terrier of Hollis Transport of Reading) took some finding with a mirror and torch! :lol:

Pete.


Sadly we had several Lairds Like the one in photo. They were dreadful and we were continually fitting new engines under Warranty. We then had several Boxers with the Perkins 6.394 (I think my memory has numbers right) and strangely they never were as good as the same engine fitted into Rigid Seddon Dodge or Commer that we operated Whether it was the air flow or whatever caused this in the Boxer I never knew. From memory the Boxer shown in the photo was our second last Boxer and it had a BMC engine (Re engineered by Leyland we were told) that was fitted at an angle and after guaranteed that they had got it right now it again was dreadful. Our final new Boxer which I have no photo was almost given to us to try to win back our custom. It has as you say now fitted vertically (Which we were told would solve all problems) and I should have had a photo as it was in our workshops more than on the road, and so from our experience they never solved their problems
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby remy » Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:45 pm

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I drove this BMC Boxer delivering new kitchen cabinets. Had a drop down tailgate so you could walk in but you couldn't put many cabinets in the luton because it was small due to leaving enough space to tilt the cab. The cab was comfy with no big engine hump like the old LAD cabbed Albion.

Oh, and loved them new mirrors. 8)
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Star down under. » Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:59 pm

windrush wrote:
Star down under. wrote:We were offered the option of Rover's 3.5 V8* in Terriers, was that an option for you?
IIRC, a Terrier was used as a service vehicle for the Austin and Morris entrants in the 1968 London Sydney Marathon. It was V8 powered. It was decided to enter the truck into the contest, as it was traveling the full distance. It went on to win its class. I don't know if it was entered by Leyland Australia or the parent company.
Edit: *Actually, I think it was the 4.4 version, from the Leyland P76.


The Terrier wasn't introduced until 1970 so it wouldn't have been around in 1968, possibly the Australian's had a different model with the same name? Of course there was a previous Leyland Terrier model back in the thirties! The only engine options here were the 4/98 and 6/98 diesel engines, the 98 was the bore size in MM's. Early Terriers had nitrogen operated brakes, there were two nitrogen cylinders behind the bumper (one for each side) and these needed recharging reguarly. If one cylinder had less pressure than the other the braking would be uneven. The brake fluid was pumped around the system under pressure with an engine driven pump and there was a large plastic tank behind the cab containing the brake fluid. The later facelifted models reverted to a more conventional braking system though. I was actually booked into a course on the braking system at Cowley but left the dealership before going.

Pete.

My mistake Pete, it was the less covered, 1977 event.
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Carl Williams » Mon Jan 24, 2022 3:09 pm

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I drove this BMC Boxer delivering new kitchen cabinets. Had a drop down tailgate so you could walk in but you couldn't put many cabinets in the luton because it was small due to leaving enough space to tilt the cab. The cab was comfy with no big engine hump like the old LAD cabbed Albion.

Oh, and loved them new mirrors. 8)


Here is a photo of one of our Ford D series Boxvans painted in Moores livery. In those days they were making Flat Pack kitchens and I don't think you'd want any Flat Pack on a luton as it was so heavy
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Dipster » Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:59 pm

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I drove this BMC Boxer delivering new kitchen cabinets. Had a drop down tailgate so you could walk in but you couldn't put many cabinets in the luton because it was small due to leaving enough space to tilt the cab. The cab was comfy with no big engine hump like the old LAD cabbed Albion.

Oh, and loved them new mirrors. 8)


I think I recognise the mirrors as a Ford option on their D series. I think they poetically named them Western Wings.
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby remy » Mon Jan 24, 2022 8:45 pm

Carl Williams wrote:
remy wrote:.jpg[/attachment]
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I drove this BMC Boxer delivering new kitchen cabinets. Had a drop down tailgate so you could walk in but you couldn't put many cabinets in the luton because it was small due to leaving enough space to tilt the cab. The cab was comfy with no big engine hump like the old LAD cabbed Albion.

Oh, and loved them new mirrors. 8)


Here is a photo of one of our Ford D series Boxvans painted in Moores livery. In those days they were making Flat Pack kitchens and I don't think you'd want any Flat Pack on a luton as it was so heavy


Thanks for the info. That was after I left as we loaded the cabinets already assembled not in boxes but wrapped individually in blankets when loaded. When unloading the blankets were taken off and left in the wagon so care had to be taken at the customers. Then all you had to do was fold all the blankets and stack neatly.
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Spardo » Tue Jan 25, 2022 12:09 am

Dipster wrote:
remy wrote:Oh, and loved them new mirrors. 8)


I think I recognise the mirrors as a Ford option on their D series. I think they poetically named them Western Wings.


I fitted a pair from a D series to the WW2 Morris Commercial 4x4 reccer I bought. A fresh blue paint job with white signwriting and the "West Coast" mirrors, also in white, it really caught the eye. :D
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Star down under. » Tue Jan 25, 2022 4:03 am

Real mirrors need proper chrome. :lol:
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Spardo » Tue Jan 25, 2022 9:00 am

Star down under. wrote:Real mirrors need proper chrome. :lol:


There's bling and there's bling, a step too far for our little business at the time. :lol:
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Buzzer » Tue Jan 25, 2022 10:01 am

Tuesdays trifles, Buzzer
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Spardo » Tue Jan 25, 2022 1:37 pm

Buzzer wrote:Tuesdays trifles, Buzzer


That last pic. I did something similar on Wimpey's M1 contract by forgetting to open the tailgate when tipping. I was suddenly way up in the air. Problem was the lever was at the front of the body, and, too dangerous to climb up I had to hammer away at the hooks. Nearly squashed the banksman as he had never seen under a lorry before and was a little too close when it released, the load rushed out and the cab crashed back to earth. :o :lol:
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Kempston » Tue Jan 25, 2022 2:02 pm

Spardo wrote:
Buzzer wrote:Tuesdays trifles, Buzzer


That last pic. I did something similar on Wimpey's M1 contract by forgetting to open the tailgate when tipping. I was suddenly way up in the air. Problem was the lever was at the front of the body, and, too dangerous to climb up I had to hammer away at the hooks. Nearly squashed the banksman as he had never seen under a lorry before and was a little too close when it released, the load rushed out and the cab crashed back to earth. :o :lol:


Looks more like he’s driven along with the body still up and hit the overhead conveyor.
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Buzzer » Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:12 am

Wednesday wonders, Buzzer
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Buzzer » Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:32 am

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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Buzzer » Fri Jan 28, 2022 9:06 am

Fridays lot, Buzzer
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Postby Buzzer » Sat Jan 29, 2022 10:12 am

Saturday salvo, Buzzer
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Postby windrush » Sat Jan 29, 2022 12:21 pm

I remember Ron Marsh from Baldwins Gate (the Bedford cattle truck) as he had red liveried tippers in the local quarries and used to come into Ballidon where I worked.

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Postby Spardo » Sat Jan 29, 2022 1:01 pm

Buzzer wrote:Saturday salvo, Buzzer


IMO the Hillcrest AEC with the high sheeted load is not completely safely roped. The front cross is wasted as it should come from at least 3 hooks back, not the first as show. The whole point of a cross is to stop the load lurching forward onto the cab. The way that is roped would not prevent that.
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Postby Buzzer » Sat Jan 29, 2022 2:52 pm

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Buzzer wrote:Saturday salvo, Buzzer


IMO the Hillcrest AEC with the high sheeted load is not completely safely roped. The front cross is wasted as it should come from at least 3 hooks back, not the first as show. The whole point of a cross is to stop the load lurching forward onto the cab. The way that is roped would not prevent that.


Spardo since you mentioned that I blew it up and am not convinced there is a rope crossover, looks more like a crease in the sheet have another look, Buzzer
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Postby Spardo » Sat Jan 29, 2022 4:54 pm

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Buzzer wrote:Saturday salvo, Buzzer


IMO the Hillcrest AEC with the high sheeted load is not completely safely roped. The front cross is wasted as it should come from at least 3 hooks back, not the first as show. The whole point of a cross is to stop the load lurching forward onto the cab. The way that is roped would not prevent that.


Spardo since you mentioned that I blew it up and am not convinced there is a rope crossover, looks more like a crease in the sheet have another look, Buzzer


I see what you mean but to my eyes I see 2 creases in a 'V' shape and then what looks like a crossover rope in the middle which goes over the corner to the first hook. Each to his own I suppose and he might well have had a high headboard which makes a retaining cross less necessary.

I did like the curved corner screens though, wouldn't have expected that on a vehicle of that vintage. Any idea what year it was?
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Postby Chris Webb » Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:12 pm

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Buzzer wrote:Saturday salvo, Buzzer


IMO the Hillcrest AEC with the high sheeted load is not completely safely roped. The front cross is wasted as it should come from at least 3 hooks back, not the first as show. The whole point of a cross is to stop the load lurching forward onto the cab. The way that is roped would not prevent that.


Spardo since you mentioned that I blew it up and am not convinced there is a rope crossover, looks more like a crease in the sheet have another look, Buzzer


I see what you mean but to my eyes I see 2 creases in a 'V' shape and then what looks like a crossover rope in the middle which goes over the corner to the first hook. Each to his own I suppose and he might well have had a high headboard which makes a retaining cross less necessary.

I did like the curved corner screens though, wouldn't have expected that on a vehicle of that vintage. Any idea what year it was?


David,VEH was Stoke on Trent CBC Feb 1962 which is late for a MK3 AEC,the MK5 came out in 1958.Cab could possibly be either Oldlands or Strachan?
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Postby Frankydobo » Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:39 pm

Drivers didn't always put a cross on the front, it depended on what they were carrying and the knowledge/experience of the driver, sometimes a simple rope straight over did the job. The cab looks to have been a Boalloy, Bowyer or Oldlands build they did go in for curves rather than the flat shapes of cabs mostly seen then, AEC had several coachbuilders for there cabs. The split screens are quartered the curved piece being a separate bit you can just make out the thin join on both screens, I'm sure a one piece curved screen either full or split hadn't been perfected until the later 50's, this AEC registration dates from November 1954 to March 1955 Stoke-on-Trent. Edit to this post I found a photo of a similar MkIII you can see the screens much better. Franky.
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Postby Chris Webb » Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:49 pm

Frankydobo wrote:Drivers didn't always put a cross on the front, it depended on what they were carrying and the knowledge/experience of the driver, sometimes a simple rope straight over did the job. The cab looks to have been a Boalloy or Oldlands build they did go in for curves rather than the flat shapes of cabs mostly seen then, the split screens are quartered the curved piece being a separate bit you can just make out the thin join on both screens, I'm sure a one piece curved screen either full or split hadn't been perfected until the later 50's, this AEC registration dates from November 1954 to March 1955 Stoke-on-Trent. Franky.


Franky you are right about that reg date,I looked at the wrong list - the reverse format. Thought it was strange for a MK3. :mrgreen:
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Frankydobo » Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:55 pm

No probs Chris easily done, registrations can be difficult to pin down sometimes. Franky.
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Bewick » Sat Jan 29, 2022 10:51 pm

Frankydobo wrote:No probs Chris easily done, registrations can be difficult to pin down sometimes. Franky.

I always thought that the reg letters "MA" were issued in Cheshire were many ERF's were registered ! and Reg letters for Stoke were "VT" & "EH" I will obviously stand corrected if this is not the case Doh! Cheers Dennis.
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Re: Scrapbook Memories

Postby Chris Webb » Sun Jan 30, 2022 3:53 am

Bewick wrote:
Frankydobo wrote:No probs Chris easily done, registrations can be difficult to pin down sometimes. Franky.

I always thought that the reg letters "MA" were issued in Cheshire were many ERF's were registered ! and Reg letters for Stoke were "VT" & "EH" I will obviously stand corrected if this is not the case Doh! Cheers Dennis.


Hi Dennis,you are right,VT and EH were both Stoke on Trent CBC.Cheshire C C was M,MA,MB,TU and LG.

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