8 to 10-metre (ie pre-12m) tilts from the '60s

[deanb]

Crane Fruehauf / Boden advert from 1968.

[robthedog]

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[les_sylphides]

10 or 11 metre trailer by the look of it:

[les_sylphides]

8-metre tilt I would say. Bristol up front:

[deanb]

Les Sylphides:
8-metre tilt I would say. Bristol up front:

Yes dewfinately a Bristol.

[deanb]

British Trailer Company advert 1960.

[erf-ngc-european]

A surprising piece of historical evidence posted on Oily’s thread by Buzzer this morning:

Yes, a 10m tri-axle tilt on singles! Just shows dunnit: there’s nothing new under the sun

[erf-ngc-european]

A Bristol and Roadferry tilt.

[oldishjoda]

ERF-NGC-European:
A Bristol and Roadferry tilt.

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Always had loads of missing elastic straps & hooks, I picked up a few of them with a TK Bedford in Paris South and returned them to a place in Bow, East London.

Regards
Andy

[erf-ngc-european]

Another fine example of an 8m tilt.

[les_sylphides]

A rather spendid Mk 5 AEC with period tilt.

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[les_sylphides]

…and a nice Spanish example to go with it - complete with dusty Pegaso.

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[buzzer]

For sale on T

ruckbay Scotland, rare to find nowadays, Buzzer

[les_sylphides]

Wow! That’d look superb behind a preserved Scania Vabis, or even a 140. I hope it goes to good home.

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