are they still about 
Dont know the company but love the 142 v8
… but love the 142 v8
me too, it is a non intercooler engine with 388 Hp a classic on italian road on '80
presume it’s prior’s from folkestone (charlie leadham) but i don’t ever remember the AE initials before the name - if it is then no they’re not!
KW posted these two pic`s a while ago it looks like the same firm
He may be able to give you a bit more info on them.
Did i read somewhere that they used to run Mars Bars out to the Middle East
or was that another firm ?
Anyhow Carl someone on here will know iam sure, Great pic of the 142.
Was this DAF not in one of the trucking magazines when it used to drive longdistance GRECCE; and further, if it is the one then he had no passenger seat and carried in the cabin a television and vidieo player amongst the items in his cabin,
cheers nian great pics there mate ive not seen them before 
nianiamh:
Did i read somewhere that they used to run Mars Bars out to the Middle East
bloody hell mars bars to the middle east they wouldnt last to belgium with me
Found this picture on my brother Andy’s Flickr site
Andy’s Transcontinental VPC 721X and Bob Hedley’s 142 in the desert near Nassariya. Iraq 08 Feb 1984.
Andy must have been on his way down to Saudi. I flew home to get married, which was on 18/02/84, and Andy stayed in my flat in Al Khobar for a couple of days before heading home.
Our flat in Saudi - much more comfortable than the Cabin Hotel
John
That’s why it was always nice to bump into one of Pryors on a border when the customs were doing a ‘‘control’’,everyone got ‘‘sweeties’’ for lunch.
They were nicknamed ‘‘Charlies chocolate cowboys’’.
Various companys had the Mars contract though the 70s and 80s to the ME.