gingerfold:
Unfortunately this Bright Steels of Malton AEC MM8 photo will not enlarge and retain clarity, but worth looking at as it is.
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I saw that Bright Steels AEC MM sleeper many times,M D Thakeray was the contract haulier for them.One afternoon the driver pulled into Oakamoor Cafe on A38 and as I was getting into my wagon en route home to Sheffield he asked me if I’d drop a small bag of steel samples off at security BSC Stainless Shepcote Lane Sheffield.If so it would give him a bit of time to get home.As I was virtually passing the place it were no problem.
gingerfold:
Unfortunately this Bright Steels of Malton AEC MM8 photo will not enlarge and retain clarity, but worth looking at as it is.
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I saw that Bright Steels AEC MM sleeper many times,M D Thakeray was the contract haulier for them.One afternoon the driver pulled into Oakamoor Cafe on A38 and as I was getting into my wagon en route home to Sheffield he asked me if I’d drop a small bag of steel samples off at security BSC Stainless Shepcote Lane Sheffield.If so it would give him a bit of time to get home.As I was virtually passing the place it were no problem.
Brian Thakeray, now in his eighties, served his time at AEC, and he is without doubt THE leading authority on early AEC models and engines.
gingerfold:
Unfortunately this Bright Steels of Malton AEC MM8 photo will not enlarge and retain clarity, but worth looking at as it is.
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I saw that Bright Steels AEC MM sleeper many times,M D Thakeray was the contract haulier for them.One afternoon the driver pulled into Oakamoor Cafe on A38 and as I was getting into my wagon en route home to Sheffield he asked me if I’d drop a small bag of steel samples off at security BSC Stainless Shepcote Lane Sheffield.If so it would give him a bit of time to get home.As I was virtually passing the place it were no problem.
Brian Thakeray, now in his eighties, served his time at AEC, and he is without doubt THE leading authority on early AEC models and engines.
After CF of course didn’t Brian write a book on early AECs i’m sure i’ve got a copy somewhere
Apparently they were a good firm to work for in the day Robert or so my dad told me , they were a Bradford firm i think . Les P would know more he’s years older than me
oiltreader:
This’ll probably get GOM all bright eyed and bushy tailed. All credit to SCP for the photos.
Oily
Apologies for my ignorance were these era of cabs built by different companies. They were handsome looking trucks. How would the late MKV be rated by a driver alongside a LAD cab Leyland.
oiltreader:
This’ll probably get GOM all bright eyed and bushy tailed. All credit to SCP for the photos.
Oily
Apologies for my ignorance were these era of cabs built by different companies. They were handsome looking trucks. How would the late MKV be rated by a driver alongside a LAD cab Leyland.
My AEC experience was buses and a year on a Ergo Mercury also drove Leyland LAD Comets, no dislike for either of them though going from a LAD Comet to an Ergo Mercury was a bit like getting off a cart into a coach.
Chris Webb over to you.
Oily
oiltreader:
This’ll probably get GOM all bright eyed and bushy tailed. All credit to SCP for the photos.
Oily
Apologies for my ignorance were these era of cabs built by different companies. They were handsome looking trucks. How would the late MKV be rated by a driver alongside a LAD cab Leyland.
My AEC experience was buses and a year on a Ergo Mercury also drove Leyland LAD Comets, no dislike for either of them though going from a LAD Comet to an Ergo Mercury was a bit like getting off a cart into a coach.
Chris Webb over to you.
Oily
Yes Oily,it was a big step up from a MK3 AEC to a luxurious MK5 and an even bigger one from a MK5 to a tilt cab.
And essexpete,AEC cabs were built by several companies,Park Royal was biggest.Harold Wood,a big AEC user had his own company called Spen Coachworks,then there was RTS from Hackney and one from Bristol called Oldlands I think,plus others.
oiltreader:
This’ll probably get GOM all bright eyed and bushy tailed. All credit to SCP for the photos.
Oily
Certainly does, although I’ve just had a ‘crisis’ that required the screens,…NURSE
I reckon even with my old arthritic bones I could still get mounted on a Mk V…that Mustang might be too much of a challenge.
I think my love affair with AEC’s started about 1959 when I leaped like a gazelle into the saddle of a Mk 3 MM, fired it up, and ran it straight into a wall (the wall was undamaged), I was only a youth and nobody had taught me…air pressure, “make sure the red flag is all the way down”
I remember going with dad in the 50s when he drove for Ferodo . Mark 3 kitted out for wagon and drag , spent 2 days with a great big trailer brake between my feet . 30 odd years later I did the same run out of Ferodo to London Underground depots .
Thank you for the reply guys. My AEC experience is limited to riding passenger in a 1969 Mercury. I spent hours and hours in that cab either with Dad or his driver Norman. After the Dodge 500 it replaced it seemed like a proper heavy weight! It was a short wheelbase tipper and it could fly compared to most around at the time. Most Saturday afternoons were spent going over the truck with Dad for weekly maintenance and checks.
I particularly remember reverse gear needing almost a double handed shift to push over the lever and back. Can someone remind me where 6th was on the gate? I seem to recall it was next to rather than opposite 5th?
didn’t Brian write a book on early AECs i’m sure i’ve got a copy somewhere
