Here’s a nice Bristol for you to do a trip with Harry.Out of Jet Morgan’s pics,taken at a vintage show.
hiya,
Thanks Dave, if i only had a shilling for every mile i’d done in one identical to the above i’d be nearly as wealthy as old Norman.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Thanks Dave, if i only had a shilling for every mile i’d done in one identical to the above i’d be nearly as wealthy as old Norman.
thanks harry long retired.
Hi Harry.
Don’t know much about Bristol’s myself,used to see them on the road in BRS colours,from what you and others have said they sound good old moters.I would imagine one of those restored like the one in te pic would be worth a few bob.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Never ever saw one broken down, I never had one let me down the odd puncture maybe and that was OK when they stopped us carrying spare wheels just sit and wait for the tyreman, i wonder myself what a restored one would be worth, I liked them i thought the leggers and the artics was a good tool, you’d never break the land speed record in them but who cared you got the time it took to do the job.
thanks harry long retired.
A more relaxed day and age Harry,not so cut throat as these days,more A roads and no moterways when those came out.No doubt there was more handballing and such. I find moterways good for travelling a long distance,but very boring and dull,much more interesting on the A and B roads,a lot slower,but more to see,especially in one of those.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Relaxed just about says it all Dave, the only thing the BRS would carpet you for was running out of fuel, they did’nt like that and there was so many places who would supply you, but in my time not many filling stations, it never happened to me but i remember on one occasion having to buy 5 gallons of paraffin at a little filling station, they did’nt sell diesel, just north of Poole to make sure i got to the next fuel point, the guy in the filling station did’nt think it would run but i knew differently and got there OK, and to be fair the old girl (a Mandator) seemed to go like a bomb.
thanks harry long retired.
Don’t know if it was done on BRS Harry,but as you know there was plenty of parrafin used in the winter on diesels to stop the fuel waxing up.None of the winter fuel like nowadays.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Yes Dave most drivers added a drop of paraffin to a full tank in the early days but i’m talking running on neat stuff here and i feel pretty certain i got the 5 gallons for under a quid but that would have been about the same price as derv in those far off days, remember a story going round about a BRS lad getting back to his motor one winter morning yes the diesel had "jellied and the thing would’nt crack-up so he found an old tyre in the lay-by stuffed it with oily rags tied a rope round it set it on fire and pushed it under the motor “to warm things up” when he came to drag the inferno from below the engine the rope had burned through, you’ve guessed it the fibreglass cab caught fire and the lot went up, he must have had a good excuse too because he was still there until retirement.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Yes Dave most drivers added a drop of paraffin to a full tank in the early days but i’m talking running on neat stuff here and i feel pretty certain i got the 5 gallons for under a quid but that would have been about the same price as derv in those far off days, remember a story going round about a BRS lad getting back to his motor one winter morning yes the diesel had "jellied and the thing would’nt crack-up so he found an old tyre in the lay-by stuffed it with oily rags tied a rope round it set it on fire and pushed it under the motor “to warm things up” when he came to drag the inferno from below the engine the rope had burned through, you’ve guessed it the fibreglass cab caught fire and the lot went up, he must have had a good excuse too because he was still there until retirement.
thanks harry long retired.
Mandators ran on white spirit as well Harry and Dave 
Hi boys
Chris Webb:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Yes Dave most drivers added a drop of paraffin to a full tank in the early days but i’m talking running on neat stuff here and i feel pretty certain i got the 5 gallons for under a quid but that would have been about the same price as derv in those far off days, remember a story going round about a BRS lad getting back to his motor one winter morning yes the diesel had "jellied and the thing would’nt crack-up so he found an old tyre in the lay-by stuffed it with oily rags tied a rope round it set it on fire and pushed it under the motor “to warm things up” when he came to drag the inferno from below the engine the rope had burned through, you’ve guessed it the fibreglass cab caught fire and the lot went up, he must have had a good excuse too because he was still there until retirement.
thanks harry long retired.Mandators ran on white spirit as well Harry and Dave
In the late 70s I saw an old Aki on the hard shoulder near Toddy services on the M1 and the driver was just dipping the rag in the fuel tank. Well just like your man Harry after I had tipped in London coming back up the motorway there was the burnt out shell. 
Regards Keith
Harry & Nicholas, never heard about Magpie, but a young ginger headed chap who done a TV programm for " Blue Peter" and took his BRS Overland to a sand pit and they filmed him, his name was Dave Stroud, he was called by to old timers when in Jordon " Mr TIR", they was just pulling his leg, because he was telling a tale.
dessert driver:
Hi boysChris Webb:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Yes Dave most drivers added a drop of paraffin to a full tank in the early days but i’m talking running on neat stuff here and i feel pretty certain i got the 5 gallons for under a quid but that would have been about the same price as derv in those far off days, remember a story going round about a BRS lad getting back to his motor one winter morning yes the diesel had "jellied and the thing would’nt crack-up so he found an old tyre in the lay-by stuffed it with oily rags tied a rope round it set it on fire and pushed it under the motor “to warm things up” when he came to drag the inferno from below the engine the rope had burned through, you’ve guessed it the fibreglass cab caught fire and the lot went up, he must have had a good excuse too because he was still there until retirement.
thanks harry long retired.Mandators ran on white spirit as well Harry and Dave
In the late 70s I saw an old Aki on the hard shoulder near Toddy services on the M1 and the driver was just dipping the rag in the fuel tank. Well just like your man Harry after I had tipped in London coming back up the motorway there was the burnt out shell.
hiya,
Chris my old Mandator sometimes ran on fumes when doing a bit of hooky running.
thanks harry long retired.
Hello Norman and Harry. With the Lincoln farm event approaching Bristol have made another eight legger just for you.Here she is about to go out on her first road test.
If you cant wait that long these old girls are waiting to go at Spring Street depot Bristol.
43 years on tankers what is a rope.
hiya,
Never drove a Bristol quite as new the top pic, Numbum note the extent of the BRS allowable bling, one foglight, us lads never took Joe Public to the cleaners on unsightly rubbish, yes i’m ready for the off with anything fom the line-up though just pleased they’re ready loaded got a bad back this morning.
thanks harry long retired.
Hi numbum,
Cracking line up of what would be classic lorries now,they look llike proper working lorries,different era to all the fancy moters of these days.
Cheers Dave.
Chris can you find a lorry for Harry that has a modern computor fitted,or we will have to appeal to the Salvation army or any charity shop to see if they have a old one still working, we cannot lose the cryptic and amusing replies that Harry has dished up these past few years. 
Frenchy if you are still alive and kicking, we need you, Harry has gone down with computor trouble, 
I need help.
Norman Ingram:
Chris can you find a lorry for Harry that has a modern computor fitted,or we will have to appeal to the Salvation army or any charity shop to see if they have a old one still working, we cannot lose the cryptic and amusing replies that Harry has dished up these past few years.
Hi Norman.Harry once told me that an air gauge and a speedo was enough in the cab for him so he wouldn’t want a computer
He’ll be back on line soon just you wait and see - he’ll be missing the craic with the lads.
Chris, he might have said that, but at this moment, I think he would do or accept anything that would get him back in the groove again. 
Hello Red and Rusties
Good photo of Bristols Spring st Numbum , Love the Monica by the way , I spent a lot of time in that depot , broken down , couldnt even make it back to Southampton 65 miles away had to get back with the rail warrent , I spent a lot of time on BRS on the rail cusions Manbreaker was done for on a regular basis , nice line up of rope and sheets mustve been lined up for the photo or these Lorries wouldve been up the road . Looks like Harrys given up on modern technology like me throwing it all out of the window then . Theres a Haulage depot not far from here at Civray by the N10 , stapp me what some beauties , I had to take some photos and not a rope and sheet in view , Cracking old breakdown Unic though .
Frenchy