Does anybody remember the Volvo Eurotrotter. I think it was based on the F10 /F12 daycab with a pod on the top. Max cube drawbars sometimes had them. I have only seen one in real life but plenty pictures of others.
yeah i remember them bowkers and croomes had quite a large fleet of em between them.when i was a kid id go on runs with my next door neigbour in a guy big 4j that had a coffin sleeper it was brown and cream and owned by a guy called burt swift from fillongley 
those were the days
Jesus, a BigJ with a sleeper! You been spoiled Carl! When I worked for Dunlop, they used to go over to Germany in BigJ day cabs
had to drive with windows down though heater blew sauna temperatures constantly
There was a firm in Troon, Smiths they did a lot of work for Hyster out of Irvine. They ran Volvos and allegedly they had an F86 with an F10 engine (275 
)in it as seed vehicle. With Volvo having a plant in Irvine it was easy for them to keep an eye on it.
Apparently it went like the proverbial off a shovel fully loaded at 32 tons
I drove a Guy Big j with i think a coffin made by Jennings?
If i remember correctly it had a 180 Gardner and a David Brown gearbox.
I must have been about 21 and thought i was king of the road.
I dont remember any coffin cabs …but I’m sure I heard one sneeze once
What was the difference between the Guy Big J and the Big J 4 T ?
I’m sure I remember this truck.
Cheers .
Niall
Mal:
I love to see trucks like that, where somebody has modded them personally, it makes a change from the bland design of the manufactureres!
did you not see inside my cab mal.
I’ve removed the passenger seat and fitted a chest of drawers (lightweight plastic bought on special from macro)
next job to build a tv unit and then…
No Sean, I didnt get to see the inside. Fair play to you though mate, I like the idea!
Niall, I think the 4 stands for the wheels, e.g. 4 wheeler or 2 axle, because they had a Big J6 as well I think, they were the 3 axle obviously. What the T stands for might well be Tractor?
niall, that scanny was for sale recently, and also graham cordiners old scania conversion is for sale.
paul
Mal:
No Sean, I didnt get to see the inside. Fair play to you though mate, I like the idea!
Well you are welcome into my cab anytime mal (but I’d watch yourself if its a friday and I’ve been out all week 
)
I havn’t gone down the cabinet makers route…just bunge’ed it all in 
I’ll buy you a tea next time our paths cross (if you can find your way out of the eurostar try tying a piece of string to the door and your big toe to find the exit after a night out)
I’ll hold you to that tea mate! and steer well clear on a Friday! 
Bunging it all in sounds about my style as well mate, so I wont critisize! The Eurostar is looming, just got the word from the gaffer that the SA needs a rest (oil pressures low now) might be next week. 
These coffin cabs still exist today dont they?.
They took the idea and renamed them Scania P cabs didnt they?.
The only difference is Jammy - they have filled the rivets and painted them !!
In the 70’ when the Middle East thing was in full swing CM did a feature running with BRS when they had that Overland Iran service and at least one of the units was a day cabbed Crusader. I also recall a picture of a holding compound down that way that showed a day cabbed Big J and an Atki Silver Knight, which was the model before the Borderer !! CM reported a German driver remarking " no wonder you won the war , you’ve got to be tough to drive these". Around that time a firm at Bolton was advertising a matress in a frame that was stored against the cab headlining when not in use, the unit featured in that was a Big J as well. It’s 40 years since that wagon was introduced and by all accounts the name stems from when Guy were owned by Jaguar ie: Big Jaguar. I sat in a 6 legger in 68 when I was12 it had a tiny handbrake down the right side of the seat. An outfit from the Rotherham area Called Brian Watt used to run day cabbed trailing axle 6 leggers to Eurpe possibly the Eastern side. In 69 they became dealers/importers for Bussing units before that firm was taken over by MAN around 70/71 and they disappeared off the scene.[/i]
Boden:
CM reported a German driver remarking " no wonder you won the war , you’ve got to be tough to drive these".
LMAO! Cheers Boden, you just made my day!
Thanks boden, a nice memory from the past.
Keep em coming mate !!
Cheers,
Niall.
Big Js and Crusaders, does anyone remember the ERF Continental that used a very similar Motor Panels cab and came out shortly before the B Series? Don’t know how many they sold but they were one of the rarest sightings on the road, I think I’ve only ever seen about three of them. Does anyone know of any survivors?