Stanfield:
One of Morton C Cullimores fleet.F reg 1968 transportphotos.com/road/photo/CX004240
By the way what a great find that is on Youtube brilliant.
I remember cullimores running a Commer, I also remember Clarks & G.H.Walker from Chipping Sodbury as well as R.E.Jones from Wickwar running them too. There was one parked in a shed visible from the road in Malmesbury but I can’t find it these days.
I well remember the old TS3 when I was a boy, the first ones I knew were run by Northover Bros of Pilning & they used to deliver brewers grains to us on the farm. The Maxiload cab was cetainly a big step forward from the old TS3 & must have been one of the most spacious of its day.
Brilliant thread & lovely to hear that lorry on Youtube.
Did the positioning of the headlamps signify anything? some were mounted at the bottom of the grille like the black artic & some were mounted centrally (height wise) like the rusting flat in my first pic
2Diesels:
Did the positioning of the headlamps signify anything? some were mounted at the bottom of the grille like the black artic & some were mounted centrally (height wise) like the rusting flat in my first pic
Ianto is right about the number of headlamps, single 7" on Perkins engined motors, twin 5-3/4" on two-strokes. But – you can’t always be sure, some people fitted singles to two-strokes so they could use more powerful light units in them. The difference in the height is due to Commer doing a facelift. Early models have a 4 slot grille with the lamps central, and small Commer lettering on the front panel above the grille. Late models had 3 slots, leaving room for larger Commer lettering on the grille, and headlampls were lowered.
Bernard
2Diesels:
Did the positioning of the headlamps signify anything? some were mounted at the bottom of the grille like the black artic & some were mounted centrally (height wise) like the rusting flat in my first pic
Ianto is right about the number of headlamps, single 7" on Perkins engined motors, twin 5-3/4" on two-strokes. But – you can’t always be sure, some people fitted singles to two-strokes so they could use more powerful light units in them. The difference in the height is due to Commer doing a facelift. Early models have a 4 slot grille with the lamps central, and small Commer lettering on the front panel above the grille. Late models had 3 slots, leaving room for larger Commer lettering on the grille, and headlampls were lowered.
Bernard
Thanks for that it’s one of those things I’ve always wondered & now it all makes sense
