classic and vintage commercials magazine are looking for an intrepid modern hgv driver to drive a 1950’s lorry to see how it compares to an up to date artic.
you can ring 01959 541444 to volunteer, or e-mail cvc.ed@kelsey.co.uk
there is a small article about this feature on page 13, in april’s issue of Trucking magazine.
Interesting that.
I subscribe to said mag, and didn’t see the article.
Must be in the next edition.
Ken.
Yes would be very interesting to hear how the person gets on.In my opinion trucks are too easy to drive these days.Power steering,no crash boxes,air assisted clutches and now automatics and much more.To me it has made drivers lazy and more complacent sitting in their warm cabs with music blasting!
Don’t get me wrong it would not be wise to go back to 70’s trucks never mind the 50’s.
Anybody remember having to stand up to turn the steering wheel when turning in a tight space with a load on?
Oh yes, I had a 220 ■■■■■■■ powered Atkinson Borderer with a DB 6 speed gearbox and no power steering for a while. I put my arthritic hands down to pulling that bugger about 
And that was a 1970’s motor!
Twoninety88:
Oh yes, I had a 220 ■■■■■■■ powered Atkinson Borderer with a DB 6 speed gearbox and no power steering for a while. I put my arthritic hands down to pulling that bugger about
Nice one…now that was a real mans truck.Always wanted to drive one but never did.The one I did drive though was a Scammell Crusader which was a bit of a beast.
How do you reckon a youngster would get on with either of them? Be amusing to watch I reckon!
I’d love to give that a go
Twoninety88:
Oh yes, I had a 220 ■■■■■■■ powered Atkinson Borderer with a DB 6 speed gearbox and no power steering for a while. I put my arthritic hands down to pulling that bugger about
Through the middle of London three times a week in a Mk1 8-wheeler Atki , 150 Gardner, 6-speed DB and no power steering. Stood up heaving on the steering wheel must have contributed to my arthritis, too.
That and heaving on wet & frozen ropes and sheets without gloves!
Hiya…i hope its a scammell gate change or a twelve speed foden box.maybe a two stick beaver or a spicer.
they all seem good fun if you can drive them
John
switchlogic:
I’d love to give that a go
Go on Luke, apply for it…but only if you take it somewhere warm like Portugal… and video it all. Cant have you getting cold while sleeping across the seats and engine cover ! 
Bertie would do his nut
I drove a 1965 ERF with a David Brown g\box and no power steering to Kuwait in the early 70s,it was my own.But i was glad when i sold it and bought a Volvo.To drive something old now is ok for a day or for an experiment but not for work.They were ok in their day and the day was different.
I’m going to ring them today.
My firm started in 1953 and we still do similar work now that Harrys drivers did in the fifties. We still even visit some mills that some of those men would recognise today.
I suppose you could say that I’m the modern day descendent of a fifties General Haulage driver. I might be cheating though, some of the old nails I drove when I started would of fitted right into 1953.
We’ll see…
W
Interesting! Time to get on the blower at lunch time me thinks!
anybody made the call ?
i would have a go but its the wrong era for me, now if it was from the 70’s & 80’s and included lorries like these
switchlogic:
I’d love to give that a go
I think that every time I see Taylor Swift!
scaniason:
switchlogic:
I’d love to give that a goI think that every time I see Taylor Swift!
Don’t do that because it’ll invariably end in tears and she’ll sing some whiney song about you.
I was going to apply as i did drive 50`s wagons, lorries, trucks, but no need to apply, i could sum it up in 1 short sentence, if all they wanted was to compare them to todays trucks…they were absolutely ■■■■. cold, damp, bumpy, draughty, they rattled, they could be unstable ( cos they were often loaded quite high ) unreliable, lacked space, ( no sleeper cabs then ) entrances were small, and would often damage your shins climbing up, lol, probably due to the ex army hobnail boots we wore.
looking back, and comparing todays vehicles, with all the luxury and comfort, give me the same work, with a today vehicle.
I did get a positive reply from the editor of CVC today.
He told me that he had a lot of applications and he is busy matching them to suitable vehicles.
We’ll see how it all turns out…
W
spot on jo. 
if it was our era it would be right up r street think we ave to ■■■■■■■ fight them of jo. not many left now how could realt on the days gone by.back to the mad farm monday great!!! BUT OF AGAIN END OF MAY !! 
MIGHT GET AWAY IN THE VAN . GOOD TUNE WITH YOU TUBE BIT PHIL .BET THERS A FEW LADS AVIN THAT ONE. IF YOU COULD STICK US OLD HANDS IN RUGBY TRUCKSTOP FOR A DAY WITH THE OLD TRUCKS WHAT A DAY EH. ANYWAY PHIL JUST AVIN A BATH I PM YA OVER THE W/END. LEN
A new age driver…in a 50’s motor…that i would love to see, crash box …no power steering, i can just here the cursing effin and jeffin, its knackered mate ! no it isnt, double de clutching …wots that ? …lol…seen it before when i was on roadtrains…drivers that didnt make 400 yds down the road…crawling back curseing its bolloxed mate gearbox is shagged…is it ? was ok half an hour ago, dont get me wrong i love some new motors…autobox cruise…etc, but i loved my old roadtrain …no limiter pulled like a frikin train …enough room when i was away all week…comfy to drive, less bullshine , less redtape, less H@S morons…and finaly no DCPC !.. 
truckyboy:
I was going to apply as i did drive 50`s wagons, lorries, trucks, but no need to apply, i could sum it up in 1 short sentence, if all they wanted was to compare them to todays trucks…they were absolutely [zb]. cold, damp, bumpy, draughty, they rattled, they could be unstable ( cos they were often loaded quite high ) unreliable, lacked space, ( no sleeper cabs then ) entrances were small, and would often damage your shins climbing up, lol, probably due to the ex army hobnail boots we wore.
looking back, and comparing todays vehicles, with all the luxury and comfort, give me the same work, with a today vehicle.
Someone perhaps is missing the point■■?
