One from your old firm,Muckaway.Bit before your time though eh ?
Regards. John.
Bewick:
Were Fodens actually persisting in still promoting their poxy 2 stroke engine in 1971 ? I thought this engine would have been a “dead duck” by this date ! I re-call in the sixties they used to test run an artic through Kendal on the A6 every day for long enough,they ran over Shap Fell and then the noisey [zb] came back south about a couple of hours later,what was all that about then! must have cost a fortune and for what ? They would have gained more info surely by flogging a dead horse outside their factory at Elworth,and saved a few bob in derv into the bargain ! Cheers Bewick.
Off thread for Foden, but I’m reminded that in the early seventies I often used to see 3 american limousines, usually heading South on the M6 around J34. There were no passengers and it puzzled me for a while until someone said they belonged to one of the tyre companies and the tyres were on test.
John
John West:
Bewick:
Were Fodens actually persisting in still promoting their poxy 2 stroke engine in 1971 ? I thought this engine would have been a “dead duck” by this date ! I re-call in the sixties they used to test run an artic through Kendal on the A6 every day for long enough,they ran over Shap Fell and then the noisey [zb] came back south about a couple of hours later,what was all that about then! must have cost a fortune and for what ? They would have gained more info surely by flogging a dead horse outside their factory at Elworth,and saved a few bob in derv into the bargain ! Cheers Bewick.Off thread for Foden, but I’m reminded that in the early seventies I often used to see 3 american limousines, usually heading South on the M6 around J34. There were no passengers and it puzzled me for a while until someone said they belonged to one of the tyre companies and the tyres were on test.
John
I can recall the same vehicles John which I believed were run by Michelin from their Stoke factory maybe someone on the site will have more “gen” Cheers Dennis.
You’ve soon painted that body up moose !
Ooh hang on a sec ,look at that sheet ! I predict a thread derailment coming .
Dan Punchard:
Ooh hang on a sec ,look at that sheet ! I predict a thread derailment coming .
It’ ok under that sheet is an American car with French tyres fitted! lol
old 67:
One from your old firm,Muckaway.Bit before your time though eh ?
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Regards. John.
Considerably, John (I’m the grand youngish age of 35 
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Those A reg 8wheelers stayed a long time though. My Dad started on Smiths in '78 and one or two were still clinging on then. That one was used in promotional material, there’s a picture in the workshop office of John and Godfrey Smith being “presented” with it. It’s also the one that Corgi made a model of, I have one. Shock horror it’s still on display on the mantlepiece (when my boy doesn’t want to “load it” 
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Talking of Smiths Fodens, I can’t believe it’s 10 years tomorrow since I got my Alpha 6wheeler on there. She’s still going but as yard spare and looking worse for wear, if I’d still been there I’d probably still be drivingit…An automatic MAN’s no match for that Cat.
I’ve just realised, the Corgi model has the wrong cab on it (it has the Mickey Mouse). What model is the one pictured, as I’m thinking it may’ve been recabbed?
i reckon that’s an s36 semi tilt cab . only the shell of the cab tilted ( after a lot of buggering about )and the rubber seals chafed away quickly so that you had permanent air conditioning , not nice in winter .
Muckaway:
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I’ve just realised, the Corgi model has the wrong cab on it (it has the Mickey Mouse). What model is the one pictured, as I’m thinking it may’ve been recabbed?
That’s a S24 cab, they did tilt.
S95 Fleetmaster:
Muckaway:
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I’ve just realised, the Corgi model has the wrong cab on it (it has the Mickey Mouse). What model is the one pictured, as I’m thinking it may’ve been recabbed?That’s a S24 cab, they did tilt.
Corgi got the model wrong then. Apparently, Smiths rejected the prototype of the original model as orgi got the body wrong.
I did my driver training and passed my test on a 1968 S24 (I think?) cabbed Foden, 150 LX, 12 speed box, hydraulic throttle and of course no power steering. It had the removeable front grille though, like the S34/36’s. There was a sight guage on the cab to check the engine oil level as the dipstick was below the cab and there were no removable panels inside… Incidently the S36 and 34 cabs also tilted, we tilted them to rebuild the engines in situ, but needed crane assistance. I think the S24’s had torsion bar assistance as they tilted easily by hand.
Pete.
old 67:
Is this one still before your time Nathan ?
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Regards. John.
No John, remember it well. Long serving driver Dave Curry had that new (had a Bison 2 before that), he’s still there on a Volvo FE now. Smiths had just changed from the ■■■■■■■ 220 to the 250s then as Dad had one of the last 220s. That truck in your photo went around 1998.
Another Foden special Regards Chris
Regards Chris
Change the fluids, new battery & fuel & she would still do a turn 
. Regards Chris
