Frilly Curtains and Other Crap

malc step:
Hi Folks,
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Cheers Malc.

Hiya Malc,would this F88 of Davids have been new to Nelsons of Arnside origionally ? The reg number seems to ring a bell with me. Cheers Dennis.

Dennis, I was reading a story to Callum earlier and there was a picture of one of your R reg F88s; But no bling! I had to make up a tale about it having a new windscreen to keep little man happy :laughing:
The book was King of the Road by Bob Tuck.

One day when i was a fitter at Taffy Davies’ we were having a fleet inspection for his O licence renewal. Mr Tommy Stephenson, vehicle examiner, got in the cab of a F88 just back from the M/E it had frilly pelmets, streamers, flags, etc.in the windscreen. He went balistic, he said “GET THAT DEBRIS OUT OF THE WINDSCREEN NOW,I CAN’T UNDERSTAND PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS HAVING DISTRACTIONS IN THERE VISION” He was probably right

Ken

malc step:
Hi Folks,
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Cheers Malc.

Have you still got the RS2? :smiley:


a bit of bling and other crap can,t bee wrong ,if you been "married "to the girl for 8 years :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Muckaway:
Dennis, I was reading a story to Callum earlier and there was a picture of one of your R reg F88s; But no bling! I had to make up a tale about it having a new windscreen to keep little man happy :laughing:
The book was King of the Road by Bob Tuck.

Hiya Nathan & Callum,IIRC non of the drivers on the F88’s we ran were “bling and bollox” men !!! Bob Tuck wrote a number of articles on the old firm over the years,I spent many an hour chatting to him in my office at Milnthorpe.Cheers Dennis.

Right then Callum,say after me,"This a photo of D-e-n-n-i-s the M-e-n-a-c-e in his younger day’s when he was more handsome than Daddy is now !!

So what was the first “must have” to set you apart from from the norm?
Can remember having to buy a radio(secondhand) because the tight ■■■■ i worked for at the time wouldnt have them fitted :angry:
and the previous driver of the lorry took it out when he left .

Suedehead:
So what was the first “must have” to set you apart from from the norm?
Can remember having to buy a radio(secondhand) because the tight [zb] i worked for at the time wouldnt have them fitted :angry:
and the previous driver of the lorry took it out when he left .

I can remember Dad swapping a B reg for a G reg Foden and he pointed out it had a cassette player…

Muckaway:

Suedehead:
So what was the first “must have” to set you apart from from the norm?
Can remember having to buy a radio(secondhand) because the tight [zb] i worked for at the time wouldnt have them fitted :angry:
and the previous driver of the lorry took it out when he left .

I can remember Dad swapping a B reg for a G reg Foden and he pointed out it had a cassette player…

The sound quality on those 8 tracks was amazing :sunglasses:

Suedehead:
So what was the first “must have” to set you apart from from the norm?
Can remember having to buy a radio(secondhand) because the tight [zb] i worked for at the time wouldnt have them fitted :angry:
and the previous driver of the lorry took it out when he left .

A driver I knew who worked for Barworth Haulage in Scunthorpe had a radio fitted in his AEC MK5 Mammoth Major by the company. When he was asked why it took him so long to do certain runs he said it was because he had to keep stopping in lay-bys so he could hear the radio. :laughing: I had one fitted in a Mandator at my own expense,with the aerial clamped onto the roof gutter :unamused: then transhipped it into a Marathon,reception in both was crap. As for bling,well the plastic AEC letters on my MK3 were reused on my MK5 and finished up on my Marathon via a Mandator.I also had an aluminium horseshoe on the rad of a MK5 but it was nicked in Manchester. I also had a GB sticker 'cos I’d been to Wales and Scotland… :grimacing:

Chris Webb:

Suedehead:
So what was the first “must have” to set you apart from from the norm?
Can remember having to buy a radio(secondhand) because the tight [zb] i worked for at the time wouldnt have them fitted :angry:
and the previous driver of the lorry took it out when he left .

A driver I knew who worked for Barworth Haulage in Scunthorpe had a radio fitted in his AEC MK5 Mammoth Major by the company. When he was asked why it took him so long to do certain runs he said it was because he had to keep stopping in lay-bys so he could hear the radio. :laughing: I had one fitted in a Mandator at my own expense,with the aerial clamped onto the roof gutter :unamused: then transhipped it into a Marathon,reception in both was crap. As for bling,well the plastic AEC letters on my MK3 were reused on my MK5 and finished up on my Marathon via a Mandator.I also had an aluminium horseshoe on the rad of a MK5 but it was nicked in Manchester. I also had a GB sticker 'cos I’d been to Wales and Scotland… :grimacing:

:slight_smile: :slight_smile:
The radio i had took longer to warm up than the engine did!! Tried tuning into Radio 1 and all i heard was . . . Gemany calling . . . Germany calling !!

Well talking of in cab radios , a old pal of mine the late Tommy Dodds from Bedlington had a Pye radio in his 8 wheeler Mk 5 AEC, & He called it his lay by pie, thats trhe only time it would play when he stopped, which in fact didnt happen too often, he was a real goer in his day, in fact drivers do not come any better today than owld Tommy, he was a real true gent as far as Im concered, Regards Larry

i can remember the old chap talking about WESTWOODS Transport of Beccles having a meeting & deciding between a radio & a night heater, The radio won, because it would be used every day when you were parked in a lay-by having a break,& not just at night when you were parked up to warm the cab before you went to bed.

Ah! radios in motors !! I recall when I started as a trailer mate at Brady’s the Octopus had had a radio in from when it was new,factory fitted.However,the origional radio had been replaced with a Pye or Ecko,I can’t remember which but it had horizontal stripes across it’s facia.Anyhow,there was only the stub of the ariel on the roof !!! Eric the driver blamed a crane driver in the Shipyard for knocking it off,and said he wasn’t bothered about a radio but if I wanted to get it to work I could.Well I tried one or two “ariels” (coathangers!) and reception wasn’t too good in a lot of places.Well one day we were in Cammell Lairds at Birkenhead and while we were waiting to load I was up on the sheet rack ■■■■■■■ about with the ariel when one of the shipyard lads inquired what I was doing,so I tell him about the patchy reception,hang on he say’s and disappears.He returned with some kind of twisted welding rods and he got up and fixed it,real tidy job !! Talk about blast you out of the cab!! it was better than a real ariel,apparently it was some sort of special materiel that could pick up a good signal.Once or twice after we got the music flowing Eric would say “are you a trailer mate or a bloody wireless operator” !! But there was always one programme he insisted on listening to on a Sunday afternoon on our way down to Llansamlet when we usually around Leominster or on the Beacons,and that was “Sing something simple” on the BBC Light programme.I was a Radio Caroline or Luxemburge listener myself !!Happy days,Cheers Dennis.

There’s not much call for a radio around oxfordshire; Too many crap “local” stations.

Muckaway:
There’s not much call for a radio around oxfordshire; Too many crap “local” stations.

I bet you listen to “Radio Traveller” Nathan !! Dennis.

Hi all, Way back in 1962 i had a new 8 legger Guy Warrior Light Eight.Bling was factory fitted,radio, sun visor,electric razor,twin headlights,great,pity about the engine AEC 7.7,totally underpowered.Could get 17.5 tons payload legal.PS, Why all the spotlights these days?,whats that all about? Cheers Ted.