Carryfast:
Bewick:
Ten out of Ten for trying Pete but I reckon the only engine covered by that Fire screen will be an AEC 505 !!
The idea that’s covering an 8LXB is a bit like saying that this came from Chinese bat soup.
I heard the 8LXB in this one actually ran on Chinese bat soup - probably why it’s been surgically removed…
Ro
ERF-NGC-European:
I heard the 8LXB in this one actually ran on Chinese bat soup - probably why it’s been surgically removed…Ro
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I smell another rat.Looks like plausible deniability and destruction of evidence to me. 
rk crisp Birmingham had 2 big j with 240 gardner’s in with extended chassis. Off of F B
coomsey:
rk crisp Birmingham had 2 big j with 240 gardner’s in with extended chassis. Off of F B
I thought RJ Crisp’s Big-Js had 250 ■■■■■■■ in them, if you mean the cancelled export order with tropical roofs. Ro
Bewick:
THIS THREAD IS NOW CLOSED !
this is the thread that will NEVER close,Dennis
ERF-NGC-European:
coomsey:
rk crisp Birmingham had 2 big j with 240 gardner’s in with extended chassis. Off of F BI thought RJ Crisp’s Big-Js had 250 ■■■■■■■ in them, if you mean the cancelled export order with tropical roofs. Ro
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Coomsey hascopied and pasted off FB Robert, I’ve seen the same comment and come to the conclusion that the person has been reading this thread but has not paid any attention!
pete smith:
ERF-NGC-European:
coomsey:
rk crisp Birmingham had 2 big j with 240 gardner’s in with extended chassis. Off of F BI thought RJ Crisp’s Big-Js had 250 ■■■■■■■ in them, if you mean the cancelled export order with tropical roofs. Ro
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Coomsey hascopied and pasted off FB Robert, I’ve seen the same comment and come to the conclusion that the person has been reading this thread but has not paid any attention!
You might be right Pete, but ■■
coomsey:
pete smith:
ERF-NGC-European:
coomsey:
rk crisp Birmingham had 2 big j with 240 gardner’s in with extended chassis. Off of F BI thought RJ Crisp’s Big-Js had 250 ■■■■■■■ in them, if you mean the cancelled export order with tropical roofs. Ro
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Coomsey hascopied and pasted off FB Robert, I’ve seen the same comment and come to the conclusion that the person has been reading this thread but has not paid any attention!
You might be right Pete, but ■■
■■■■■■■ engines all day mate, as far as I 'm aware the lads could get parts over the water if needed.
coomsey:
rk crisp Birmingham had 2 big j with 240 gardner’s in with extended chassis. Off of F B
Doubt it vey much Coomsey ! and if you are claiming that shot of the Crisp Big J had the 8LXB I would defo say that as it was a K reg 71/72 well that knocks it right on the head as the 8LXB was only launched at the 1970 Motor Show and didn’t become available to Foden/Atkinson & ERF until 1971 and those three major Gardner customers couldn’t get anywhere near the quantities of 8LXB’s they wanted so Guy Motors chances were “Slim & non existent” and Slim had just left town ! Cheers Dennis.
Here you go Dennis lwb GUY Big J 8LXB racing ahead at Brands Hatch note that the fuel tank on the cat walk has been moved back to accommodate the extra 2 pots
[emoji12][emoji12]I hope you and yours are keeping well in this lovely Easter sunshine
Cheers Gary [emoji106]
that Guy won the Championship one year! iirc,it done so without winning a race,just an accumulation of points 
Bewick:
coomsey:
rk crisp Birmingham had 2 big j with 240 gardner’s in with extended chassis. Off of F BDoubt it vey much Coomsey ! and if you are claiming that shot of the Crisp Big J had the 8LXB I would defo say that as it was a K reg 71/72 well that knocks it right on the head as the 8LXB was only launched at the 1970 Motor Show and didn’t become available to Foden/Atkinson & ERF until 1971 and those three major Gardner customers couldn’t get anywhere near the quantities of 8LXB’s they wanted so Guy Motors chances were “Slim & non existent” and Slim had just left town ! Cheers Dennis.
Not my quote Dennis,fella on F B,n photo by Robert ?
carryfast-yeti:
that Guy won the Championship one year! iirc,it done so without winning a race,just an accumulation of points
If it was an 8LXB in it only then after all the opposition had gone out of the deciding round mechanical DNF.
nyk473l:
Not my picture, seen on Facebook.
One of 6 new to a Scottish company used on fuel deliveries, bought secondhand from Chaddesley Commercials in Kidderminster by Evans and sent to Longton Coachcraft to have the sleeper conversion fitted, apparently tested by ■■■■ Hampton a haulier who ran Big J’s out of Patent Shaft steelworks.
No pic of the back 2 pot though!
pete smith:
nyk473l:
Not my picture, seen on Facebook.One of 6 new to a Scottish company used on fuel deliveries, bought secondhand from Chaddesley Commercials in Kidderminster by Evans and sent to Longton Coachcraft to have the sleeper conversion fitted, apparently tested by ■■■■ Hampton a haulier who ran Big J’s out of Patent Shaft steelworks.
No pic of the back 2 pot though!
Although a sleeper cab look how far back the headboard is on the trailer ?
nyk473l:
Not my picture, seen on Facebook.
Funny old world isn’t it. I would have loved to own and drive that lorry. How did it compare to a ‘N’ reg Scania or Volvo? Well, it would have been much noisier! (I have terrible tinnitus now!) it would at least have had power steering. The cab would be cramped and uncomfortable compared to the Swedes. No synchromesh (how often did you bother with the clutch anyway?) the sleeper was a rabbit hutch - my earlier trucks had no sleeper!
And yet… I would have been very happy with that!
Punchy Dan:
pete smith:
nyk473l:
Not my picture, seen on Facebook.One of 6 new to a Scottish company used on fuel deliveries, bought secondhand from Chaddesley Commercials in Kidderminster by Evans and sent to Longton Coachcraft to have the sleeper conversion fitted, apparently tested by ■■■■ Hampton a haulier who ran Big J’s out of Patent Shaft steelworks.
No pic of the back 2 pot though!Although a sleeper cab look how far back the headboard is on the trailer ?
Unless the unit is parked just under the trailer but not connected… Ro
ERF-NGC-European:
Punchy Dan:
pete smith:
nyk473l:
Not my picture, seen on Facebook.One of 6 new to a Scottish company used on fuel deliveries, bought secondhand from Chaddesley Commercials in Kidderminster by Evans and sent to Longton Coachcraft to have the sleeper conversion fitted, apparently tested by ■■■■ Hampton a haulier who ran Big J’s out of Patent Shaft steelworks.
No pic of the back 2 pot though!Although a sleeper cab look how far back the headboard is on the trailer ?
Unless the unit is parked just under the trailer but not connected…
No it’s definitely not 
,I just emailed them to ask but I lost connection before I could ask about the engine sorry
John West:
nyk473l:
Not my picture, seen on Facebook.Funny old world isn’t it. I would have loved to own and drive that lorry. How did it compare to a ‘N’ reg Scania or Volvo? Well, it would have been much noisier! (I have terrible tinnitus now!) it would at least have had power steering. The cab would be cramped and uncomfortable compared to the Swedes. No synchromesh (how often did you bother with the clutch anyway?) the sleeper was a rabbit hutch - my earlier trucks had no sleeper!
And yet… I would have been very happy with that!
So would I. But caveats here: the one I drove had no power steering. Several that went to BOC Transhield were cancelled export orders with no power steering. No synchromesh is better, I agree. But again, the one I drove had a 6-sp David Brown. Big-Js also came with Fuller 9509 boxes, especially the ones with 290 ■■■■■■■ in. So my Big-J would have a Nightrider sleeper conversion with a ■■■■■■■ 290 or 335 (yes, apparently they existed too), a 9-sp Fuller and (if the late '60s motor show exhibits were anything to go by) LHD too! I’d put up with an 8LXB, of course. Wake up, girl at the back!!
Ro
