truckfing:
Nice move to re-open this fine thread Dave. Here is a Big J that is in hiding but no 8LXB. No cab soon either by the look of it.
Looks like someone hiding behind it,trying to find the 8LXB by the looks of it 
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Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
truckfing:
Nice move to re-open this fine thread Dave. Here is a Big J that is in hiding but no 8LXB. No cab soon either by the look of it.
Looks like someone hiding behind it,trying to find the 8LXB by the looks of it
Cheers Dave.
Been busy over the weekend Dave visiting friends! However isn’t a pity that Rayluv and his club president were not having their AGM in the phone box and the Big J was doing 56MPH at the same time!!!Dennis.
Dave the Renegade:
truckfing:
Nice move to re-open this fine thread Dave. Here is a Big J that is in hiding but no 8LXB. No cab soon either by the look of it.
Looks like someone hiding behind it,trying to find the 8LXB by the looks of it
Cheers Dave.
Only drove one for a few months but not with the 8LXB in it, never liked it was glad to get out of it. I would rather drive the phone box 
Dave sent you a email and pm through trucknet this week, but there not going nothing important, I will try again later or tomorrow if they don’t go will give you a ring.
cheers
John.
truckfing:
Nice move to re-open this fine thread Dave. Here is a Big J that is in hiding but no 8LXB. No cab soon either by the look of it.
that’s the good one -
The other one is a little more weathered…
fryske:
truckfing:
Nice move to re-open this fine thread Dave. Here is a Big J that is in hiding but no 8LXB. No cab soon either by the look of it.
that’s the good one -
The other one is a little more weathered…
Brilliant… love the use of that word weathered.
Fair play those Guy Big J’s with th 8LXB were good moters. 
Cheers Dave.
fryske:
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That’ll polish out ! Took worse than that to Italy and back, at least it’s got air-con, drivers to-day are spoilt rotton 
Fergie47:
fryske:
[That’ll polish out ! Took worse than that to Italy and back, at least it’s got air-con, drivers to-day are spoilt rotton
Got it’s own communication system.
hiya …you may well laugh i bet rushgreen would make 5 grand out of that wreck the windscreen alone would be £250 maybe more and theres a sheet /name board that would be £250. i recon the flat cab one is maybe a 8 LXB. where are they roughley i may be intrested in the fibre glass roof panel.
John
I’ve had a Forensic scientist (Yappie) look very closley at the pile of junk and he is confident that there is an 8LXB in there so he’s just nipped off to get the jumper leads and some easy start and he reckons he can drive it out of there!!! That would cap the SOM lads if it was an 8LXB (and me as well I would need some easy start as well as the motor!!) Dennis.
Now pay attention all you SOM lads this is a shot of an 8LXB in a “proper” motor!! and is the exact shot I’m looking for on an SOM Big J!!! This particular Atki came to us from Vic Wild S.O.T. and its reg was TVT***L it was 3 year old when we got it and it was put to work in the McGuffie fleet.Its spec was 8LXB/Fuller 9509/Kirkstall HR axle.Its only draw back was it was manual steering otherwise spot on!Bewick.
I don’t seem to have a complete shot of this Atki but I think there is enough on two to get the idea!!! Bewick.
Is that a Detroit Diesel V8 in there ? 
sammyopisite:
Is that a Detroit Diesel V8 in there ?
Your second “user name” wouldn’t be “carryfast” by any chance Johnnie■■? Dennis.
Bewick:
sammyopisite:
Is that a Detroit Diesel V8 in there ?Your second “user name” wouldn’t be “carryfast” by any chance Johnnie■■? Dennis.
It just seemed a bit on the quiet side tonight Dennis so I thought I would start a debate ? 
sammyopisite:
Bewick:
sammyopisite:
Is that a Detroit Diesel V8 in there ?Your second “user name” wouldn’t be “carryfast” by any chance Johnnie■■? Dennis.
It just seemed a bit on the quiet side tonight Dennis
WELL GO ON THEN-----DON’T MIND ME!!! Cheers Dennis.
bubbleman:
Hello,Hmmm…has this one got an 8LXB in it?
Cheers Bubbs.
Has anyone found one yet 
Dave the Renegade:
bubbleman:
Hello,Hmmm…has this one got an 8LXB in it?
Cheers Bubbs.
Has anyone found one yet
“If the horse is dead there’s no point whipping it” Dennis.PS and those SOM defo are not 8LXBs!!!
Bewick:
Dave the Renegade:
bubbleman:
Hello,Hmmm…has this one got an 8LXB in it?
Cheers Bubbs.
Has anyone found one yet
“If the horse is dead there’s no point whipping it” Dennis.PS and those SOM defo are not 8LXBs!!!
Now then Dennis,don’t give up just yet,there might be one lurking somewhere 
We had hundreds of J’s at the Midlands BRS depots, in fact at one time we had our own production line at Guys, I can remember at least 25 different engine options up to 375bhp but I never saw an 8lxb. I think Guys could never get a sniff in the queue for Gardner engines behind ERF, Foden or Atkinson, we had a lot of 180’s with the later fibreglass grille with Fuller boxes but they could only run at 30.5 ton. For higher weights we had 280 Rolls or 290 ■■■■■■■■ these were instantly recognisable by the big dustbin vertical stack at the back, on the left for the Rolls and on the right side for the ■■■■■■■■ My own favourite (the best truck I ever drove) was RUD 280M with the american version of the ■■■■■■■ 290 with the big blower, in the mid 70’s fully freighted this would eat 110’s or 88’s, unlike the Gardners it had a good heater too, fuel consumption was evil, top speed I don’t know, I used to chicken out at the end of the clock .
I’m not saying they never made one with an 8LXB but I used to go in Guy Motors on a weekly basis for spares and went to college with a lot of the apprentices from Guy’s but I never saw one . Surely someone would have a picture of a rare machine like that.
Trev_H:
We had hundreds of J’s at the Midlands BRS depots, in fact at one time we had our own production line at Guys, I can remember at least 25 different engine options up to 375bhp but I never saw an 8lxb. I think Guys could never get a sniff in the queue for Gardner engines behind ERF, Foden or Atkinson, we had a lot of 180’s with the later fibreglass grille with Fuller boxes but they could only run at 30.5 ton. For higher weights we had 280 Rolls or 290 ■■■■■■■■ these were instantly recognisable by the big dustbin vertical stack at the back, on the left for the Rolls and on the right side for the ■■■■■■■■ My own favourite (the best truck I ever drove) was RUD 280M with the american version of the ■■■■■■■ 290 with the big blower, in the mid 70’s fully freighted this would eat 110’s or 88’s, unlike the Gardners it had a good heater too, fuel consumption was evil, top speed I don’t know, I used to chicken out at the end of the clock
I’m not saying they never made one with an 8LXB but I used to go in Guy Motors on a weekly basis for spares and went to college with a lot of the apprentices from Guy’s but I never saw one . Surely someone would have a picture of a rare machine like that.
My sentiments exactly Trev.but the SOM lads won’t have none of it!!! You have summed up the matter brilliant mate.Cheers Dennis.