ramone:
Bewick:
ramone:
I cant believe this thread as gone to 66 pages and still no pics of the elusive 240 Gardner Big J, looks like mr smith was right all alongWell at least we’er still using it for the same “■■■■■■■■ and frivolity” ramone!! Cheers Dennis.
Some great pics as well
The pics have been posted,but little things,such as views of the back of the cab etc. Small issue to save face me thinks 
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Cheers Dave.
bubbleman:
Hi,have a look at this one.
Now this looks like a Gardner badge…thats all I’m saying.
Ok…over to you lot,what do you think…
Cheers Bubbs,
Even Marcus found the proof 
Dave the Renegade:
bubbleman:
Hi,have a look at this one.
Now this looks like a Gardner badge…thats all I’m saying.
Ok…over to you lot,what do you think…
Cheers Bubbs,
Even Marcus found the proof
Oooooh! it appears that “the pointed stick” into the cage has set the natives off again Doh!!
the man wont be happy till he sees the rear 2 pots sticking out the back
fredm:
the man wont be happy till he sees the rear 2 pots sticking out the back
And not two plant pots either,or ■■■■ pots!!!
Bewick:
fredm:
the man wont be happy till he sees the rear 2 pots sticking out the backAnd not two plant pots either,or ■■■■ pots!!!
you might get two barm pots
ANON. 
Surely there must still be someone living in the Wolverhampton area that worked at Guy Motors and could act as an honest broker and bring this thread to a merciful close by giving us the comprehensive “gen” on this elusive “beast”. Trev seems to have conveiniently disappeared at this most important juncture!!! Cheers Dennis.
LB76:
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When fitted with V engines, ■■■■■■■ V6 or Perkins V8 the Big J cab had a completely flat floor and was more driver friendly than the big hump of a bonnet. The ■■■■■■■ V6 was soon dropped as it was not popular but the Perkins V8 went on till about 1973 as a 28t unit.
sammyopisite:
Harry we are in demand again and I can’t recall getting PAID for the last job we did with the old “Scammell” can you
cheers Johnnie
hiya,
Johnnie can’t even recollect getting a sniff of the whisky bottle stopper,
No aint getting into collar anymore.
thanks harry long retired.
If i remember SOM had a depot at Stockton the red and cream Gardner greater piston guy big j could
be observed on the A19 in the late hours before returning to hide. 
i can remember one passing SJR 450G 
on the A19 around the Norton billingham turn off
going north bound. just another sighting of this slippery vehicle back in the 1970`s. 
8LXBV8BRIAN:
If i remember SOM had a depot at Stockton the red and cream Gardner greater piston guy big j could
be observed on the A19 in the late hours before returning to hide.
i can remember one passing SJR 450G
going north bound. just another sighting of this slippery vehicle back in the 1970`s.
The G reg you observed definitely was not an 8LXB Big J,the darkness can play tricks on the eyesight,are you sure it wasn’t an SOM TK flat you “clocked”? Cheers Bewick.
The plot thickens 
ramone:
The plot thickens
Think the plot is stewed till we see 2 pots sticking out the back of the cab !
time to put this on again
revman:
They will say its a Seddon revman.They just don’t understand .
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Have on the odd occasion seen a 12 pot Percy when peering into the engine compartment early AM but this was usually induced by a little too much lubricant forced down my neck the night before but it never extended out of the back of the shed and diminished in size after an hour or two and a full English, why oh why did I never own a camera we could close this lot here and now.
thanks harry long retired.
Bewick:
8LXBV8BRIAN:
If i remember SOM had a depot at Stockton the red and cream Gardner greater piston guy big j could
be observed on the A19 in the late hours before returning to hide.
i can remember one passing SJR 450G
going north bound. just another sighting of this slippery vehicle back in the 1970`s.The G reg you observed definitely was not an 8LXB Big J,the darkness can play tricks on the eyesight,are you sure it wasn’t an SOM TK flat you “clocked”? Cheers Bewick.
Dennis, i never said SJR 450G was a Guy bigJ with a 8LXB or it being dark.
8LXBV8BRIAN:
Bewick:
8LXBV8BRIAN:
If i remember SOM had a depot at Stockton the red and cream Gardner greater piston guy big j could
be observed on the A19 in the late hours before returning to hide.
i can remember one passing SJR 450G
going north bound. just another sighting of this slippery vehicle back in the 1970`s.The G reg you observed definitely was not an 8LXB Big J,the darkness can play tricks on the eyesight,are you sure it wasn’t an SOM TK flat you “clocked”? Cheers Bewick.
Dennis, i never said SJR 450G was a Guy bigJ with a 8LXB or it being dark.
I was only trying to translate your very eloquent description of what you “imagined” you saw Bri !!! Do they sell Newky broon as far south as Teeside by the way? Cheers Dennis. 
Saviem:
Evening all, well were off again are we? Is there room for a little one inside? I can get us some cracking motors, for the International I could find some nice Bussings, for the UK they will have to be big power, but light, so I expect there is no choice Seddon, Rolls Royce seems about right, oh dear I didnt pass the interview!! Ive finished our last bit of drilling tonight, but the ground is so dry, 25acres of “Timothy” that I drilled over a month ago has still not germinated, and that normally is a strong grass! Came in for tea, announced to my Managing Director, (41years this month), "Im going to get a proper computer, that can handle photographs" To which came the reply, "I have been waiting two years for you to put up the Greenhouse you bought me"!! So I have a little more work to do before I can (try), putting up some of my photographs. First one will be my shot of the Smith of Maddiston Highway, behind PWG48M, which I have noted as a "240 Big J ". Doesnt any one from the Black Country have a photograph, or details of Brian Orchards Big J 8LXB?? Dennis, you know the thing that bugs me, over all the years that I knew Hulme Robertson, (J&A Smiths fleet engineer), I cannot recollect him waxing lyrical about 240s, and he was an incredibly clever Gardner man!! Smiths must have been one of the biggest “hire and reward” ■■■■■■■ users in the UK, but I do know that they had some Gardners on the fleet. Wonder if we will ever get a rear cab shot?? Ive just found a photograph of a Scania LB76, retro fitted with a 180 Gardner, (Trev H will know this one), Cheerio, off to give the Bollinger a bending, I think I`ve earned it, (anyone who has sat on a John Deere seat for 12hours knows what I mean)!
I refer you back to Saviem’s post Dennis
Cheers Dave.
