GUY Big J 8LXB Tractor Unit

Lawrence Dunbar:
Its a cracker in my book, Give that man a food parcel Eh, Ha Ha, Regards Larry.

I reckon he’d much prefer one of your large malts Larry !! Cheers Dennis.

Bewick:

Lawrence Dunbar:
Its a cracker in my book, Give that man a food parcel Eh, Ha Ha, Regards Larry.

I reckon he’d much prefer one of your large malts Larry !! Cheers Dennis.

Im sure he would Dennis, But whats in the food parcel Eh, ■■?, 50 Players Tabs, & some dried egg to start with plus some hard tack buscuits, Ha Ha, Regards Larry.

Lawrence Dunbar:

Bewick:

Lawrence Dunbar:
Its a cracker in my book, Give that man a food parcel Eh, Ha Ha, Regards Larry.

I reckon he’d much prefer one of your large malts Larry !! Cheers Dennis.

Im sure he would Dennis, But whats in the food parcel Eh, ■■?, 50 Players Tabs, & some dried egg to start with plus some hard tack buscuits, Ha Ha, Regards Larry.

Well the Tabs would be worth £20 or so to-day Larry but not sure about the other stuff,is it ex WD gear from WW2 ? Cheers Dennis.

Bewick:

Lawrence Dunbar:

Bewick:

Lawrence Dunbar:
Its a cracker in my book, Give that man a food parcel Eh, Ha Ha, Regards Larry.

I reckon he’d much prefer one of your large malts Larry !! Cheers Dennis.

Im sure he would Dennis, But whats in the food parcel Eh, ■■?, 50 Players Tabs, & some dried egg to start with plus some hard tack buscuits, Ha Ha, Regards Larry.

Well the Tabs would be worth £20 or so to-day Larry but not sure about the other stuff,is it ex WD gear from WW2 ? Cheers Dennis.

Of course it is Dennis, I remember these being handed out during the last war, They evenhad Barley sugar sweets in them, They were that hard one lasted a couple of days, A bit like the old Aniseed Balls Eh, Regards Larry.

Sorry Dennis seen today at leyland

Hope you dont mind ive flipped your photos :wink:

We await the verdict. :laughing: Conclusive or inconclusive, this is the question I would think. :wink:
Cheers Dave.

That looks like quite a big, sticky-out engine! Robert :smiley:

robert1952:
That looks like quite a big, sticky-out engine! Robert :smiley:

It looks a bit like a 240 Gardner in a Big J but it can`t be … can it? :wink:

Hiya,
Where’s Trev “H” when we need him.
thanks harry,long retired.

Well,well Dennis,hope your hungry,it’s either humble pie,or chomping your bowler,choice is yours I think!!!

Well done Atkiman and Fryske drinks on the house,wherever Dennis lives!!!

David

It’s the one I posted a few months back - before the cab was restored!

atkiman:
Sorry Dennis seen today at leyland

Your a good mate Jamie :wink: :laughing: :laughing: What was it’s reg no ? needs a bit more looking into this before I can concede as it may actually be a transplanted 240 which won’t count. Some ■■■■ could just be on the wind up because of all the banter over the years and has decided to cobble one to-gether eh! Cheers Dennis.

5thwheel:
Well,well Dennis,hope your hungry,it’s either humble pie,or chomping your bowler,choice is yours I think!!!

Well done Atkiman and Fryske drinks on the house,wherever Dennis lives!!!

David

It’s me that will want a stiff drink David if this motor is “kosher” which I doubt very much :open_mouth: Where’s Trev H when you need him,he’s like Mc claverty’s cat !! Cheers Dennis.

Bewick:

5thwheel:
Well,well Dennis,hope your hungry,it’s either humble pie,or chomping your bowler,choice is yours I think!!!

Well done Atkiman and Fryske drinks on the house,wherever Dennis lives!!!

David

It’s me that will want a stiff drink David if this motor is “kosher” which I doubt very much :open_mouth: Where’s Trev H when you need him,he’s like Mc claverty’s cat !! Cheers Dennis.

Read back a couple of pages~!

harry_gill:
Hiya,
Where’s Trev “H” when we need him.
thanks harry,long retired.

At least I can rely on my mate “H” in the face of the enemies onslaught but as “H” says where is Trev H when battle erupts again,I hope he’s not hiding under his bed in Penkridge waiting for the ■■■■ storm to subside,coward ! :wink: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :open_mouth: Cheers Dennis.

soz Dennis couldn’t help meself you wouldn’t believe the amount of people talking about this thread didn’t know how many people were on here! !!! was a really tidy motor too.

If anyone is interested I have some 8 cyl down pipes and fly wheels and may be other bits .

Well someone has done a nice job on it, question is did it roll out of Park lane like that when it was new :smiley:

Trev_H:
Well someone has done a nice job on it, question is did it roll out of Park lane like that when it was new :smiley:

They all came out of there when they were new… :unamused: