GUY Big J 8LXB Tractor Unit

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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Retired Old ■■■■:

altitude:

Dave the Renegade:
He could be advising Jeremy Corbyn at the Labour Party Conference. :wink:

For Gods sake we have enough problems in the country now. :unamused:

Someone pointed out to me only this morning that Mr Corbyn would never get his party elected because, “He’s an oddball”.
Hitler was an oddball, too. :wink:

Hitler was a ■■■■ in my book He put me & my family out of a home when he bombed the village where we lived at Seaton Burn in 1942, So the least said about this ■■■■ the better, :grimacing: , Regards Larry.

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Just heard from Interpol ,Dennis is on route from Malta driving a ex smiths Guy 8 pot towards the uk .

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Lawrence Dunbar:
Hitler was a [zb] in my book He put me & my family out of a home when he bombed the village where we lived at Seaton Burn in 1942, So the least said about this [zb] the better, :grimacing: , Regards Larry.

They weren’t aiming at your village, Larry. They were aiming at Bristol but were crap navigators. :wink:

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Punchy Dan:
Just heard from Interpol ,Dennis is on route from Malta driving a ex smiths Guy 8 pot towards the uk .

Hi Dan, Well Im sure he is just the man to do do it :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: Regards Larry.

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I’m throwing caution to the winds and going out on a limb here but I don’t believe there ever was a Big J with a Gardner 8LXB.

There, I’ve got that off my chest and it’s time for bed.

Nurse! The screens.

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Jazzandy:
I’m throwing caution to the winds and going out on a limb here but I don’t believe there ever was a Big J with a Gardner 8LXB.

There, I’ve got that off my chest and it’s time for bed.

Nurse! The screens.

Well Jazzandy Im sure good old Dennis will agree with you, Regards Larry, PS Still no photographic evidence has been posted as yet.

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Lawrence Dunbar:

Jazzandy:
I’m throwing caution to the winds and going out on a limb here but I don’t believe there ever was a Big J with a Gardner 8LXB.

There, I’ve got that off my chest and it’s time for bed.

Nurse! The screens.

Well Jazzandy Im sure good old Dennis will agree with you, Regards Larry, PS Still no photographic evidence has been posted as yet.

Better send out a rescue party.

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Jazzandy:
I’m throwing caution to the winds and going out on a limb here but I don’t believe there ever was a Big J with a Gardner 8LXB.

There, I’ve got that off my chest and it’s time for bed.

Nurse! The screens.

Philistine… :unamused:

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Bewick was last logged inn on Sunday 20th September, but doesn’t mean he hasn’t had a look without logging in. :wink:

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Dave the Renegade:
Bewick was last logged inn on Sunday 20th September, but doesn’t mean he hasn’t had a look without logging in. :wink:

Of course, someone may be secretly dobin in all the believers to Mr.Bewick …by pigeon post…
so he’s kept up to date with what’s going on…not that it’s me of course… :blush:

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He may also have joined with another user name like GUY 8LXB :unamused: just to wind folk up a bit :laughing:

cheers Johnnie :wink:

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sammyopisite:
He may also have joined with another user name like GUY 8LXB :unamused: just to wind folk up a bit :laughing:

cheers Johnnie :wink:

I could rejoin with .Bewick or Berwick could be fun

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there ,WAS, a 6 legger double drive big J with a pattricroft 8 pot in it on recovery in the potterie,s/ cheshire area many moons ago
i saw it rotting in a yard at a place that did fibre glass repoduction bus body parts around ten years ago

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Dennis started this thread. I suspect he is biding his time. Be worried, very very worried. Jim.

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jmc jnr:
Dennis started this thread. I suspect he is biding his time. Be worried, very very worried. Jim.

He hasn’t been on for a fortnight Jim. But I expect he will appear.
Cheers Dave.

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Dave the Renegade:

jmc jnr:
Dennis started this thread. I suspect he is biding his time. Be worried, very very worried. Jim.

He hasn’t been on for a fortnight Jim. But I expect he will appear.
Cheers Dave.

Can’t give too much away…but Dennis thinks he’s on to to summit…he say’s he’s sure he left one down here somewhere…

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Well Fergie, that only strengthens our theory that Dennis is on a trip to Poland with his mate CarryFast.

abc.net.au/news/2015-10-03/s … nd/6825004

Unfortunately all they found was a cheap look a like badge for a Guy Warrior. :wink:

youtube.com/watch?v=aADExWV1bsM

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mushroomman:
Well Fergie, that only strengthens our theory that Dennis is on a trip to Poland with his mate CarryFast.

abc.net.au/news/2015-10-03/s … nd/6825004

Unfortunately all they found was a cheap look a like badge for a Guy Warrior. :wink:

youtube.com/watch?v=aADExWV1bsM

Mushroomman, seriously ? I think we all know that by the time they got to Dover, one would be missing… :unamused:

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Bewick:
Has anyone ever built one,sold one when new,repaired one,DRIVEN one,or at least seen one or possibly got a photo (side view) showing the 8 potter sticking out the rear of the cab .

Phew! it’s been ■■■■■■■ hot where I’ve been the last couple of weeks, top 30’s and touching 40 some days and it looks like it’s getting hotter on this thread since I’ve been away phew! Still no side view shots (or any shots for that matter) and those build sheets could have just been forward projections in any case prior to them been kicked into touch by Leyland eh! :wink: :laughing: !! Cheers Bewick.

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Bewick:

Bewick:
Has anyone ever built one,sold one when new,repaired one,DRIVEN one,or at least seen one or possibly got a photo (side view) showing the 8 potter sticking out the rear of the cab .

Phew! it’s been [zb] hot where I’ve been the last couple of weeks, top 30’s and touching 40 some days and it looks like it’s getting hotter on this thread since I’ve been away phew! Still no side view shots (or any shots for that matter) and those build sheets could have just been forward projections in any case prior to them been kicked into touch by Leyland eh! :wink: :laughing: !! Cheers Bewick.

Welcome back Dennis I hope alls well and you had good break
I’m a believer in GUY fitting a straight 8 in a Big J I spoke to my dad last weekend and he can recall Smiths of Madison operating them
Kind regards Gary