harry_gill:
Hiya,
Larry, definitely not an eight pot Percy that low loader swan neck would shear
the back two pots off at the first corner.
thanks harry, long retired.
…and it hasn’t got the front extension to the cab to accommodate the additional length of the 8 pot Percy!
David
pv83:
Found another one…Cheers, Patrick
He’s going well, third laning it so he must be airborne !! Bewick.
I haven’t been on this thread for a bit,just wondered if the elusive photo/photos of back end of a Big J with 240 Gardner have turned up yet?
Would save me trawling through the pages… 
Chris Webb:
I haven’t been on this thread for a bit,just wondered if the elusive photo/photos of back end of a Big J with 240 Gardner have turned up yet?Would save me trawling through the pages…
It’s a bit more complicated than that. 
Chris Webb:
I haven’t been on this thread for a bit,just wondered if the elusive photo/photos of back end of a Big J with 240 Gardner have turned up yet?Would save me trawling through the pages…
[zb]
anorak:Chris Webb:
I haven’t been on this thread for a bit,just wondered if the elusive photo/photos of back end of a Big J with 240 Gardner have turned up yet?Would save me trawling through the pages…
- Someone has actually built one- yes, a real one- and photographed it.
- Someone has obtained documentary evidence that some were built. He has also been quoted a sum in the region of fifty pounds for a build sheet from the factory, although none of us has stumped up a penny.
It’s all in there.
Maybe Dennis would pay for it if asked nicely…just a thought. 
Yes, GL Baker had one.
Chris Webb:
[zb]
anorak:Chris Webb:
I haven’t been on this thread for a bit,just wondered if the elusive photo/photos of back end of a Big J with 240 Gardner have turned up yet?Would save me trawling through the pages…
- Someone has actually built one- yes, a real one- and photographed it.
- Someone has obtained documentary evidence that some were built. He has also been quoted a sum in the region of fifty pounds for a build sheet from the factory, although none of us has stumped up a penny.
It’s all in there.Maybe Dennis would pay for it if asked nicely…just a thought.
Who deep pockets ?..I doubt it!!!
David
newmercman:
Yes, GL Baker had one.
Not my picture but I asked the poster if this did have a 240 fitted
That’s the one, it wasn’t successful as the rest of the drive train couldn’t cope with the “power” of the big Percy. However it did drive out of the factory with an 8LXB under the cab and therefore it’s the real deal.
newmercman:
That’s the one, it wasn’t successful as the rest of the drive train couldn’t cope with the “power” of the big Percy. However it did drive out of the factory with an 8LXB under the cab and therefore it’s the real deal.
It is to be regretted that that Smith bloke requires a photo to prove the existence,whether you state it as such or not.
David
David, I think even Mr D Smith of Kendal accepted the Baker’s Big J as the real thing. Although now he’s in his twilight years he gets a bit forgetful and is prone to cantankerous episodes, bless him…
Sorry if this seems blindingly obvious… why is a Gardner referred to as a ‘Percy’ please?
GCR2ERF:
Sorry if this seems blindingly obvious… why is a Gardner referred to as a ‘Percy’ please?
Yes, I have wondered about this also. I have never come across nickname until it appeared on TNUK. None of the Gardner family was ever called Percy.
They were nicknamed by some as a ‘Percy’ due to the famous TV gardener at the time, Percy Thrower. Perhaps it goes some way to explaining how tenuous the link is by the obvious discrepency in spelling…
newmercman:
That’s the one, it wasn’t successful as the rest of the drive train couldn’t cope with the “power” of the big Percy. However it did drive out of the factory with an 8LXB under the cab and therefore it’s the real deal.
just a quick question why wouldn’t the rest of the drive train take the power… Guy had the same axle and fuller box for the
350 ■■■■■■■ the 290 ■■■■■■■ and the 280 rolls royce…■■?
John
Lawrence Dunbar:
pv83:
Found this old advertisement, don’t know if it’s been posted before though…Cheers, Patrick
Hi Patrick, Any info on whats under the bonnet ■■?, Regards Larry.
well it wouldn’t be a gardner. they had the protruding grill for a oil cooler. its a 1966 on a D reg the 8lxb didn’t appear until 1972
only 180 ■■■■■■■ was around in 1966 so id say this unit is only a av505 aec engine…thats about it
3300John:
Lawrence Dunbar:
pv83:
Found this old advertisement, don’t know if it’s been posted before though…Cheers, Patrick
Hi Patrick, Any info on whats under the bonnet ■■?, Regards Larry.
well it wouldn’t be a gardner. they had the protruding grill for a oil cooler. its a 1966 on a D reg the 8lxb didn’t appear until 1972
only 180 ■■■■■■■ was around in 1966 so id say this unit is only a av505 aec engine…thats about it… maybe just maybe the reg is a private plate and its a later lorry than 66… saying that the 280 rolls and 290 ■■■■■■■ had stacks up the back of the cab… its not gardner so if its not AEC it could be a 220 ■■■■■■■■■■ 220 rolls.
Any idea’s?
3300John:
newmercman:
That’s the one, it wasn’t successful as the rest of the drive train couldn’t cope with the “power” of the big Percy. However it did drive out of the factory with an 8LXB under the cab and therefore it’s the real deal.just a quick question why wouldn’t the rest of the drive train take the power… Guy had the same axle and fuller box for the
350 ■■■■■■■ the 290 ■■■■■■■ and the 280 rolls royce…■■?
John
John, I’ve no idea, but that’s what the man that drove the lorry told me.