Wheel Nut:
dieseldave:
That takes me back a while.Front mounted exhaust but no visible firescreen or rear window clips Dave.
Well spotted Malc. 
TBF, I’d missed those. 
Isn’t it strange what strikes you first about a pic??
For me it was the blue airline.
Well if it,s history is in waste paper, that could explain the front mounted exhaust. it was probably like that to act as a spark arrestor.
But to be honest I thought that small sticker on the right hand side rear of the cab was Drum Engineering.
Isn’t it strange what strikes you first about a pic??
I think I was looking for the installation of a compressor. We had an ex Hipwood and Grundy ERF and it had a gravity oil feed to the cargo compressor mounted on the rear of the cab.
Whatever it was. This is a beautiful example of a fairly recent working truck, even down to the original rear lamps and period mirrors.
Wheel Nut:
… the original rear lamps…
Ahh, I remember the Rubbolites well, but were they fitted as original equipment? (I’m not sure. 
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Wheel Nut:
Front mounted exhaust but no visible firescreen or rear window clips Dave.
The exhausts were always mounted there on Atki’s - well at least on everyone I have seen! See picture below
dieseldave:
:shock: Blimey!! A blue air susie.Are the airline taps still there too.
That’s a cracking picture too road-ranger, many thanks for sharing it.
That takes me back a while.
yeh the taps are.
not sure how original the battery box is tho.
killsville:
road-ranger:
thanks for that. i am wanting an atki with the ■■■■■■ and fuller box.If I wasn’t so attached to it, I sell you my Atki!
well if you change your mind. just mail or post.
road-ranger:
killsville:
road-ranger:
thanks for that. i am wanting an atki with the ■■■■■■ and fuller box.If I wasn’t so attached to it, I sell you my Atki!
well if you change your mind. just mail or post.
OK! The cab needs doing though!
nianiamh recently put a post on about an atki wrecker thats been refurbed by his mate,who intends to use it as a workin truck
killsville:
road-ranger:
killsville:
road-ranger:
thanks for that. i am wanting an atki with the ■■■■■■ and fuller box.
OK! The cab needs doing though! [/quot
have you done a cab before? are they difficult to do?
road-ranger:
dieseldave:
:shock: Blimey!! A blue air susie.Are the airline taps still there too.
That’s a cracking picture too road-ranger, many thanks for sharing it.
That takes me back a while.
yeh the taps are.
not sure how original the battery box is tho.
Hi road-ranger, thanks for the exrta pic.
I had an idea that the air-line taps might still be there.
I’m not sure about the battery-box either mate, TBH I can’t remember what an original one looked like.
Wheel Nut or willie_mac will know though.
dieseldave:
road-ranger:
dieseldave:
:shock: Blimey!! A blue air susie.Are the airline taps still there too.
That’s a cracking picture too road-ranger, many thanks for sharing it.
I had an idea that the air-line taps might still be there.
I’m not sure about the battery-box either mate, TBH I can’t remember what an original one looked like.
Wheel Nut or willie_mac will know though.
it should be a tray with 2 sides that run to a small lip at the front with a bakelite top with a big A in it. a think
road-ranger:
have you done a cab before? are they difficult to do?
I haven’t personally, but I know a few who have. And to answer your main question, YES! I do believe they are difficult to do! Everything has to be spot on or the doors and windscreens don’t fit!
road-ranger:
it should be a tray with 2 sides that run to a small lip at the front with a bakelite top with a big A in it. a think
This picture shows what the battery box should look like. Indeed, the top does have a big A moulded into it.
dieseldave:
I’m not sure about the battery-box either mate, TBH I can’t remember what an original one looked like.Wheel Nut or willie_mac will know though.
I don’t think so Dave. I have been ottering on about the exhaust and it seems I got it wrong.
The only picture I have of an Atki I cannot see the exhaust. I probably fell into the old trap of seeing the Hoyer livery and thinking:
Ah! Pet Regs 
To be fair the battery box does look fabricated
Wheel Nut:
I don’t think so Dave. I have been ottering on about the exhaust and it seems I got it wrong.
I’m not so sure you’re wrong Malc.
The only Borderer I drove had the transverse exhaust, BTW that doesn’t even mean I’m dead sure about that.
As for it being a standard fitting, who knows?
(But I’ll find out by launching a PM to a certain Scottish gentleman. )
Wheel Nut:
The only picture I have of an Atki I cannot see the exhaust. I probably fell into the old trap of seeing the Hoyer livery and thinking:Ah! Pet Regs
I’m still not convinced you’re wrong Malc, because a fair few Borderers had the transverse exhaust mounted up under/behind the front bumper.
Then of course, there are the old Pet Regs as you said…
Wheel Nut:
To be fair the battery box does look fabricated
Agreed, now we’ve had something pretty definitive about that, still, it’s a nice tidy job that looks good and that’s what counts.
dieseldave:
:shock: Blimey!! A blue air susie.Are the airline taps still there too.
Something wrong if it didn’t have both those features!
dieseldave:
Wheel Nut:
I don’t think so Dave. I have been ottering on about the exhaust and it seems I got it wrong.I’m not so sure you’re wrong Malc.
The only Borderer I drove had the transverse exhaust, BTW that doesn’t evenWheel Nut:
The only picture I have of an Atki I cannot see the exhaust. I probably fell into the old trap of seeing the Hoyer livery and thinking:Ah! Pet Regs
I’m still not convinced you’re wrong Malc, because a fair few Borderers had the transverse exhaust mounted up under/behind the front bumper.
Then of course, there are the old Pet Regs as you said…
as much as i no, the exhaust’s were all fitted at the front. unless they were changed later and if they had the ■■■■■■■ 290 or the RR 290. they had to go up the back of the cab so there could be a blower fitted? a have an old pic of the truck, and i carnt see the exhaust mounted there on this pic? has it been put there to make it look like petrol regs
road-ranger:
Did you take this photo of Gary Kershaws ex-mines rescue Borderer then?
Theres some good stories behind this motor. Gary must be doing another Borderer - he is having the cab frame from an ex Killingbeck motor that is currently sat in my garage.
killsville:
road-ranger:
Did you take this photo of Gary Kershaws ex-mines rescue Borderer then?last time i spoke to gary he said that he had a few project to do. he wanted to start on the holt lane 8wheeler i think. going back to cabs, gary is very good at them, and very modist too. that miners rescue is a very nice truck but it needs a load because a think the uprated springs if empty will bounce. i would love the truck but i am not into the RR. it HAS to be ■■■■■■■■
barnes of rawtenstall had a borderer wrecker it was a tractor unit converted, was on a g-plate through being re-registered i do have some pics somewhere… but does anyone know where it is now?
