Disc ! Disc !
Oh S**t !! 
R Jimmer
Jimski:
Disc ! Disc !
Oh S**t !!R Jimmer
The one with the lollypop looks ok but his brother with the little sub machinegun could be a dodgy character Jim, cheers Buzzer
Evening all, my experience of those “pantomine” characters was that they were best avoided…at all cost! Funny how that Tony Blair tried so hard to introduce an Italian style Police force to the UK! Those “barstewards” made Mr Plod seem very upright!
Cheerio for now.
Blimey Jimmer, they looked typically mean, I reckon that must have cost ya a 50000 bung at least.
Hi Tony 50,000 L no way we used to run100% legal ! No ! retrieve your disc and " Good day Gentlemen" and gladly on your way! hehe !
Then get down the road and bung in another one !!! Gladly on me way !!!
Regards Jimmer
Anyone remember these Noddy vans I think they were called! There was a driver who lived up the road from us Mr Webb who drove one about 50 years ago!!
Regards Pat
Don’t think this one has been on before!!!
Yardley’s of Leeds had a depot in Southampton years ago.
Regards Pat
ainacs:
Anyone remember these Noddy vans I think they were called! There was a driver who lived up the road from us Mr Webb who drove one about 50 years ago!!Regards Pat
Hi Pat, Hope things all ok with you.
A chap over here still got one of these, done in Wilkinsons livery, or he had last year! I got a pic of it somewhere, but can’t find it at the mo. Will have to drive by his place, see if it’s still there & snap it again. 
Don’t think they compared too well with a Scani though!!
Heres one for you Pat also BRS parcels but an artic
Heres a pic I got of the net and cant believe we used to go over the water in such trucks cheers Buzzer
Buzzer:
Heres a pic I got of the net and cant believe we used to go over the water in such trucks cheers Buzzer
Hi John how about these jems in the Middle East courtesy of Trucker Ash from the Middle East thread!!
truckerash:
After reading all the comments regarding this photo (put on the Astran/Middle East drivers thread by Orientmack), I thought it would be good to see what other “gems” we can find.
I have seen many photos of ‘Ancient Brits heading East’ but never seen this one before. There must be someone who knows something about it? Recognise it Bubbs?
So here are a few which I’ve collected to start things off;
In my honest opinion, this has to be the ULTIMATE Brit heading East!
Michael Woodman and Bob Paul pictured April 1964 having just collected the trailer from York’s at Corby. Soon after they set off on ‘THE’ inagural trip to Kabul. The little Guy did 3 round trips amounting to some 30,000 miles. It broke down on numerous occassions, jacknifed twice and had the engine modified and rebuilt 3-4 times, but still it kept going. Ironically a year after it was part ex’d for the AEC, Woodman and Paul went looking for it to have it as a tribute to thier hard work. Unfortunately a week before they found it, it had completely burnt out on the Motorway!!!
Here on the first trip 1964 heading East through Turkey
Oh what luxury!
These courtesy of Jerry Cooke; S Jones ran ERF’s, Macks and Kenworths under the banner of “Trans Arabia”.
Check out the air con = no windscreen!
Bit more luxury in this B series but I bet she still struggled big time at 100tons+ gross!
Nice to see the Brits giving a helping hand to the yanks (as usual)!
Courtsey of Fred Topham; Abandoned in Saudi. Ex Showerings/Babysham from Somerset!
Courtesy of Roger WIlliams (Willhire). Anyone recognise these?
On route to Iran, A&E Trucking Nottingham. Atkinson possibly ex Walkers of Tuxford.
Courtesy of Geoff Gilbert. Same Walkers Atkinson now ‘abandoned’ in Istanbul;
Courtesy of the late Neil Moorhouse. He ran this Dodge and Merc to Kuwait & Iraq. Check out the roof mounted exhaust on the Dodge which Neil modified himself to help keep the cab warm in winter. He never told me if he took it off during the summer months!
And this is his ‘rabbitt hutch’ sleeper which he made from wood and ‘screwed’ to the back of the cab! I don’t suppose the rear mounted tool box lasted 5 minutes either!
Thirlrock from Slough ran this ‘impressive’ Foden between UK & Kuwait for Oryx. Pictured here in Kuwait City…
…and here at a ‘regular’ stopping place in Turkey!
I am pretty sure this is John WIlliams in the cab, just about to set off for Rawalpindi, Pakistan (c1969). The ERF belonged to Mick Hill from Long Buckby (John lived there) and the gentleman standing is Muhammed Aslam who simply walked into Mick’s garage one day and asked him to take a load to Pakistan! After a month of research by John, the trip went ahead. Check out the sleeper box ‘cut’ from a Bedford TK. Ingenious work there John!
Ah the luxury of a sleeper. Still got abandoned in Eastern Turkey though!
And a couple courtesy of Phil Read for all you ERF fans. ‘Thundering across H4’…
A couple more pics of Hills of Botley
Regards Pat
Hello Pat
Great collection of photos there.Seems hard to believe they went all that way and back in them classics.
Pat im not sure but could this be one of Bakers old MANS.Ive tried to magnify the photo but I cant make the reg out.
Regards Jacko
Hi all did a job from North Wales on Thursday picked up from an old farm miles from nowhere and came across this old girl looked like she’s still working for her corn !!
Regards Jimmer
Jimski:
Hi all did a job from North Wales on Thursday picked up from an old farm miles from nowhere and came across this old girl looked like she’s still working for her corn !!
Regards Jimmer
Could do with that motor this week to take me cattle to market Jimmer, cheers Buzzer
Hi Buzzer north Wales , would be a long ways to get it !!
Hi all I was out with me brother today having a ride about on me old Harley (sorry Saviem ) and came across these two old trucks parked at Goodwood
Regards Jimmer
