Dont know if this should be on this thread,but its a nice 140
bubbleman:
Dont know if this should be on this thread,but its a nice 140
Ahh thanks Bubbleman I remember this Scania well I bought it from Brants of Tadley as a 2 axle unit I believe it was bought new by a Norman Asher who was a subbie for Sea Route Ferry with a red 110 Scania I converted it using a tag axle from an old Scania110 six wheeler ex Cartwrights up in the midlands somewhere, they did Middle East I believe, myself and Gary Bampton did the conversion just in time for the new 38 ton weight limit.
Here is apic before we painted it
Regards Pat
LTS, ran out of Eastleigh ( Boyatt Wood)
Any one know what happened to their manager / director Chris Hales ?
Wouldn’t mind betting he’s on here somewhere, especially with his knowledge of So’ton transport.
bubbleman:
Thought you Southampton boys might like to see this old girl. Taken at Codford cafe A36 about 1981
And thats one of Norman Offers behind him.Looks like they were bouncing back from somewhere.A bit obvious. 
Hey ainacs, silk purses and sow ears come to mind !.
Hi Fergie47, Here he is with Didier who ran the French Office,and Fred longstanding driver,will try and find out where he is for you as Eric Rivers(MD) lives close by.Also attached a couple of photo’s one of a young Tony Hilton,Chris Sparkes (great bloke to run with)and Tony’s driver Ron. They were trying to move the sliding 5th wheel on the F10’s 1st trip only to realise Princes the Volvo dealer had bolted it up in the fixed position ! The LB76 is loading in Esso Port Jerome.
Anybody remember Andre Ogar in Le Havre ■■?
Fergie47, I worked for Chris Hayles at LTS 10 Yrs back {good bloke} He is now running Allports at the Free Trade Zone in southampton docks just inside dock gate 20… last thing i heard of him… I Believe its been taken over by DHL so not sure if he,s still there…
Regards Kev
MaggieD
Cheers for that, appreciated !
SB139:
Fergie47, I worked for Chris Hayles at LTS 10 Yrs back {good bloke} He is now running Allports at the Free Trade Zone in southampton docks just inside dock gate 20… last thing i heard of him… I Believe its been taken over by DHL so not sure if he,s still there…Regards Kev
Thanks Kev.
Lost touch with him about 10 yrs ago. Nice bloke, very knowledgeable about So’ton hauliers and old trucks.
Pat,glad you liked the pic of 100P,heres another.Leaving Truckline Poole
SEV928W in your yard
Whats left of BRX 13J,ex Sayers,ex Keelhaul and ex Shepards
And the remains of SRX 833M (centre) ex Sayers 140
This is SRX 833M looking the dogs do-da,s
And finally a pic of LJA 597P in cream and rust which I think was yours.
Hope the pics are of interest and i,ve drifted off the thread a bit,but i couldnt resist putting my anorak on!!
Hi Bubbleman great pics thank you have you anymore please?
PHO100P was driven by John Shaw longtime fitter/driver for me, here he is in France somewhere repairing something with PMV499M and KJN597P ex Astrans!
Here is aPic of SEV928W Loading Danzas driver was Ron Huntley
Here is LJA 597P dropping a kangaroo trailer in Novara driver was Jim Ski(Tomacheski)
Here are a couple of pics of how it looked when I bought it
And after we painted it sorry pic’s a bit blurred Jameson name was for permits
Keep em comming please
Regards Pat
Hi All
Adding Henry Smithers to the forum I thought would qualified for Old Southampton Hauliers as they arrived in the city around 1970
Smithers depot at Rushington , Totton around 1984 ,
Going back a bit around 74
China Clay , cornwall
A drop of Armstrongs wine
New B series 1979 , paper reels for Fleet Street
Sea Route Ferries
Jimmy Rootes Dart Scania 80
Did Ferrymasters too
Sweet 25yrs
Frenchy
What a bummer , no photo`s sorry
Frenchy
Hi Frenchy
On your photobucket album below each pic there are 4 oblong boxes left click on the bottom one that says IMG code it should come up copied and then stay highlighted in blue then go to your message and where you want the pic right click and select paste your pics should then appear like this: A man happy in his job
Regards Pat
Thank Ainacs , it`s just what I did , well a mate came round and did it for me and still it backfired , how did you bring up the worst of the pictures .
Frenchy
On a sad note , My stepfather , in law , Geoff Pilling , sadly passed away last night ,13th Aug , He was Transport manager for Hattons back in the early 70"s . Many of you will , i know remember Hattons , Yellow Daf"s and an F88 . Another part of Southamptons transport history is lost .
Hi Frenchy I copied and pasted the link onto the browser bar and your pic came up then I saved it to my photobucket and put it on here, for all to see what afine figure of a man you were back then
Regards Pat
Hi Old Trucker so sad to hear your bad news, yes another loss to Southampton’s transport history.
Regards and sympathies
Pat