hi pat heres a couple more for you 
and yhe little nipper in the middle is my eldest hes 23 in november times flying by
great pics Ron , but where were they taken ■■? top of my head i would say , last services before or first after Aosta !!!
Thanks Ron great pics.
This was Gerry Whelan’s ex Astran 140 KJN671P
This lefthooker was one I bought from the late Pim Dvrees at the Scania dealer Alex Vankeulen in Amersfoort Holland ex company called Vermeulan that’s why it had a big Vee on the doors
Regards Pat
old trucker:
great pics Ron , but where were they taken ■■? top of my head i would say , last services before or first after Aosta !!!
hi old trucker yeswell yes you are rightish lol they were taken in the first ip garage comeing down from the top of the blanc towards aosta used to fill up ther every week as did many drivers i think with the shell card
ainacs:
hi pat found these remember this in modana
Didn’t we rebuild that one with another cab Ron? I think this is a later pic with your’s truly getting on the Brittainy Ferry Portsmouth
Regards Pat
[/quote hi pat yes we did and i found a befor pic must have been when i had it first
http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/ronhuntley/img061.jpg and this one cant forget this i had it a while 
Crikey Ron you were young in those pictures !!
Dad never seemed to change at all !
Pat, I wish I’d got a pound for every bottle of Gin carried in that Scania when Gerry had it,every time I went round his house in Fordingbridge we emptied one ! Sadly missed.
Regards MaggieD
Great pics Ron, nice to see,em of the " old man "
Cluey i know you,re watching so here,s a few pics for you
This 0ne is me & judging by the bling it was either Bob Cousins or John Eaton
Me, you & Phil Dibden
Me Larry & Jimmy Lamb
TIR Original:
Thanks for the photo of the sleeper cab V8 Mandator signwritten R.A.Lane.
This particular lorry was mentioned by me on more than one occasion on this site by reg. No. YTR 272J. Go back to the thread page 2 and you will see one of my posts in Feb.
The lorry was purchased new in 1970 from Princes Commercials in Millbrook Road by Ken Lane (Later to become Spring Road Haulage).
I first met Ken in the late 60’s when he was trading from a small office in Totton High St. under the name of R.A. Lane Haulage Ltd. Yes John Lee you are correcct, Kens’ wifes name was Rose. In fact it was Rose Ann and the company was set up in her name. At the time Ken was running a few tippers out of the Mendip quarries and only dabbled a little in general haulage with a couple of small4 wheelers. However he decided to have a go at international after applying for and getting International Road Permits. (Thats why I stayed friends with him. ha ha). He ran this unit for 2 years and was plagued with breakdowns. He even took it to Princes’ forecourt and threatened to set fire to it. The unit was driven by Freddie Blair for most of that time. One night in a drunken stupor in some Southampton pub, I purchased the unit from Ken in a deal done on the back of a ■■■ packet. This was some time in 1972 and I ran it for 2 years trouble free except for a fan belt ! It was sold in about 1974 to a chap from Fareham who ran as Ranmar Transport. He reckoned later that it was the best motor he had ever bought.
TIR Original
Thanks for sharing that, very informative as all of your posts are. I particularly like the way you used to do your business deals 
Was that the same Freddie Blair that drove for Colin Wilkes when he was
running Hocfun ?
Hi Tony,yes it certainly is the same Freddie Blair. I used to call him Bic because he looked like a biro. If he stood sideways and stuck his tongue out you could mistake him for a zip !! But what a great bloke.
And yes most of my deals were done as descrbed when it was with my old mate Ken. Back then we used to have shares in Bacardi (or you would have thought). By the way give my regards to your brother Keith.
ron huntley:
what happened to the front grille and ight board on the scania■■?
another blast from the past !
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dreva:
ron huntley:
what happened to the front grille and ight board on the scania■■?
hi dreva well we were tilting the cab over and on the early scanias they had a wire strop for the cab stop but it broke and the cab went right over the bottom grill got smashed and the light board fell out it stayed like that for ages
heres the same truck being converted from a non sleeper to a sleeper they wlndt tackle a job like that now adays but it was a good old truck and the driver loved it 
this was in 1979 ?
Hi Ron who is this repairing the lhd Q plate Transcon? It’s not Phil Grant is it by any chance?
Regards Pat
hi pat yes phil grant him self we were in the white dog services in france if you look to the right of the pic you can just see one of yours