Martintrux or eagle wings

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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My stepdad worked for Eaglewing in the 70s, i used to go to Italy with him.
Its great to see that old picture of the F88, i have asked my mother if she can remember who the driver is.

I also remember all the trucks had a girls name on the drivers door, perhaps Stobart’s copied them :laughing:

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My Dad drove for Martintrux from 1977 until he got busted in Dover by Customs for having rather too much Old Holborn under the trailer floorboards !!!, That was December 1979. He mainly ran Belgium, and Holland but he did Italy and Switzerland and Spain too i recall. He got busted on the Thursday night, spent all day Friday with Customs, Came home and got sacked on Saturday, and was shipping out again for JC transport on Tuesday. It Cost my Dad £1200 in Fines, A Fair few quid in them days, and Customs offered him the Baccy if he paid the £600 odd duty as well. It cost Martintrux £1200 to get the Motor and trailer back from Customs. I think he used to stop at the Fina garage in Zeebrugge to Fill up !!! but it was 1979 and a totally different world to now eh ! The motor he drove was an Old 110 Scania Day Cab OPU640M, i wonder if its still about or if anyone has a picture of it

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Buster just put a few photos on another post, still have some more.As i said i,ll scan and email them to you. Have you seen the post from last year [Storming Norman]

Bakehouse on route to Naples

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On the French side of Cenis going up

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Thanks Johnny, Norman is my Dad that was his retirement do last march

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hi buster! is that you dave?
hows your dad enjoying his retirement? last saw him in the cabin in west thurrock not long b4 he chucked his keys in and retired ,
my dad used to work on mtx too (andy hunter) hes now retired in spain,all them trips to barcelona must have had an affect!!, seem to remember working with you for a while at williams transport in martintruxs old yard, give my regards to your dad.

ian

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Hi Ian, yeah thats right i worked for paul for a while, took my class 1 after that and been doing european work ever since, now working for Fresco Seafoods in Donegal we just do mussels and fish out too brittany, holland and spain, we have 6 trucks and only 5 of us come out of ireland good family run firm, so wot u upto now last i heard u was on tank freight wiv your dad

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Hi buster. Posted a few last night on the other MTX post. Went a bit pear shaped to begin with, got there in the end. Found a few more. I scanned them 1 at a time, dont know if it,ll make them better to post. Fingers crossed… :laughing:

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Hi Buster seems ok. I think across the 2 MTX posts you,ve got most of the photos, a few posted over the last couple of years may still be there. I have been looking for your email address but i,ve sent you a pm as i,ve got 14 pages of emails to sort through. Anyway if for any reason you want me to email the photos to you [ some of the first posts were scanned 3 at a time] please let me know and i,ll try and send them to you. In just over 2 weeks i,m off to the Philippines for 7 months, van sold almost everything else taken care of, so i will have a bit of time. Regards to you and Dad

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Thanks Johnny, dad will be so pleased when he sees them pics, another trip i’ll get off him down memory lane and his back in the day quotes, and how the jobs so easy now lol, have a good time out in the phillipines, once again many thanks

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Can any one tell me if they Knew a Steve Bennett at Eaglewing■■?

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Mr 141:
Can any one tell me if they Knew a Steve Bennett at Eaglewing■■?

Does he have a brother by the name of Gordon? Oh come on, somebody was bound to do it sooner or later :open_mouth: :laughing: :laughing:

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If my good friend Gary Richardson is correct the F88 in this picture finished up at Feblands in white and blue livery and I took the poor little thing over Mont Cenis heavy, heavy loaded with chemicals, she worked so hard that she refused to come out of stick at the top and I had to stay there overnight while she cooled down.

truckerash:

Rob Campbell:
Happy new year Buster.As promised a few more pics.I knew of Eaglewing but didn’t realise they dabbled in M/E.Hope they’re of interest.

Hi all: I was “reliably” informed that the guy is non other than a very young Chris Hooper !
Whether that is true or not … we won’t know until someone can confirm it. I for one think it is him. Theres is a good likeness.
It’s another one of the many amazing Middle East “stories”…and I luv 'um all :wink:

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Mr 141:
Can any one tell me if they Knew a Steve Bennett at Eaglewing■■?

i’ll ask my dad and get back to on that mr 141

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toothpick johnny:
Hi buster. Posted a few last night on the other MTX post. Went a bit pear shaped to begin with, got there in the end. Found a few more. I scanned them 1 at a time, dont know if it,ll make them better to post. Fingers crossed… :laughing:

Blimey Alan is that Bobby Scott wiv the beard■■?

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hi i rember martintrux back in the late 70’s early 80’s around france and italy when i used to go with my dad jed
anyone remember him
thanks
martin

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hi way back Meany moos ago i worked for Baxter hore at erith.martintrux done all the European service runs for them ossie done the Austria once a week . cannon ball done Holland twice a week . Vic done Paris twice a week they also done German and an italian runs but i cant remember the drivers names

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Hi Lads, I arrived at The Port of Gothenborg one evening in 1970 and an Eaglewing lorry was parked next to me. It was driven by Reg Sturrock, I think that he was a co owner of Eaglewing at that time. does anyone remember him. He was earlier a driver on Macks Hauliers Silvertown. Regards bill Sparrow,

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Hi Bob sorry for late reply just got back midnight last tuesday 7 months at 30c. No its Johnny Falk

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is mike medlock still about