hi jakey. nice comer, if only I had storage. would look better in blue. I got those shockers, on holiday when you dropped them. next time your passing can you drop off phone number. my work hours must be the same as yours as no one ever there. baz machine looks sorry for itself, but it was a joy to drive and even sleep in. plank of wood across the seats, great.
That bridge load is coming out of the old Freeland Engineering yard. My Father in Law helped build that.
JAKEY:
Here you go Chazzer , was this one of dines trucks you drove ? , there looks like one in there colours behind ,plus the Marathon is a Oxford reg .I don’t recall the Marathons in there colours but Brs had some at Oxford depot when I started but they were worn out or ready for scrap.
This is one of Rays trucks as is the one behind.Used this on Shunting fro British Leyland Oxford.
Hi Badgerboy , who were you on for then ?
Nathan ,your correct buddy . 
Barry , yes your right the old comer would look better blue , but it does look nice though , I don’t recall the Crusaders working on the Oxford fleet , infact I only just recall the Marathons working with a one Buffalo and the two Guys .
Do you recall , Tony Smith , Jock folton , Ron Willmott , and Pete Bettridge (famous 4 ) ?also Scratcher? 
This was Tony Smiths Atlet truck , its seen here but he was sacked by then ,and its in the newer fleet colours .
hi jakey. tony, big ron, pete and scratcher, names from the past I do remember. I can remember a couple of crusaders on the fllet. these were better than the guys due to a flatter cab floor and a radiator that folded outwards. great for hose and fan belt replacement. these were replaced with 2 marathons. one lhd single sleeper, only seen in the workshop when the mot was due. the driver would have 2 weeks leave so we could rebuilt it for another 12 months abroad. the other was a rhd double sleeper with an extended chassis. both were prototypes. when the chassis collapsed Leyland were there within hours, loaded onto a lowloader, sheeted then taken back to the factory. I think tony was driving this when it happened.
jakey. back to the commer. these had a scammel coupling trailer, built for brs cowley and Birmingham. I think doddy help with design. made so the driver could drop the trailer without leaving the cab. the trailer body was designed by a polish guy at the factory. this was the first demount container, now seen everyday on our roads. we were so lucky to see how transport has developed over the years.
Hi Barry
When I started on Brs in 1984 there were no crusaders on the road but a few Marathons , I will list the fleet numbers MAG 67 AND 68 AND 84 all day cabs , MAG 66 was the middle east big sleeper driven by Paul Collett (ex fitter with you in the workshops) but I think he had took the vehicle over from Jock Fulton ,there was also Mag 157 sleeper but was in different kind of blue than the rest ,this was driven by Pete bettridge , in my early days I was sent to Bromford lane depot with either you or Dave Lewis to collect after it had been involved in a rta and ended up with a bent chassis , it was written off and Pete took over TAG 173 white roadtrain , TAG 174 was a roadtrain driven by Ray timms and 172 was Tony Smiths and 171 was JOCKS , Later on we took the diff out of 157 and put it in 66 .
Not long later 66 had head gasket problems and it was botched up by Dave Jones and was sent to LLanli depot to be used as a shunter, Paul Collett took over 174 when Ray Timms retired (his cab was a tip ), Pete bettridge was then ill and Ivor Parry took over 173 .
I COULD GO ON AND ON IF YOU WANTED .
Barry , I found this on the net a few years ago , this truck came to us from Hereford depot with another one OHY 98Y (bIg Ron had this) it was driven by Bernard Woodward on days and by Ivor on nights , if you remember Ivor was off and Jeff Phipps (phippo) turned it over on to the drivers side and we had to rebuild it (it was then painted white )but it then never had a regular driver and was thrashed .
Ron had his Scania until General came to a end and he went on Vetrotex (Wallingford).
This was a sister Swindon Roadtrain the same as Oxfords ones , the reg numbers we had were A638 TO 641SOU .
Tony Upton sent me to Bridgend to train for my Hgv , worst thing they could do , I was so unhappy in the workshops and wanted to get out on the road .
bjf:
jakey. back to the commer. these had a scammel coupling trailer, built for brs cowley and Birmingham. I think doddy help with design. made so the driver could drop the trailer without leaving the cab. the trailer body was designed by a polish guy at the factory. this was the first demount container, now seen everyday on our roads. we were so lucky to see how transport has developed over the years.
The Commer still has the Scammell coupling. It’s currently on ebay complete with a short single-axle trailer which the seller bought at the same sale as the unit.
Retired Old ■■■■:
bjf:
jakey. back to the commer. these had a scammel coupling trailer, built for brs cowley and Birmingham. I think doddy help with design. made so the driver could drop the trailer without leaving the cab. the trailer body was designed by a polish guy at the factory. this was the first demount container, now seen everyday on our roads. we were so lucky to see how transport has developed over the years.The Commer still has the Scammell coupling. It’s currently on ebay complete with a short single-axle trailer which the seller bought at the same sale as the unit.
Come on Jakey; get out your Blankety Blank cheque book and pen.
Last time I looked it stood at around £16,500. Just a drop in the ocean for a successful removals firm!
,I got a shed and store full of Yamaha fs1e and dt 50ms and Raleigh choppers all 1970s that will do me as a small pension fund for a bit . 
that little trailer came from university press contract, Walton street. it was small and low so it could fit under the archway. they had a nice guy but it had a small gardiner so was slow
