Rare’ish, a 6 wheel Thames can’t have been too many of them around.
oily
kindle530:
excellent!
using your innititave isnt allowed nowadays!
How very true mate,and not only in transport.
regards dave.
oiltreader:
Rare’ish, a 6 wheel Thames can’t have been too many of them around.
oily
I wonder what sort of “payload” it would have carried !! I suppose it would have been “gutless” to say the least with only having a 4D engine !! Cheers Bewick.
The only trouble with this post is once you are on it ,
You cant get of it .
Good reading ,great photos , brings back a lot of memorys of my days on the road ,and i have had a few since 1953
Thank you all
oiltreader:
Rare’ish, a 6 wheel Thames can’t have been too many of them around.
oily
Lovley old girl there oily. 
I ve never seen a Ford thames six wheeler either.The conversion was probably done after the four wheeler had retired from regular use.The other alternative was that the conversion was done to extend the wheel base for some kind of specialist use where bulk was high and payload low
Just had a dig in google and there are one two others, anyway this is the origin. aecsouthall.co.uk/ccmv_broch … ssex_2.jpg
A Thames Sussex
oily
bedfordmanotype:
The only trouble with this post is once you are on it ,
You cant get of it .
Good reading ,great photos , brings back a lot of memorys of my days on the road ,and i have had a few since 1953
Thank you all
Generous of you bedfordmanotype, the odd nod of approval now and then makes it worthwhile , I am a long time away from lorry driving (1952 to 1968), and always open to those more knowledgeable drivers with their input of pictures and experiences.
oily
flishflunk:
Another Thames 6 wheeler0
Ray
Hi Ray, same motor in a different and latest guise, flickr.com/photos/atkidave/6 … 7361709409
oily
oiltreader:
flishflunk:
Another Thames 6 wheeler0
Ray
Hi Ray, same motor in a different and latest guise, flickr.com/photos/atkidave/6 … 7361709409
oily
Hi
Like several removal contractors, here in the North East, our first diesel was a Ford 4d 5 tonner with a larg (ish) luton van body on it TPT918, newly registered by us in 1956, and although still young, at the time spent many hours sat on the battery box in between the drivers seat and the single (Occupied) passenger seat.
I know the problems we had with our 4D. great economic running (26 miles to the gallon) but unfortunatly too unrelable to achieve that many miles, and like I have read on here and told a very simple engine, and easy to work on (fortunatly) as it was continually breaking down. Over the years, speaking to our competitors who also tried one at similar times, our experiences were not the exception.
So when I hear quotes about payload, I think 'that wasn’t the problem, you needed to get use multiplied by payload to make a profit, and Ford’s first diesel engine was not the answer
Carl
hi carl did you ever do any buisnes with f c brooks and sons of caerphilly removals regards rowland
robinswh:
I ve never seen a Ford thames six wheeler either.The conversion was probably done after the four wheeler had retired from regular use.The other alternative was that the conversion was done to extend the wheel base for some kind of specialist use where bulk was high and payload low
These were an official conversion by County, done from new and sold by Ford dealers. There were 2 versions, single drive “Surrey” and double drive “Sussex”.
They superseded similar conversions on the previous 7V models. You could choose Ford 4D or Perkins P6 diesel, or 30hp V8 petrol engines. The RAF had quite a few of them. When the Traders came out Ford changed to AWD for 4wd conversions.
Bernard
