Leyland600:
Hi Oily yes I will be watching this program my first winter on the road. Stainmoor blocked for 8 weeks a regular run over and back each day for me at the time with a LAD cabbed Leyland Comet. Did you see “Rigs at Nigg” on BBC Four on Tuesday night I watched it on I player later an excellent documentary with lots of old wagons, plant and buses. Newton of Dingwall shown quite a bit. No H& S in those days during the construction of the first platform.
Cheers, Leyland 600.
Hi G, Nigg yes Ray Smyth gave me a shout about it, I’ll try and catch it soon, Roy Macgregor’s Global Energy Group playing a big part in it’s present re-development.
Oily
2019 snap.
20 July 1986
Wellesbourne
Warks
Eng.
ex MoD AEC Matador 4x4 gun tractor. Nicely refurbished but missing the unmistakable ‘Always Eating Cash’ emblem.
the front end is being held up by a youth the police would like to question,!!
Pride & Clark. Owned a fair bit of Stockwell Rd at one time. They had another yard at the top of Brixton hill too.
Interesting pic of the Matador Pyewacket, indeed it was a Royal Artillery vehicle, the Red over Blue sign signifies that and the faint sign on the right side should have a yellow Centaur on a light blue background, this was the sign of 7th Air Defence Brigade and the Matador would have towed the 3.7in Anti-Aircraft Gun, similar to the one in the wartime photo below. Matadors were also used for towing other Guns and trailers and a very reliable machine they were, initially powered by an AEC A173 inline six diesel around 10,500 had been supplied by the end of WWII and they were still in use into the 60’s. Later models had the AEC A187 engine at 105bhp. Franky.
We had a Matador breakdown at the BMC dealership I worked at, it replaced a WW2 Morris-Commercial quad and a Morris-Comercial NVS ex fire engine. Our Matador had flitched axles which apparently meant it had been a searchlight carrier. The change from 1st to 2nd gear had to be pulled straight through as quickly as possible, from 3rd to 4th you could almost light a ■■■ in between! 
Pete.
Buzzer:
Some more on Saturday, Buzzer
Ref your last (edit: last but one) pic today Buzzer:
A lot of people far worse than bank robbers used these Citroens in France during the first half of the 1940’s…
Dipster:
Buzzer:
Some more on Saturday, BuzzerRef your last (edit: last but one) pic today Buzzer:
A lot of people far worse than bank robbers used these Citroens in France during the first half of the 1940’s…
I have a cd of French music from the pre-war era and it has a picture much like that on the cover. The first track starts with a wailing police siren, gave me quite shock the first few times.
Geordielad:
Interesting pic of the Matador Pyewacket, indeed it was a Royal Artillery vehicle, the Red over Blue sign signifies that and the faint sign on the right side should have a yellow Centaur on a light blue background, this was the sign of 7th Air Defence Brigade and the Matador would have towed the 3.7in Anti-Aircraft Gun, similar to the one in the wartime photo below. Matadors were also used for towing other Guns and trailers and a very reliable machine they were, initially powered by an AEC A173 inline six diesel around 10,500 had been supplied by the end of WWII and they were still in use into the 60’s. Later models had the AEC A187 engine at 105bhp. Franky.
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Thanks for that Franky… Been fascinated by Matadors for years. Was lucky enough to ride shotgun in one of
Birmingham City Transport’s recovery Matadors in the 60s, towing a dead double decker back to base.!
20 July 1986
Wellesbourne
Warks
Eng.
1943 Canadian built Dodge.
ex WD-RAF. Reg 72 59 PP
RAF No 92499
