Buzzer.
Yes that is a camera David although all the ten new Scanias my boys have bought still have mirrors
Thanks John, at first I thought he had had an even closer encounter than the 2 behind him but there was no damage to mirror arms visible. I suppose that is just a camera and the screen for viewing is inside the cab.
Think I’ll remain a bit of a Luddite on that score, I was always a mirror fanatic. Back in the early days of dodgy little mirrors on single vibrating stalks I was amongst the first to get the largest Zanettis, also for my own motor, large west coast mirrors from a D cab Ford, and I even modified my Mk1 Atki at Midland Storage by removing it from the door window to in front of the post with a bracing bar as well. That was after the new Mk 2s arrived and I saw the advantage. Don’t think that would go down well with your boys nowadays, a driver drilling holes in his motor without even asking.
Not sure about the elfinsafety of those 2 blokes on the top of Wynn’s cab though, but why 2? Recipe for confusion I would have thought.
Lastly what a pleasure to see all those 6 Invincibles in one shot. IMO far and away the best cab of its era.
Geordielad:
Essexpete wrote ; I don’t think I have seen a Dodge like the unit a few photos up. Was that a pre 300 LAD?The 300 Series was introduced 1957 and the unit in the photo dates its registration from March 1960 to May 1960 Cheshire area. It wasn’t a different model, it will be a 300 Series but has a coachbuilt cab looking very like a Boalloy type with those sweeping split screens. Northwich being near to Congleton where Boalloy was situated, it seems logical JW Barrow would chose a local builder. Maybe the original cab was damaged or they didn’t like the LAD type. Its not a cab I’ve seen on a Dodge in any other photo’s so possibly a rare one, it’s a pity when these photo’s are put on sites originally they don’t have some text to explain what exactly is in the photo! Franky.
Hi Franky, what about a Holmes of Preston Homalloy cab very similar.
Oily
Spardo, Good morning.
Just reading your post on Atki mirrors. When I was working with John Raymond in the seventies I used to do a fair bit of abnormal work. We fitted AEC/Leyland mirror arms to one of the units I had, a MK 2 pre Borderer WNY 622H. They were just the the job as they could be extended and were of course fitted with Zanetti mirrors.
Regards, Allani
Mrsteel:
Spardo, Good morning.
Just reading your post on Atki mirrors. When I was working with John Raymond in the seventies I used to do a fair bit of abnormal work. We fitted AEC/Leyland mirror arms to one of the units I had, a MK 2 pre Borderer WNY 622H. They were just the the job as they could be extended and were of course fitted with Zanetti mirrors.
Regards, Allani
I loved the big Zanettis, the small ones were for ambulances I think. I kept them for years, still have one up in the shed somewhere but the other one was broken by a careless driver pulling off the dock next to me here in France.
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Nice sounds there, but I particularly love the dashboard of the 1978 Peterbilt! (0:47 onwards)
Ray Smyth:
My temperature gauge is on the top of the brown wheelie bin
and it is showing 40 degrees Celsius, a new U.K. record, PhewRay Smyth.
I had 44c on my temp guage , the air con as been diconected because our mechanics didn’t want to regas it , if you enlarge the photo you can just make it out
As far as I know this Volvo is undergoing a full restoration by its original first owner, Larry.
Happy Birthday for tomorrow Larry, thought I’d do early to give all your fans chance to join in.
regards. Kev.
kevmac47:
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regards. Kev.
Thank you Kev, Larry.
Some pics taken on a recent trip to New York
Van Hool Commuter coach
Prevost Commuter coach
Tour bus with seats at 90 degrees angle
MACK refrigerated truck
Dump truck
New York skyline taken from top of Vanderbilt summit centre overlooking Empire State Building
That Mack cab design is decades old, I remember many, many years ago they tried to market it in the UK. I think the engine hump in the low slung cab was unacceptably high.
Spardo:
That Mack cab design is decades old, I remember many, many years ago they tried to market it in the UK. I think the engine hump in the low slung cab was unacceptably high.
Remember seeing a Mack with that cab on display at Tipcon, Harrogate somewhere in the seventies. Might be wrong on this one but I think Renault were involved somehow.
Tyneside
Ironic when you think that Renault were one of the first, with the AE (Magnum) to produce a cab with a completely flat floor. Did anyone ever see one of those Macks on the road in Britain? I certainly didn’t.