Thanks to Ray Smyth, Andrew Morrison, Buzzer and DEANB for the photos 
also Franglais for the link Buzzer that tax disc is interesting London Reg Glasgow stamp also the Rose, Thistle, Shamrock and Daffodil represented, wonder would it have been an Albion.
Oily.
Southwaite Services earlier this month.
oiltreader:
Thanks to Ray Smyth, Andrew Morrison, Buzzer and DEANB for the photos
Oily.Southwaite Services earlier this month.
Oily apparently that was the very first tax disc issued, may need some more digging to verify, Buzzer
Geordielad:
The BK and J Type were Karrier made couplings, in 1930 Karrier were the first to build an auto coupling named the Wolverton for the three wheel Karrier Cob this was developed and patented by an LMSR Road Motor Engineer and Karrier went on to develop it further as the BK. Scammell brought out their coupling in 1933 and sold it to many other manufacturers and became more widely used. Having a full width rear axle with the trailer jockey wheels between, the earlier Karrier coupling had the trailer wheels on the outside of the tractor rears so Karrier had to bring out a similar design to Scammell in their J Type to compete. The Karrier Bantam in the pic above will have the J Type. By the end of the 1950’s makers were offering 8 to 12 Ton payload Auto Coupling tractors. However in the 1960’s when the 32Ton limit came in this was way above what an auto coupling could manage and the Mechanical Horse/Scarab declined in use. The brake efficiency requirements of the 1968 regulations really put the tin hat on the auto coupling trailers in particular. Vans and low weight goods vehicles then seemed to take over the role the ‘Mechanical Horse’ had enjoyed for many years. On the subject of a license to drive these auto coupling artics such as the Scarab there was a Class Four license apparently. Franky.
Thanks for confirming who built the BK & J type couplings Franky,never knew it was Karrier. There were a few couplings that were better than the Scammell one in us much as they were universal and could be used with more trailers. Like this Brockhouse one.
Buzzer:
oiltreader:
Thanks to Ray Smyth, Andrew Morrison, Buzzer and DEANB for the photos
Oily.Southwaite Services earlier this month.
Oily apparently that was the very first tax disc issued, may need some more digging to verify, Buzzer
It has a serial no of 6773 so I don’t think it would have been the first one unless there was a particular reason for this.
The 1st January 1921 was the date the paper tax discs had to be displayed, although excise licence duty had been paid since 1899. It could be issued for a full year or quarterly, to 24 March, 30 June, 30 September or finally as in the disc shown 30 September 1921 to 31 December 1921. Therefore the one in the photo wouldn’t be the first but going off the number not a lot had been issued by then. Franky.
Lovely bit of history with the shot of the Commercial Motor Show! Going to guess 1951. I did not realise Jowett produced a light truck.
essexpete:
Lovely bit of history with the shot of the Commercial Motor Show! Going to guess 1951. I did not realise Jowett produced a light truck.
[/quote]Yes, the Bradford van/pickup. Twin cylinder horizontal engine, still see a few at vintage events.
NMPPete.
windrush:
essexpete:
Lovely bit of history with the shot of the Commercial Motor Show! Going to guess 1951. I did not realise Jowett produced a light truck.
[/quote]Yes, the Bradford van/pickup. Twin cylinder horizontal engine, still see a few at vintage events.
0NMP
Pete.
What do you think of the light truck behind the 6 wheel Scammell?
essexpete:
windrush:
essexpete:
Lovely bit of history with the shot of the Commercial Motor Show! Going to guess 1951. I did not realise Jowett produced a light truck.
[/quote]Yes, the Bradford van/pickup. Twin cylinder horizontal engine, still see a few at vintage events.
0NMP
Pete.
What do you think of the light truck behind the 6 wheel Scammell?
Kew Dodge.
Oily
Thanks to DEANB, Buzzer, windrush and Punchy Dan for the photos
Flickr in tray, all credit to Rab Lawrence for the photo snapped today, Iraqi registration, some machine.
Oily
The beautiful lines of the Morgan I really love, SDU, but I am not one for open tops so don’t ■■■■ after it.
Humber Super Snipe, now you’re talking. I owned one for a long time, that colour too, an automatic which nearly killed me. I foolishly left my young daughter in the car with the engine running while I opened the garage doors. She somehow knocked the lever into D and I turned just in time to skip out of the way and dive back through the open door to stop it. 
Couldn’t find one when I needed one in Sydney, so I had to settle for a Hawk instead. 
oiltreader:
essexpete:
windrush:
essexpete:
Lovely bit of history with the shot of the Commercial Motor Show! Going to guess 1951. I did not realise Jowett produced a light truck.
[/quote]Yes, the Bradford van/pickup. Twin cylinder horizontal engine, still see a few at vintage events.
0NMP
Pete.
What do you think of the light truck behind the 6 wheel Scammell?
Kew Dodge.
OilyWell I thought it looked like one (of course cab built by Briggs) but then it is a job to see how the stands demarcate. A useless bit of info: Briggs Motor Bodies, derived from US company that built for Ford and largely controlled by Ford, were enlisted to build Jowett car bodies in the early 50s but Jowett got into a muddle and ended up with more bodies for the Javelin than they could cope with.
All nicked from Wikipedia (so it may not be accurate).
The Morgan was a bitter disappointment. I’d always admired them from afar, knowing I could never afford such an extravagance. After driving this one, they have fallen off the list. I found the pedals and legroom crowded and the clutch too heavy.
The Humber was pretty flash in the day, but quite basic by today’s standards.
