essexpete:
I remember the first trip to Devon with my family in '66 and Dad driving through Central London to work our way around to the New M4. Seemed to remember it ending around Reading, are we nearly there?
Surely the bits of A1 bypass at Grantham and Stamford were never motorway?
Ironically I’m finding the non motorway road network to be as if not more relevant now, to actually avoid motorways.Which are now often actually slower with the chance of being stuck for hours in jams between junctions.
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If you are ever up here try the M62 between the M1 & the M606 they have been or put new concrete central barriers up since around march on about a mile long section the motorway speed restrictions are a joke causing chaos with 40 60 50 mph limits at random .No one working through the day 3 lanes open massive queues someone is on a nice back hander there
The A12 North of Colchester has been like that for months. Mind you if every stuck to 50mph, or thereabouts, think of the energy that would be saved!
Thrapston to Southend around 2 hours if roads ultra clear. Decided to use A roads and therfore through partsof some towns, took over 3 hours.
essexpete:
What engines did the Spanish Dodges use and were they well thought of?
No idea what drivers thought of them. But the Barrieros Dodge 300 had Chrysler straight-six 266 bhp engine and a 9sp Fuller 'box. Other transmissions were clearly available as the gearsticks on some pics look more like Spicer or ZF than Fuller. LHD models in some countries were available with ■■■■■■■ NTE 350 lumps. They were a light-weight tractive unit at 38 tonne GVW so a good working proposition, though what drivers actually thought of living in such a small sleeper cab remains to be known on here!
T.W Ward of Sheffield had some eight legger Spanish Dodge tippers locally at their quarries and they went like the proverbial ■■■■ off of a shovel! However I gather that they were not the most reliable of trucks.
essexpete:
What engines did the Spanish Dodges use and were they well thought of?
No idea what drivers thought of them. But the Barrieros Dodge 300 had Chrysler straight-six 266 bhp engine and a 9sp Fuller 'box. Other transmissions were clearly available as the gearsticks on some pics look more like Spicer or ZF than Fuller. LHD models in some countries were available with ■■■■■■■ NTE 350 lumps. They were a light-weight tractive unit at 38 tonne GVW so a good working proposition, though what drivers actually thought of living in such a small sleeper cab remains to be known on here!
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They were sold at a time in France powered with Rolls-Royce engines.
essexpete:
What engines did the Spanish Dodges use and were they well thought of?
No idea what drivers thought of them. But the Barrieros Dodge 300 had Chrysler straight-six 266 bhp engine and a 9sp Fuller 'box. Other transmissions were clearly available as the gearsticks on some pics look more like Spicer or ZF than Fuller. LHD models in some countries were available with ■■■■■■■ NTE 350 lumps. They were a light-weight tractive unit at 38 tonne GVW so a good working proposition, though what drivers actually thought of living in such a small sleeper cab remains to be known on here!
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They were sold at a time in France powered with Rolls-Royce engines.
Didn’t Aec have a link up with Barrieros in the early 60s?
ERF-NGC-European:
Wonder where these were bound for. Looks like deck cargo.
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My guess is India, there was a steamship of that name owned by the British India Steam Navigation Company in the 50s and perhaps beyond. She called at all the main Indian ports from the UK.
ERF-NGC-European:
Wonder where these were bound for. Looks like deck cargo.
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My guess is India, there was a steamship of that name owned by the British India Steam Navigation Company in the 50s and perhaps beyond. She called at all the main Indian ports from the UK.
Ramone
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If you are ever up here try the M62 between the M1 & the M606 they have been or put new concrete central barriers up since around march on about a mile long section the motorway speed restrictions are a joke causing chaos with 40 60 50 mph limits at random .No one working through the day 3 lanes open massive queues someone is on a nice back hander there
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Strewth, whoever planned that stretch of motorway he/she is in the wrong job. There’s the motorway coming up out of Leeds, there’s traffic coming off the big Birstall retail park, (that totals about 5 lanes) ALL joining the 3 restricted lane M62. Throw the Gildersome interchange in and it doesn’t take a genius to see what was going to happen. It’s bloody chaos, every day. Smart motorway my a rse
I’ve never seen anybody working on the concrete barriers.
ERF-NGC-European:
Wonder where these were bound for. Looks like deck cargo.
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My guess is India, there was a steamship of that name owned by the British India Steam Navigation Company in the 50s and perhaps beyond. She called at all the main Indian ports from the UK.
ERF-NGC-European:
Wonder where these were bound for. Looks like deck cargo.
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My guess is India, there was a steamship of that name owned by the British India Steam Navigation Company in the 50s and perhaps beyond. She called at all the main Indian ports from the UK.
essexpete:
What engines did the Spanish Dodges use and were they well thought of?
No idea what drivers thought of them. But the Barrieros Dodge 300 had Chrysler straight-six 266 bhp engine and a 9sp Fuller 'box. Other transmissions were clearly available as the gearsticks on some pics look more like Spicer or ZF than Fuller. LHD models in some countries were available with ■■■■■■■ NTE 350 lumps. They were a light-weight tractive unit at 38 tonne GVW so a good working proposition, though what drivers actually thought of living in such a small sleeper cab remains to be known on here!
oiltreader:
Thanks to corji, lurpak, Buzzer, ERF-NGC-European for the photos also Spardo and essexpete for the links
Oily
A Barreiros but not as we knew them.
