Buzzer
Buzzer:
Buzzer
Can anyone else see the face of a monkey on the passengers side of that car!?
David
Roy Chubby Brown.
5thwheel:
Buzzer:
BuzzerCan anyone else see the face of a monkey on the passengers side of that car!?
David
Oh yes, through the window, on the wall. I thought at first you were being rude to the passenger. 
5thwheel:
Buzzer:
BuzzerCan anyone else see the face of a monkey on the passengers side of that car!?
David
“That car”, to which you so eloquently refer, is a highly revered Morgan! 
Eddie Heaton,
Well said that man !
Regards, Allanh
Eddie Heaton:
The photo that Buzzer posted just up the page , the one with the shot of the ERF with the sheeted load of barrels … and this may well be perceived as being purely an age thing , but that’s what I would call a proper motor .O.K., it may only have had a 150 Gardner to sleep across , but to my mind that’s a proper motor with a proper load and perfectly encapsulates the spirit of the topic of old time lorries .
And as it would appear to be dragging a forty footer , I have to assume that the photo was taken post 1968 , which would make the prime mover something of a museum piece even then .
That said , I would be willing to take my chances , pull my boots on and take that rig down the road any day of the week in preference to 600 BHPs worth of Scandinavian digitally controlled electronic dependent technology .At least if it conked out , I’d be in with half a chance getting to the delivery point without having to get on the blower to call out Virgil and Thunderbird 2 to sort it all out .
Don’t get me wrong , I’ve driven Mercs , Volvos , DAFs , Scanias …. and comfortwise , there’s no comparison , and you can label me Neolithic, but speaking for myself , you can keep all your fancy motors . I’ll stick with a motor equipped with 6LX and a DB six speed box any day ,… assuming there are a few that still exist that is .
Many will disagree no doubt .
Eddie there was a bit more about that unit the owner re-cabbed the chassis with a later LV type cab and ran it for more years Creed transport i think.
mushroomman:
Could you take this down to ‘The Smoke’ for us Eddie, double bubble for Sunday and don’t spend too much time at Tubby’s on the A5.0
Yeah , no sweat MRM , and what’s more I’ll do it for nowt , AND I’ll kip in the Luton .
Now Tubby’s , there’s one of the golden keys to the old memory bank eh ? … had many a brew in that place in the wee small hours when I was doing changeovers with the London lads in the early 70s . I haven’t driven past there in donkey’s . Is it still the BP Truckstop I wonder ?
jshepguis:
Eddie Heaton:
The photo that Buzzer posted just up the page , the one with the shot of the ERF with the sheeted load of barrels … and this may well be perceived as being purely an age thing , but that’s what I would call a proper motor .O.K., it may only have had a 150 Gardner to sleep across , but to my mind that’s a proper motor with a proper load and perfectly encapsulates the spirit of the topic of old time lorries .
And as it would appear to be dragging a forty footer , I have to assume that the photo was taken post 1968 , which would make the prime mover something of a museum piece even then .
That said , I would be willing to take my chances , pull my boots on and take that rig down the road any day of the week in preference to 600 BHPs worth of Scandinavian digitally controlled electronic dependent technology .At least if it conked out , I’d be in with half a chance getting to the delivery point without having to get on the blower to call out Virgil and Thunderbird 2 to sort it all out .
Don’t get me wrong , I’ve driven Mercs , Volvos , DAFs , Scanias …. and comfortwise , there’s no comparison , and you can label me Neolithic, but speaking for myself , you can keep all your fancy motors . I’ll stick with a motor equipped with 6LX and a DB six speed box any day ,… assuming there are a few that still exist that is .
Many will disagree no doubt .
Eddie there was a bit more about that unit the owner re-cabbed the chassis with a later LV type cab and ran it for more years Creed transport i think.
Thanks for the info and the photo js .
The Creeds ERF DG Gloucester registration is from August 1963 to March 64, so the 6LV cab the owner replaced the original KV cab with dates production from 1967 to 1971. The owner didn’t say the exact date he changed the cab but it seems he got a good few years out of the motor. Franky.
Geordielad:
The Creeds ERF DG Gloucester registration is from August 1963 to March 64, so the 6LV cab the owner replaced the original KV cab with dates production from 1967 to 1971. The owner didn’t say the exact date he changed the cab but it seems he got a good few years out of the motor. Franky.
Maybe he just changed the reg no?
Geordielad:
The Creeds ERF DG Gloucester registration is from August 1963 to March 64, so the 6LV cab the owner replaced the original KV cab with dates production from 1967 to 1971. The owner didn’t say the exact date he changed the cab but it seems he got a good few years out of the motor. Franky.
It’s got a 180 badge on it now too so has it had another lump or have they not changed the badge?
Can’t say either, the owner said very little about it when he put it on another site where the photo came from, one thing is for sure it never had the Gardner 180 when new! Franky.
