Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[oiltreader]

daibootsy:
hi ed, here the other pic of WHEALE BROTHERS of oystermouth road, swansea.

Cheers Dai , here’s another Foden from that era.
Oily

[retired_old_fart]

Gatt66:

Dave the Renegade:

Hi bumper,I drove one of these Morris Commercials when I was 17.A builder I worked for in Kington,Herefordshire had two of them from new.The same colour as the one in the pic.Get three blokes sat in one,it was tight.
Cheers Dave.

Hi, I’ve got one of the Austin badged versions (Austin 301) of this Morris except it the double rear wheel version, very rare only badged as an Austin for several months during the BMC merger, seen a three single wheel Austins but no other twins, my dad bought it to restore been sat in one of my workshops for nearly 40 years looks like it will end up down to me to get it back on the road.

I drove one on milk churn collection for Hereford Dairies for a while in the early '60s.

[kevmac47]

This fleet always impresses me, the colour scheme IMO is the way a vehicle should look. I’m not keen on bling or tarting the motor up like a ■■■■■’s caravan. I was loading in their depot when I took these shots, it is immaculate.
Very friendly helpful crew. Regards Kev.

[daibootsy]

Billy Walker

[rigsby]

that erf is spot on daibootsy , i could jump in that tomorrow and do a days work . e14 , twin splitter , never been improved on . cheers , dave

[oiltreader]

Cracking pics from kevmac47 and daibootsy , the Billy Walker, Kildonan MacBrayne outfit was from Turriff Aberdeenshire, hence the RS reg, not sure about Glasgow on the cab door. ref here duedil.com/company/SC068472 … ge-limited

Cheers
Oily

[oiltreader]

Gatt66:

Dave the Renegade:

Hi bumper,I drove one of these Morris Commercials when I was 17.A builder I worked for in Kington,Herefordshire had two of them from new.The same colour as the one in the pic.Get three blokes sat in one,it was tight.
Cheers Dave.

Hi, I’ve got one of the Austin badged versions (Austin 301) of this Morris except it the double rear wheel version, very rare only badged as an Austin for several months during the BMC merger, seen a three single wheel Austins but no other twins, my dad bought it to restore been sat in one of my workshops for nearly 40 years looks like it will end up down to me to get it back on the road.

Hi Gatt66, there’s a couple of Austin twin rear wheelers here… truck-photos.net/picture/number15007.asp
Cheers
Oily

[cattle_wagon_man]

Glyn Swain brought this beautifully-prepared 1966 reg. Commer horsebox to ■■■■■■■ for this year`s
Easter Weekend Kirkby Stephen Rally .

Photographed on the old bridge , between Brough and Kirkby Stephen .

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

[oiltreader]

Angles on a powder tanker in Inverness.
Oily

[oiltreader]

Nice one cattle wagon man, here’s another couple for you, thanks to Ronnie Cameron, I’m pretty sure the MacDonald Volvo is in North Uist.
Oily

[daibootsy]

Bannamans yard Tain

[basilbrush]

cattle wagon man:
Glyn Swain brought this beautifully-prepared 1966 reg. Commer horsebox to ■■■■■■■ for this year`s
Easter Weekend Kirkby Stephen Rally .

Photographed on the old bridge , between Brough and Kirkby Stephen .

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

That’s a nice picture Cattle wagon man, thanks for sharing it.

BB

[leyland600]

Hi kevmac, Duncan Hill always ran a very tidy fleet mainly AEC Mercury and Marshalls for many years, after he retired the company name was carried on by a farming family which acquired the company a good few yearsa ago now.
Cheers Leyland 600

[leyland600]

Hi I think the Foden DHH 74 was one of two operated by Thomas Niven, Timber Merchant, Carlisle, I remember they were very slow flat out at about 28mph, I recall almost running unto the back of one on the A75 west of Dumfries one morning after it dissappeared round a sharp bend under a railway bridge, I cought up with it rapidly in my ERF 66GX at about 52 mph and got a shock when it had not progressed very far round the blind bend.
Cheers, Leyland 600

[kevmac47]

Leyland600:
Hi kevmac, Duncan Hill always ran a very tidy fleet mainly AEC Mercury and Marshalls for many years, after he retired the company name was carried on by a farming family which acquired the company a good few yearsa ago now.
Cheers Leyland 600

Here’s a couple more from the same day L600, I spotted the 93m in the building next to where I was loading, it’s not the best shot I have ever taken but I was a bit restricted for space. Regards Kev.

[oiltreader]

Cheers to kevmac47 and daibootsy for the pics

From Bath thanks to Bristol Lad.
Oily

[oiltreader]

Thanks to John Wakely for these pics during the '70s.
Oily

[oiltreader]

Lovely scenic shot by Loch Cluanie in the Highlands thanks to driver Adrian Hart.
Oily

[oiltreader]

Three thanks to Mark Hobbs.
Oily

[cattle_wagon_man]

Thanks to Basilbrush and oiltreader for the kind comments , and for Ronnie Cameron`s photographs.

Now , back to the snow in ■■■■■■■ for this photo.

Here , a Bedford T K horsebox traverses the fell road between Newbiggin on Lune and Great Asby
during the Easter Weekends Road Run` . " Horses for Courses " .

Cheers, cattle wagon man.