Thanks to cattle wagon man and Jakdaw, great pics
A few “heavies” thanks to Len Rogers.
Oily
Kromhout, for me, unheard of, so Wikipedia got a buzz and it turns out they were a very early manufacturing company in Holland, back in the days of wooden ships, kromhout meaning crooked timber, later various engine builds, with truck and bus manufacture, also Gardner engine build under licence, anyway a few pics.
Oily
Is this the same Coopers Metals who were from Swindon(I think), they used to have a contract with British Motor Corporation(one of the many names over the years) at Cowley, anyway cheers for the pic
Oily
Totally different colours, Oily, but similar signwriting. Don’t know if this is significant?
Heres one in return for erfguy. :slight_smile: He
s sure to recognise this smart Albion.
Photographed at the recent Hethersgill Rally, Carlisle.
Cheers, cattle wagon man.
That’s a fine looking Albion cwm, a pristine example and a credit to her owner, cheers for that
My motor was in for service today, so with a couple of hours to shove in and with weather dry and bright I was able to click a few, caught this one on the way home at Nth Kessock, hopefully recognisable to some of you.
Oily
Hi Roy. Aye the Gillespie boys make good job you would see the one finished in Fred Davidsons I have only seen a photo but it looks up to their usual standards. Eddie.
oiltreader:
That’s a cracker
turps cheers for that
.
Oily
ps did they make crackers
Spotted a Trojan there, without doubt one of the worst motors I’ve ever driven, and I’ve driven a good few!
Bernard
erfguy:
Hi Roy. Aye the Gillespie boys make good job you would see the one finished in Fred Davidsons I have only seen a photo but it looks up to their usual standards. Eddie.
Hi erfguy,
Here`s the A.E.C. of F.Davidson you mentioned.
It was parked next to the Albion at Hethersgill Rally.
Cheers, cattle wagon man.
albion1938:
oiltreader:
That’s a cracker
turps cheers for that
.
Oily
ps did they make crackersSpotted a Trojan there, without doubt one of the worst motors I’ve ever driven, and I’ve driven a good few!
Bernard
Unusual to see a Trojan in pick-up form: most of them seemed to be vans, a large proportion of which were from Brooke Bond tea. Weren’t they chain driven, or are my brain cells withering again? And I seem to remember that they were Perkins P4 powered.
Thanks Roy it looks nice. Eddie.
Nice one cwm , another from the same stable, which I’ve posted before, but has a connection with your pic.
Oily
Yet another repeat but the livery detail makes it worthwhile.
Oily
Retired Old ■■■■:
Unusual to see a Trojan in pick-up form: most of them seemed to be vans, a large proportion of which were from Brooke Bond tea. Weren’t they chain driven, or are my brain cells withering again? And I seem to remember that they were Perkins P4 powered.
Those were not chain driven but I think that the Pre War two stroke ones were. I am pretty certain that the engine was a Perkins P3, not a P4, just imagine coping with all that power!!!
Pete.
Thanks, Pete. I knew I remembered “chain drive” from somewhere! They must have used a pretty hefty transmission to cope with all that poke from a P3. I’m now going to set my mind trying to think where and when I last saw a P3. Probably a lawnmower or a converted Reliant Robin!
Retired Old ■■■■:
albion1938:
oiltreader:
That’s a cracker
turps cheers for that
.
Oily
ps did they make crackersSpotted a Trojan there, without doubt one of the worst motors I’ve ever driven, and I’ve driven a good few!
BernardUnusual to see a Trojan in pick-up form: most of them seemed to be vans, a large proportion of which were from Brooke Bond tea. Weren’t they chain driven, or are my brain cells withering again? And I seem to remember that they were Perkins P4 powered.
p3 and yes only true drivers can drive this