Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[oiltreader]

toshboy:

adr:
Can’t you hear the “Noises of the engines, the shouts of the men & the stamping of the horses, & the smells (not just the horses )”. Never to be seen again Transport Street scene

Love this one Chris -very typical double parked loading cheeses middle of road ha ha the good old days!

I reckon the old boy in the foreground is on the dog and bone, checking with logistics for what to do next… not much .
Oily

[oiltreader]

Thanks to cattle wagon man for a better view and 900X20 for photos that will hopefully bring a response from past connections.

Scanias in Plymouth, thanks to Graham Richardson.
Oily

[oiltreader]

This has me foxed, tell what it might be the underpinnings for
Oily

[bumper]

hi oilreader,ex driver bill heaton sent me some old negatives, these are some of the photos i have managed to get off them, bumper

[truckfing]

oiltreader:
This has me foxed, tell what it might be the underpinnings for
Oily

It’s a bus Oily. There is no chassis these days and this is a front subsection and rear subsection tacked together
to allow it to be driven to a bodybuilder. The body then becomes the structure with all the strength and these
bits bolt onto it.

[cattle_wagon_man]

A closer view of the Austin ( Tilly ) Utility Pick Up.

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

[sime17]

truckfing:

oiltreader:
This has me foxed, tell what it might be the underpinnings for
Oily

It’s a bus Oily. There is no chassis these days and this is a front subsection and rear subsection tacked together
to allow it to be driven to a bodybuilder. The body then becomes the structure with all the strength and these
bits bolt onto it.

More specifically it’s a (Scania) coach subframe, as the front bit is built high over a straight axle so obviously going to make a higher-floor vehicle. Buses nowadays are all low floor with very specific front axle engineering to allow a flat floor all the way to the rear axle for easy access- god knows how they move them to body builders - a lot of bracing going on I imagine!

[grumpy_old_man]

oiltreader:
This has me foxed, tell what it might be the underpinnings for
Oily

It’s a bus chassis. Send it to the body builders like that, front on back are separated, bus body built on and voila, new bus.
Sorry truckfing, I’ve only just seen your post.

[grumpy_old_man]

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what a wonderful photo, plenty of employment, fellas grafting, t’hosses having a bit of “snap” between jobs, Bygone HAPPY days.

[oiltreader]

Thanks to bumper, cracking pics can just imagine the conversation going on in the top photo and to cwm for the pic also thanks for info about the bus chassis.
Oily

Transporters from and thanks to kenjonbro.
Oily

[tastrucker]

900X20:
Greetings,All.
These came into my possession today and hopefully,there’s some Ex.Swallow drivers still about who might have driven them.Hope so. The 110,(before and after) is on it’s way to being restored,which is good news.
An early Happy Christmas to you all on Trucknet,and long may the site last.Regards,900x20.

Didnt Cadwalladers take over some of Swallows busness ? thank you Trevor

[remy]

truckfing:

oiltreader:
This has me foxed, tell what it might be the underpinnings for
Oily

It’s a bus Oily. There is no chassis these days and this is a front subsection and rear subsection tacked together
to allow it to be driven to a bodybuilder. The body then becomes the structure with all the strength and these
bits bolt onto it.

I did’nt fancey that job back then, driving just a chassis, wearing goggles and sitting in the open and it’s raining cats and dogs. At least thumbing a ride back home on trade plates they’d have a cab to sit in
I can’t imagine the H&S gents let them drive like that anymore though

Charles

[bumper]

hi oilreader, a few more from old bill’s negatives,bill originate from the manchester area, hence the photos seem to be of outfit’s from that neck of the woods, bumper

[sime17]

remy:

truckfing:

oiltreader:
This has me foxed, tell what it might be the underpinnings for
Oily

It’s a bus Oily. There is no chassis these days and this is a front subsection and rear subsection tacked together
to allow it to be driven to a bodybuilder. The body then becomes the structure with all the strength and these
bits bolt onto it.

I did’nt fancey that job back then, driving just a chassis, wearing goggles and sitting in the open and it’s raining cats and dogs. At least thumbing a ride back home on trade plates they’d have a cab to sit in
I can’t imagine the H&S gents let them drive like that anymore though

Charles

I dunno - judging by the exhaust on that chassis that’s a recent pic. Looks like a deathtrap, the chair must be riveted/bolted to the ply floor but there’s a lovely gap to fall down in front of the front wheels!

[kingswinford_kit]

tastrucker:

900X20:
Greetings,All.
These came into my possession today and hopefully,there’s some Ex.Swallow drivers still about who might have driven them.Hope so. The 110,(before and after) is on it’s way to being restored,which is good news.
An early Happy Christmas to you all on Trucknet,and long may the site last.Regards,900x20.

Didnt Cadwalladers take over some of Swallows busness ? thank you Trevor

Caddies ,certainly had a few ex Swallow f88s . regards KK

[stanfield]

Great pictures Bumper have you any more to put on

[cattle_wagon_man]

Another former World War 2 Jeep at Malta`s Aviation Museum , photographed next to a Dakota which is being
rebuilt by volunteers .

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

[grumpy_old_man]

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Another wonderful picture, I’ll bet it was taken at a weekend, two grand old workhorses, ready for the off early Monday morning.

[oiltreader]

bumper:
hi oilreader, a few more from old bill’s negatives,bill originate from the manchester area, hence the photos seem to be of outfit’s from that neck of the woods, bumper

Thanks to yourself bumper and Bill Heaton, some real gems there
Oily

A few from the other end of the country with grateful thanks to John Wakely

[grumpy_old_man]

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I’ve a shilling that says yon ERF didn’t have power steering. I had one exactly like it, god it made my arms ache when trying to reverse it into a tight spot.