Thanks to Buzzer, truckfing, and Leyland600 for the pics 
my school bus was also a similar type Bedford and the one thing that sticks in my mind was the driver operated door of a bifold type, worked by means of a long handle without leaving his seat, old tyme ex busmen may know what I am talking about 
Leyland600 can perhaps help.
With regard to the LAD cabbed Dodge, a treble of links first two are the same wagon, third one some of you may have seen before, enjoy
carandclassic.co.uk/car/C446929
youtube.com/watch?v=i7Y2_zKUQPg
youtube.com/watch?v=NtwHKEdOwG0
Oily
truckfing:
While I’m all teary eyed (and these are the last, I promise) and apologies for moving away from wagons
these two can evoke memories too. The Bedford OB is similar to one that used to come through our
village every night on a mystery tour from Morecambe. I was told the only mystery was how it got home
every night because it never varied it’s route but always sounded on it’s last legs. The second one is an
ex Crosville and if not the same one it is identical to one I photographed out of the back of a Crosville MW
when we were on holiday in Wales once and I grabbed my mother’s box brownie to take the picture.
Another Bedford OB,owned by a chap at Llanon, Ceredigion, West Wales,who had some classic lorries a few years back.
Cheers Dave.
oiltreader:
Thanks to Buzzer, truckfing, and Leyland600 for the pics
With regard to the LAD cabbed Dodge, a treble of links first two are the same wagon, third one some of you may have seen before, enjoy
carandclassic.co.uk/car/C446929
youtube.com/watch?v=i7Y2_zKUQPg
youtube.com/watch?v=NtwHKEdOwG0
Oily
A couple of buses that I had the pleasure of testing. The first one is a driver operated door closer but I
can’t remember how he opened it. The second one got turned away.
By that green, Bristol bought back memmories, I was on Hants&Dorset, back in the 60’s,… nice one thank you.
Larry, back in the 60,s I mated a ex Pickfords driver, he told iff I remember right, that he had the job to move just the bucket, of big geodie he said the bucket could hold two double decker bus,s side by side■■? would that be right■■? cheers.
Hi trunker, glad you like my photo of the WN Bristol H&D had lots of them too so it would indeed bring back memories for you. I had not ridden on a Bristol K since about 1958 so this one brought back memories. Incidently I recently travelled from Poole to Bournemouth on a fancy Wright bodied Volvo of Bournemouth Yellow buses (Bournemouth Corporation) The thing appeared to be far overpowered racing from stop to stop and slamming the anchors on at the last minute, I wondered how the driver would have coped had he been allocated a K5G or Lodekka Bristol throbbing up Constitution Hill to Parkstone. ■■?
To Oily, the only manual operated bifoldoors I have encountered were years ago on Atkinson Alphas with Willowbrook bodies operated by Venture Transport of Consett, there was an almost identical lever to the David Brown box lever alongside which operated the door remotely, secondly some Ribble Leyland Tiger Cubs with Saro bodies had a linkage across the dash to operate the doors.
Cheers, Leyland 600
Hi truckfing, your door lever arrangement is fitted in what is obviously a Mercedes 608 / 709 with hinged door. Pull the red latch to open which the driver cannot reach from his seat but at least he can pull the door closed hopefully with enough force for it to latch properly.
Cheers, Leyland 600
Nostalgic early morning scene , as a Gardner-powered 1966 Atkinson 8 wheeler comes to life . 
Mr. Thirlwall proudly displayed his new Atkinson at the Hethersgill Vintage Rally , last weekend.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Hi CWM, Colin was telling me about this Atki it looks good pity about the wheeltrims though. Looks like it was a cold day as usual at Hethersgill Rally judging by the Gardner smoke being emitted.
Cheers Leyland 600
An Athersmith Atkinson 8 wheeler and trailer with what looks like a cap load.
And this is a shot of a real 8 wheeler a Leyland Octopus JEO 192 which pulled a drawbar trailer all it’s working life out of Barrow I doubt there was a harder worked motor within the industry anywhere in the UK,in fact I’d say there couldn’t be a harder worked 8 wheeler during the time it operated in the 19
60’s.
Leyland600:
Hi CWM, Colin was telling me about this Atki it looks good pity about the wheeltrims though. Looks like it was a cold day as usual at Hethersgill Rally judging by the Gardner smoke being emitted.
Cheers Leyland 600
Hi “Leyland 600” ,
You are right about the wheeltrims (on the second steer axle wheels) , they are too modern.
The trademark start-up smoke from the Gardner engine was worth photographing.
The weather was better this year , although there was rain during the late Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
The Airport is situated in an exposed location , so there is a prevailing wind , and chilly mornings.
Hope you are keeping well.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Leyland600:
Hi trunker, glad you like my photo of the WN Bristol H&D had lots of them too so it would indeed bring back memories for you. I had not ridden on a Bristol K since about 1958 so this one brought back memories. Incidently I recently travelled from Poole to Bournemouth on a fancy Wright bodied Volvo of Bournemouth Yellow buses (Bournemouth Corporation) The thing appeared to be far overpowered racing from stop to stop and slamming the anchors on at the last minute, I wondered how the driver would have coped had he been allocated a K5G or Lodekka Bristol throbbing up Constitution Hill to Parkstone. ■■?
To Oily, the only manual operated bifoldoors I have encountered were years ago on Atkinson Alphas with Willowbrook bodies operated by Venture Transport of Consett, there was an almost identical lever to the David Brown box lever alongside which operated the door remotely, secondly some Ribble Leyland Tiger Cubs with Saro bodies had a linkage across the dash to operate the doors.
Cheers, Leyland 600
Well the simple answer is they wouldn’t be able to cope. Especially on the downhill bits. I’ve mentioned it before about the hills round these parts and how modern day drivers with their disc brakes all round bloody terrify me, I don’t think most of them would be able to spell “brake fade” let alone know what it was. As for the Wright Volvo’s, they have 7 litre engines in em, ■■■■ things change up through the box uphill with a full load. God knows what engine those LDV (?) double deckers have in them, going up hill means nothing to them. One day round these parts one of these modern day “drivers” is going to learn the hard way what it’s all about. I hope I never live to see the day. In my book the way drivers these days work is vehicle abuse and you should never abuse your motor
The Clayton heater, that stirred the old memory cells, they look like the air intake for a small jet engine.
Leyland600:
Hi CWM, Colin was telling me about this Atki it looks good pity about the wheeltrims though. Looks like it was a cold day as usual at Hethersgill Rally judging by the Gardner smoke being emitted.
Cheers Leyland 600
My thoughts exactly re the wheel trims, visally the motor would look better without them.
Hi G o M, re modern double deckers, my sentiments exactly.
Cheers Leyland 600.
Thanks to Dave the Renegade, truckfing, cattle wagon man, Bewick and Buzzer for the photos
Some interesting pictures thanks to Inverness Trucker, re-surfacing of the southbound carriageway of the A9 Kessock Bridge, the machinery is Swiss with Swiss operators including the asphalt wagons, a system of rails are laid for the machine to run on and the machine adjusts to the required carriageway width, they have been “lucky” with the weather this year and look to be well ahead of schedule.
Oily
Leiths were involved with the asphalt supply for the northbound carriageway last year so I guess it would be them again and most likely from Achilty Quarry at Contin.
Oily
Leyland600:
Hi trunker, glad you like my photo of the WN Bristol H&D had lots of them too so it would indeed bring back memories for you. I had not ridden on a Bristol K since about 1958 so this one brought back memories. Incidently I recently travelled from Poole to Bournemouth on a fancy Wright bodied Volvo of Bournemouth Yellow buses (Bournemouth Corporation) The thing appeared to be far overpowered racing from stop to stop and slamming the anchors on at the last minute, I wondered how the driver would have coped had he been allocated a K5G or Lodekka Bristol throbbing up Constitution Hill to Parkstone. ■■?
To Oily, the only manual operated bifoldoors I have encountered were years ago on Atkinson Alphas with Willowbrook bodies operated by Venture Transport of Consett, there was an almost identical lever to the David Brown box lever alongside which operated the door remotely, secondly some Ribble Leyland Tiger Cubs with Saro bodies had a linkage across the dash to operate the doors.
Cheers, Leyland 600
Hi Leyland600 and truckfing and to quote from above “a linkage across the dash to operate the doors.” this is most likely what I’m thinking of, longish stainless steel hinged rod/bar with upright peg handle, push/pull by driver, when closed (driver at full stretch) would over angle and lock in position. I have no clue about the body type other than it was a Bedford and the era '45 to '50.
Thanks to Ronnie Cameron this photo shows the type of door.
Oily
Swiftly back to lorries and a couple of heavyweights, thanks to kenjonbro.
Oily
