Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[buzzer]

lurpak:
Calais on way back
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Ade

Lurpak bet that was like spot the British truck was it not.

[stevejones]

leaving the emerald isle

[oiltreader]

Thanks to Stanfield, lurpak and stevejones for the pics

A few from the north.
Oily

[pete_smith]

London I think,good shot of the linesmen climbed out of emergency door on top deck!! Cheer’s Pete

[oiltreader]

Thanks to pete smith for the pics

Barr’s Irn Bru “made from girders” as one of the many slogans used to say.
Oily

[oiltreader]

From NZ thanks to GPS 56.
Oily

[servo88]

[oiltreader]

Thanks to servo88 for the pics this ones nearer home for you.
Oily

[lurpak]

A couple from last month.

Ade

[oiltreader]

Thanks to lurpak for the pics

More from the A96 at Dalcross.
Oily

[pete_smith]

I bet that was a nice job loading/unloading this motor with tea chests, nasty sharp bits of tin as well as splinters!! Nice motor though

[froggy55]

A beautiful “fourgon intégral”, as we say in France! Pre-WW II, I guess?

[pete_smith]

Froggy55:
A beautiful “fourgon intégral”, as we say in France! Pre-WW II, I guess?

1937/38 onwards Froggy, it is a nice example of the art of body building/coachcraft

[oiltreader]

pete smith:
I bet that was a nice job loading/unloading this motor with tea chests, nasty sharp bits of tin as well as splinters!! Nice motor though

Tea chests, that brings back a few memories, what a versatile piece of kit that was in my youth, when still at school and being a Hobbies fretwork fan, a tea chest was soon dismanted and the the plywood used for modelling (still have a couple somewhere). Later when apprenticed to a house furnishers, a lot of which was made in the workshop, tea chest plywood would be made into templates, also on the removal side our packing cases were tea chests and yes they were a bloody awkward lift, the only hand grip being the top inner frame.
Oily

[oiltreader]

Thanks to pete smith for the pic

First pic could well the the type of power unit for that 8 wheeler.
Oily

[retired_old_fart]

oiltreader:

pete smith:
I bet that was a nice job loading/unloading this motor with tea chests, nasty sharp bits of tin as well as splinters!! Nice motor though

Tea chests, that brings back a few memories, what a versatile piece of kit that was in my youth, when still at school and being a Hobbies fretwork fan, a tea chest was soon dismanted and the the plywood used for modelling (still have a couple somewhere). Later when apprenticed to a house furnishers, a lot of which was made in the workshop, tea chest plywood would be made into templates, also on the removal side our packing cases were tea chests and yes they were a bloody awkward lift, the only hand grip being the top inner frame.
Oily

And in the 50s & 60s, if you were of a musical disposition a tea chest, topped with a broom handle and a length of string made a pretty good string bass for the local skiffle group.

[bewick]

Retired Old ■■■■:

oiltreader:

pete smith:
I bet that was a nice job loading/unloading this motor with tea chests, nasty sharp bits of tin as well as splinters!! Nice motor though

Tea chests, that brings back a few memories, what a versatile piece of kit that was in my youth, when still at school and being a Hobbies fretwork fan, a tea chest was soon dismanted and the the plywood used for modelling (still have a couple somewhere). Later when apprenticed to a house furnishers, a lot of which was made in the workshop, tea chest plywood would be made into templates, also on the removal side our packing cases were tea chests and yes they were a bloody awkward lift, the only hand grip being the top inner frame.
Oily

And in the 50s & 60s, if you were of a musical disposition a tea chest, topped with a broom handle and a length of string made a pretty good string bass for the local skiffle group.

Miss spent youth by the sound of it to me ! now where’s me wash board !

[saviem]

Ah Skiffle…has any group of youngsters made such tune full music with so little, and to such an attractive bunch of females…and with such success…

By gum, our youth was not half bad…

Cheerio for now.

[backsplice]

Following on from the Albion brochures I thought I would add these pics taken during a visit to an Army Museum…she,s a long way from Scotstoun …but AS SURE AS THE SUN RISES " nevertheless"

[froggy55]

oiltreader:
Thanks to pete smith for the pic

First pic could well the the type of power unit for that 8 wheeler.
Oily

What could have been the output of such an engine? Around 100 bhp? The article mentions that one driver slept while the other one was at the wheel; I’m just wondering what quality of sleep he could get withy the engine roaring under his bum? Not to mention the smell of oil and fuel…