Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[albion1938]

pete smith:

Buzzer:
Lucky escape for a chap who used to drive for me Tony Mapson, this is a Sea Route Ferry truck that went of a viaduct in Glasgow 37 years ago.
The two coppers on top were looking in the wrong place for the tacho card though, Buzzer.

Hi Buzzer,
Mappo got out of that alive ,dunno about brown trousers,be brown collars that way up, pretty sure that Sed Ak was rebuilt by Ellis Fellows form West Bromwich, Cheer’s Pete

Little drop of T-Cut?
Bernard

[pete_smith]

albion1938:

pete smith:

Buzzer:
Lucky escape for a chap who used to drive for me Tony Mapson, this is a Sea Route Ferry truck that went of a viaduct in Glasgow 37 years ago.
The two coppers on top were looking in the wrong place for the tacho card though, Buzzer.

Hi Buzzer,
Mappo got out of that alive ,dunno about brown trousers,be brown collars that way up, pretty sure that Sed Ak was rebuilt by Ellis Fellows form West Bromwich, Cheer’s Pete

Little drop of T-Cut?
Bernard

Well I meant the ID was probably used! Its last tax disc ran out end of 1984 and a lad who worked at Fellow’s broke it for spares, he has sent me some newspaper cuttings of the incident, Cheer’s Pete edit; forgot to put pictures on, sorry!

[oiltreader]

Thanks to Buzzer and pete smith , one very lucky Mr Mapson.

A1(M) recently.
Oily

[stevejones]

my latest ride bit of european comfort at last

[stevejones]

tipping in elizabeth new jersey 2days after bomber attack

[stevejones]

never seen 2axle shunter b4 n.jersey

[stevejones]

another shunter in markham just outside toronto a sterling basically a ford

[stevejones]

and luxurious interior in its day

[stevejones]

small world bumped into my m8 pat in a t.a. t.stop in pennslvania a regular on trucknet a fellow northamptonian spotted his union jack

[oiltreader]

Thanks to stevejones for the pics

A few more from Speech House 2016.
Oily

[stevejones]

nice few pics that 1st one looks a beast

[oiltreader]

stevejones:
nice few pics that 1st one looks a beast

Yes Steve, grew up got new clothes and became a proper tractor Started 1934 as Universal Power Drives making Forest tractors, mid '60s produced a car Unipower GT based on BMC Mini mechanics, also got involved with Scammell(S24) and MOD stuff, taken over by Alvis PLC 1994 the result in this picture. Early tractors were Gardner powered, this one rated at 250 ton and ■■■■■■■ powered
Oily

[pete_smith]

oiltreader:

stevejones:
nice few pics that 1st one looks a beast

Yes Steve, grew up got new clothes and became a proper tractor Started 1934 as Universal Power Drives making Forest tractors, mid '60s produced a car Unipower GT based on BMC Mini mechanics, also got involved with Scammell(S24) and MOD stuff, taken over by Alvis PLC 1994 the result in this picture. Early tractors were Gardner powered, this one rated at 250 ton and ■■■■■■■ powered
Oily

Alvis from Coventry, yet another retail park built on a historic site that turned out some good feats of British engineering

[stevejones]

yes ive seen some big kit but that last pic does look a monster

[stevejones]

yes ive seen some big kit but that last pic does look a monster

[oiltreader]

M6 at Keele recently.
Oily

[jimmy84]

Wow! Nice pictures! We should know where we have started from.

[jshepguis]

Couple of lorries from a custom show I went to in 1981 can’t remember exactly where it was at. Don,t know if the companies or owner drivers are still on the go?

[oiltreader]

Thanks to jshepguis for the pics

Recent travels.
Oily

[buzzer]

Couple of pictures from the Robert Baillie thread, Buzzer.