Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[leyland600]

Thanks for that link Oily, the damage is unbelievable and the amount of debris that has come down onto the main railway and road.
Cheers, Leyland 600

[1970commer]

I don’t know if there are any retired Ford commercial vehicle salesmen on here but if there is here’s a few pictures taken at the NEC this weekend Tony.

[rastone]

1970commer:
I don’t know if there are any retired Ford commercial vehicle salesmen on here but if there is here’s a few pictures taken at the NEC this weekend Tony.

Can’t see any.Pity I couldn’t get to the show.I liked the 400E van.I went to Harrogate in 1957 to hear all about them.A couple of things that came to mind was that the 400E was a 12cwt model but another badge would make it into a 15cwt model and probably some other bits which competed with the C.F.They came out with a three speed gearbox ,J.H.Allen had one but changed it to the four speed.Sometimes the gear box controls used to get mixed up but get the starting handle from behind the seats,lift up the engine cover and sorted.I thought the side loading door was a bit strange but what was a good idea was the wooden floor so it stopped flat all it’s life.Ford offered a Diesel version with the Perkins 499.Crap I thought.
When the Transit came out our first stock one was a a red one which the CO-Op bought.I sat in it and it had a gear lever as fat a hardshaft on a Trader. I thought these won’t sell.-------Wrong.

Reliable as all the bank robbers used them

Sorry I’m off again!

Tony

[gingerfold]

One from days past…

[rastone]

rastone:

1970commer:
I don’t know if there are any retired Ford commercial vehicle salesmen on here but if there is here’s a few pictures taken at the NEC this weekend Tony.

Can’t see any.Pity I couldn’t get to the show.I liked the 400E van.I went to Harrogate in 1957 to hear all about them.A couple of things that came to mind was that the 400E was a 12cwt model but another badge would make it into a 15cwt model and probably some other bits which competed with the C.F.They came out with a three speed gearbox ,J.H.Allen had one but changed it to the four speed.Sometimes the gear box controls used to get mixed up but get the starting handle from behind the seats,lift up the engine cover and sorted.I thought the side loading door was a bit strange but what was a good idea was the wooden floor so it stopped flat all it’s life.Ford offered a Diesel version with the Perkins 499.Crap I thought.
When the Transit came out our first stock one was a a red one which the CO-Op bought.I sat in it and it had a gear lever as fat a hardshaft on a Trader. I thought these won’t sell.-------Wrong.

Reliable as all the bank robbers used them

Sorry I’m off again!

Tony

Got it wrong Rob.Designed as a 15cwt and there was a 12cwt which was a 15cwt that was a rebadged version with a few mods.

[pete_smith]

Hi Tony,
Did you sell this one? Staff’s reg but I cannot make name out on door, cheer’s Pete

[oiltreader]

Thanks to 1970commer, gingerfold and pete smith for the pics

The Trader 1960 and the advert 1937.
Oily

[rastone]

pete smith:
Hi Tony,
Did you sell this one? Staff’s reg but I cannot make name out on door, cheer’s Pete

No Pete I worked in Derby.Looks a hard worked motor

Tony

[lurpak]

Here you are Oily Goole truckstop

New ERF up for test today

Ade

[oiltreader]

Thanks to lurpak for the pics definitely wellie job between cab and cafe

A1 traffic on dashcam 'tween Edinburgh and Newcastle.
Oily

[ramone]

gingerfold:
One from days past…

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Would that be the A59 Graham ?

[ste46]

1970commer:
I don’t know if there are any retired Ford commercial vehicle salesmen on here but if there is here’s a few pictures taken at the NEC this weekend Tony.

You had time to go to the NEC at the weekend, Rob?

Steve

[gingerfold]

ramone:

gingerfold:
One from days past…

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Would that be the A59 Graham ?

Yes it was / it is.

[buzzer]

Robert1952 this one is for you lifted from FB, cheers Buzzer.

[rastone]

Ste46:

1970commer:
I don’t know if there are any retired Ford commercial vehicle salesmen on here but if there is here’s a few pictures taken at the NEC this weekend Tony.

You had time to go to the NEC at the weekend, Rob?

Steve

Must have finished the Commer.

Tony

Mind you I didn’t know it was on,but had a bit of tree planting at the Willows Memorial Woodland burial ground

[robert1952]

Buzzer:
Robert1952 this one is for you lifted from FB, cheers Buzzer.

Well spotted, Buzzer! That’s Keith Burson driving KFH 251P down to Baghdad for Richard Read. He did 18 trips. Cheers, Robert

[leyland600]

Here is a video taken from a pick up truck driving north on SH 1 towards Kaikoura after the earthquake. The damage to both road and railway running parallel will take months to restore.
Cheers Leyland 600

stuff.co.nz/national/nz-eart … oura-quake

[gbw]

TIDDERSON:
Odd photos from 1960

Great picture of the McKelvie Leyland Octopus MHS 56 Fleet #39.
My late father trunked this vehicle for McKelvie in the late 50s early 60s from Manchester to Paisley and back the following night.
My Dad came off trunk when MHS 56 was transferred to Motherwell depot, and it is pictured doing heavy haulage from there.
I think the load it is transporting came out of Motherwell Bridge Engineering.

[oiltreader]

Leyland600:
Here is a video taken from a pick up truck driving north on SH 1 towards Kaikoura after the earthquake. The damage to both road and railway running parallel will take months to restore.
Cheers Leyland 600

stuff.co.nz/national/nz-eart … oura-quake

Thanks for that Leyland600, bad bad bad that is, fixing will take years rather than months I guess, the parts that look okay on the surface may well give problems at a later date.
Oily

[oiltreader]

Thanks to Buzzer for the pic.

1934 Albion in Johannesburg.
Oily