Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[stevejones]

this had a cat 625bhp sounded a treat

[stevejones]

early morning coffee stop new brunswick

[stevejones]

gmc astro over 30yrs old still working in connecticut

[oiltreader]

Thanks to stevejones for the pics The GMC is a beaut.

Cabovers it is.
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[stevejones]

tks that ford looks well my friend still runs 1 loves the ol girl

[lurpak]

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[paul_john]

Great photo’s. Those FORD CL 9000 were a great truck in their day. I sat in one of the last brand new ones at a Ford dealer in Burlington Ontario back in 1986, then in one of the first conventional Aeromax tractor that replaced the cabover. Both were in special silver/marone livery.
Compared to the DAF 2800 and Volvo F7 I had been driving in the U.K. in 1984 they were huge. Ford made good trucks here in North America before selling out to Freightliner, who rebranded them Sterling Trucks. All Freightliner now!

Regards Paul.

[stevejones]

and heres 1 still plodding on

[stevejones]

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[oiltreader]

Thanks to lurpak and stevejones for the pics

Preserved 9000s and a couple working in Chile.
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[oiltreader]

Ford D Series at Tolworth roundabout early’80s, slightly less salubrious than its American cousin, with thanks to John Wakely.
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[jsutherland]

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Ade

Thanks lurpak. Great photos.

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[deanb]

Sayers run a very smart fleet.

Now thats a sleeper !

Looks a bity nippy.

[oiltreader]

Thanks to DEANB for the pics

A9 Inverness to Perth on dashcam.
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[grumpy_old_man]

stevejones:
this had a cat 625bhp sounded a treat

It looks as though it needs 625 to pull that chassis around…looke at the length of the b loody thing

[stevejones]

proper luxury for the usa

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[ray_smyth]

In 1983 I got some new work to deliver "Video & Hi-Fi " cabinets to furniture stores
throughout the UK, so I bought this low mileage TK Bedford. John Beckett is seen
here adding the final touches after he had sprayed it white and blue.
I have a feeling that the “Midnight Blue” paint was what was left from a large tin
of paint that I had scrounged from Robert Baillie Transport. Ray Smyth.

[ray_smyth]

I bought this Ex Bass Charrington TL Bedford in 1987. Its bodywork from new was a “Linkliner”
by Boalloy at Congleton. Soon after it entered service,I had it converted to a curtainsider
for the multi drop Rank Hovis work. It was 13Ton GVW,and could carry 8 Tons of flour.
Ray Smyth.

[oiltreader]

Thanks to stevejones and Ray Smyth for the pics

Unloading from coal boat Enid at Lynmouth harbour.
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