I think that is an AEC with a Bollekens cab (Belgian). Robert
Looks well! Is it pure A E C chassis? Many sold? Cheers Paul
I agree it looks good Paul, and I think the previous Mk V version of the same Belgian cab was even handsomer! It’ll be a LHD AEC Mandator - plenty of those made but I don’t think that many were made with the Bollekens cabs. I started a thread on the Mk 5 Bollekens Mandators which you might find interesting. Here’s the link:
Now that is a motor way ahead of it’s time. Didn’t anyone at A E C ever spy it? Leyland I suppose fettled it but with just a bit of foresight that would have knocked the Swedes little game. All in hindsight of course.
The mark V one smart lorry.
Leyland600:
These two loads left Bendalls Engineering at Carlisle yesterday morning bound for Blyth where they will be shipped to the Nile Delta, Egypt. The larger one weighs 144 ton 91 ft long, x 16ft 8in wide x 17ft 9in high. The smaller one weighs 52 tons, L53ft x W11ft 8in x H 15ft 3in. Good to watch these professionals move these large pressure vessels easily without fuss given that they have the proper tackle to do the job.
Cheers, Leyland 600.
Leyland600:
These two loads left Bendalls Engineering at Carlisle yesterday morning bound for Blyth where they will be shipped to the Nile Delta, Egypt. The larger one weighs 144 ton 91 ft long, x 16ft 8in wide x 17ft 9in high. The smaller one weighs 52 tons, L53ft x W11ft 8in x H 15ft 3in. Good to watch these professionals move these large pressure vessels easily without fuss given that they have the proper tackle to do the job.
Cheers, Leyland 600.
coomsey:
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Now that is a motor way ahead of it’s time. Didn’t anyone at A E C ever spy it? Leyland I suppose fettled it but with just a bit of foresight that would have knocked the Swedes little game. All in hindsight of course.
The mark V one smart lorry.
Looks like Maggie D was inspired by this cab as well…?
Hi ADE. Looks like William Bowkers Blackburn. William Bowker died last month aged 81 years. Links to the Transport Engineers article (obituary) transportengineer.org.uk/tra … 17/161056/
The motor looks similar to the one in the article but has storage point above windows?
Regards KEV
The ‘Leyland in Leyland’ is a 1933 bonneted Beaver, new to Walpamur of Darwen and bought from an owner in Dorset in 2013. It was bought to replace a 1934 forward control Beaver, and which was lost in a disastrous warehouse fire in Leyland in 2012, along with a Leyland Comet gas turbine tractor.
The lorry behind BIll in the photo is the company’s 1924 Thornycroft BX, bought from the original owners in 1962, and fully restored in 1992 - I’ve driven it lots of miles, and the original Beaver too.
coomsey:
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Now that is a motor way ahead of it’s time. Didn’t anyone at A E C ever spy it? Leyland I suppose fettled it but with just a bit of foresight that would have knocked the Swedes little game. All in hindsight of course.
The mark V one smart lorry.
An unusual cab; any ideay who manufactured it? Looks more continental than British to me.
coomsey:
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Now that is a motor way ahead of it’s time. Didn’t anyone at A E C ever spy it? Leyland I suppose fettled it but with just a bit of foresight that would have knocked the Swedes little game. All in hindsight of course.
The mark V one smart lorry.
An unusual cab; any ideay who manufactured it? Looks more continental than British to me.
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