Aye you are right, things have changed dramaticley over the years, Alf Parry used to do some of their work in those good old happy days, Regards Larry.
oiltreader:
S.N.V.I. trucks made in Algeria with a hint of Berliet about them.
oily
Hello all, great thread oily! SNVI was one of M Paul Berliets “pet” projects, yet many of the vehicles were fitted with Deutz air cooled diesels. I met some of their people in Lyon on several occasions, and they were “proper” lorry people. Thanks again, Cheerio for now.
MR Dunbar ,Would that have been Graphoprint on the deeside Ind ,est ,they also had a place at Milton Keanes,its said they got money troubles and the Deeside plant sudenly burnt down just a bit of useless info ,Yours Barry
FNM (Fabrica Nacional de Motores) made in Brazil between 1942 and 1988 in collaboration with first Isotta Fraschini and later Alfa Romeo. Not a lotta people know that, neither did I
oily
Hi tankerian, when I saw the livery on the DAF, and Joosten on the Merc I thought I had something similar, not quite, anyway here it is.
oily
Hi Oilreader earlier this year I was in Morrisons supermarket restaurant at Shrewsbury which is built on part of the former Sentinal works site. When Morrisons build on iconic sites such as this they try to commemorate its important industrial heritage by placing photographs or murals etc showing the former products, this is also evident at their Leyland store built on the former Leyland Motors tank and Comet lorry factory site. Here are some pics from Shrewsbury. Note the replica Sentinel bus.
thelongdrag:
Few lightweights,all M.T. cuttings.
Mike.
The Atlas and Bedford HA bring back memories, having delivered both when I was on transporters.
oily
In the far north.
oily
A neighbouring haulier had a four wheel Sentinel with underfloor engine and sliding cab doors, HD 44 model I think ? I recall circa 1964 delivering flour from Silloth to a bakery on the A6 at Clayton le Woods near Chorley accompanied by the Sentinel who also had 10 tons of flour in 10 stone bags. As was usual we assisted each other to unload both wagons. Interestingly the site looked over a minor road from Leyland to the A6 and was on Leyland Motors chassis test route which made for very entertaining viewing while unloading the flour. There were three Sentinels operating in ■■■■■■■ at this time two four wheelers and one six wheeler.
Cheers Leyland 600
Jimmy Wilkinson drove this Albion Chieftain of Powells Preserves delivering jam and collecting raw materials practically from new , I recall him working on Newcastle quay regularly in the mid 1960s. He went on to acquire the wagon for preservation in the 1970s and still rallys it locally.
Here are some photos I took last Sunday at Tain in Easter Ross last Sunday.

Leyland600:
A neighbouring haulier had a four wheel Sentinel with underfloor engine and sliding cab doors, HD 44 model I think ? I recall circa 1964 delivering flour from Silloth to a bakery on the A6 at Clayton le Woods near Chorley accompanied by the Sentinel who also had 10 tons of flour in 10 stone bags. As was usual we assisted each other to unload both wagons. Interestingly the site looked over a minor road from Leyland to the A6 and was on Leyland Motors chassis test route which made for very entertaining viewing while unloading the flour. There were three Sentinels operating in ■■■■■■■ at this time two four wheelers and one six wheeler.
Cheers Leyland 600
Some more info.
oily