Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[tribsa]

HI the HHTs had Detroit engines fitted
Cheers
Rich

[deanb]

tribsa:
HI the HHTs had Detroit engines fitted
Cheers
Rich

Thanks Rich !

[kevmac47]

tribsa:
HI the HHTs had Detroit engines fitted
Cheers
Rich

Shhhhh! Don’t mention the “D” word, we’ll have the Leatherhead branch of the “appreciation society” polluting this fine thread, with reams of technical drivel he’s cloned from the ether. . Merry Christmas to all. Regards Kev.

[5thwheel]

DEANB:

tribsa:
HI the HHTs had Detroit engines fitted
Cheers
Rich

Thanks Rich !

When they were shifting any weight over 100 ton,and pulling hard,those DD’s had a lovely tone to them,I reacted the same way when I heard a Spitfires Merlin,or better still,a pair of Merlin’s in a Mosquito.

David

[bewick]

5thwheel:

DEANB:

tribsa:
HI the HHTs had Detroit engines fitted
Cheers
Rich

Thanks Rich !

When they were shifting any weight over 100 ton,and pulling hard,those DD’s had a lovely tone to them,I reacted the same way when I heard a Spitfires Merlin,or better still,a pair of Merlin’s in a Mosquito.

How old are you really David ? Anon 1.

David

[oiltreader]

Thanks to lurpak, DEANB, Buzzer, Penineman, Punchy Dan and Leyland600 for the pics

Peter Schöler has kindly let me share from his considerable collection of photos taken at truck shows in Europe.
Oily

[buzzer]

Todays collection from me, Buzzer.

[erf-ngc-european]

That’s a cracking picture of Asian Transport’s AEC ^^^ Buzzer. Looks as if it’s just disembarking from the Bosphorous ferry in Istanbul. Robert

[pyewacket947v]

5thwheel:

DEANB:

tribsa:
HI the HHTs had Detroit engines fitted
Cheers
Rich

Thanks Rich !

When they were shifting any weight over 100 ton,and pulling hard,those DD’s had a lovely tone to them,I reacted the same way when I heard a Spitfires Merlin,or better still,a pair of Merlin’s in a Mosquito.

David

I always said that if the sound of 4 Merlins singing in unison did not raise the hairs on the back of your neck, then your
dead.

[badger]

pyewacket947v:

5thwheel:

DEANB:

tribsa:
HI the HHTs had Detroit engines fitted
Cheers
Rich

Thanks Rich !

When they were shifting any weight over 100 ton,and pulling hard,those DD’s had a lovely tone to them,I reacted the same way when I heard a Spitfires Merlin,or better still,a pair of Merlin’s in a Mosquito.

David

I always said that if the sound of 4 Merlins singing in unison did not raise the hairs on the back of your neck, then you dead.

Youre not wrong there we get the Spitfires & Lancaster flying over head en route to Bournemouth airshow this year & I could get out in the garden fast enough, It is a sound you can’t get enough of, just like a V8!!!
Jeremy

[pyewacket947v]

I was lucky enough to hear one of these HHTs as well. !

[barrywaddy]

Hi, Folks , Did TREVOR RATCLIFF ever have any thing to do with Transam Ttucking ? Cheers Barry Waddy

[5thwheel]

pyewacket947v:

5thwheel:

DEANB:

tribsa:
HI the HHTs had Detroit engines fitted
Cheers
Rich

Thanks Rich !

When they were shifting any weight over 100 ton,and pulling hard,those DD’s had a lovely tone to them,I reacted the same way when I heard a Spitfires Merlin,or better still,a pair of Merlin’s in a Mosquito.

David

I always said that if the sound of 4 Merlins singing in unison did not raise the hairs on the back of your neck, then you dead.

Not all Lanc’s benefited from Merlin’s,some had the Bristol Hercules engine fitted,but not a patch on the RR,but they could’nt make them fast enough(by numbers),so the Hercules was used,a poor relation too!

David

[rigsby]

I think the mk 3 lancs with the Hercules were mainly Canadian squadrons , who also had the brains to put 2x50 calibre in the rear turrets instead of the puny 303s

[pv83]

kevmac47:

tribsa:
HI the HHTs had Detroit engines fitted
Cheers
Rich

Shhhhh! Don’t mention the “D” word, we’ll have the Leatherhead branch of the “appreciation society” polluting this fine thread, with reams of technical drivel he’s cloned from the ether. . Merry Christmas to all. Regards Kev.

[pv83]

tribsa:
HI the HHTs had Detroit engines fitted
Cheers
Rich

Didn’t the 4th one had a CAT engine under the bonnet?

[oiltreader]

The mention of WW2 planes takes me back to 1943ish and my dad and I on many a dark evening sitting on the back step listing to the bombing on Aberdeen 30 odd miles away and once hearing a plane above us “that’s a Heinkel bomber” my dad said, a very distinctive sound that’s stayed with me to this day. The blackout, the gas masks, the Home Guard, the LDV and sitting listening to an accumulator battery powered Cossor radio with the sometime crackly signal coming and going all part of my young years. We were schooled in preparation for the worst, fortunately it didn’t happen in rural Aberdeenshire.
Oily

[deanb]

Heanor with detroit diesel !

[oiltreader]

Back to lorries and HHT, 4 converted Scammell Constructors, 001 002 003 Detroit 8V92 powered and 004 Cat 3406 370hp power, a picture below when awaiting restoration.
tractors.wikia.com/wiki/Heanor_Haulage.
Oily

[oiltreader]

Thanks to Buzzer and DEANB for the pics good to see you going strong Buzzer.
Oily

Worcs. wagons, all courtesy of Richard Says.