The motor was brand new 1447/8 To Newcastle Coop, It has changed hands serveral times I believe, I took this photo a The Leyland gathering in the 90s, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
The motor was brand new 1447/8 To Newcastle Coop, It has changed hands serveral times I believe, I took this photo a The Leyland gathering in the 90s, Regards Larry.0
Sorry the date should have read 1947/8. Regards Larry.
Saw this Leyland parked up at Cullompton services today.
Had a look inside it was painted a light blue interior.
I remember a one my Dad drove had the same colour interior, (which triggered a few memories of me sat on the engine cover as a kid 
) maybe Gerald will know if they were all the same.
robroy:
0Saw this Leyland parked up at Cullompton services today.
Had a look inside it was painted a light blue interior.
I remember a one my Dad drove had the same colour interior, (which triggered a few memories of me sat on the engine cover as a kid
Well IIRC The ones I saw in the 50/60s Era were a light Gray colour, Of course some drivers used to paint their own , I remember a driver painting an AEC, Canary Yellow, It looked awful, It must have been hard on the eyes,Regards Larry.
windrush:
Punchy Dan:
0123inhouse recoveryMmm, doing poor young Darrel Mansfield out of some recovery work now are we Dan? It’s just not on you know!
Pete.
Yes Pete I’ll do anything for ill gains 
err I mean err to make money 
Hi Larry with a date like 1447 it must have been in the Shore Porters fleet from Aiberdeen. I think this Octopus is now in the H E Payne preserved fleet from Wyboston near St Neots theirs is certainly an LTN number. I can remember loading wheatfeed at CWS Dunston mill circa 1962 and seeing CWS Leylands like this one.
To Robroy I seem to remember Comet cabs were painted a light brownish colour same as the exteriors ex works. I drove one for a while which was a grubby cream as I remember.
Cheers, Leyland 600
Great looking lorries. Although I owned a LAD cab Leyland Comet, I can’t help feeling that the design was a backward step from the previous 1950s Leyland cab. Perhaps they’d have been better developing that?
Or is that just me?
John
Punchy Dan:
windrush:
Punchy Dan:
0123inhouse recoveryMmm, doing poor young Darrel Mansfield out of some recovery work now are we Dan? It’s just not on you know!
Pete.
Yes Pete I’ll do anything for ill gains
Money Money Money Its a rich mans world, Keep up the good work Dan the very good haulage man, Regards Larry.
Leyland600:
Hi Larry with a date like 1447 it must have been in the Shore Porters fleet from Aiberdeen. I think this Octopus is now in the H E Payne preserved fleet from Wyboston near St Neots theirs is certainly an LTN number. I can remember loading wheatfeed at CWS Dunston mill circa 1962 and seeing CWS Leylands like this one.
To Robroy I seem to remember Comet cabs were painted a light brownish colour same as the exteriors ex works. I drove one for a while which was a grubby cream as I remember.
Cheers, Leyland 600
Hi Leyland 600, The Coop Ltd ran quite a few of the Octopusses, When they sold them off, Crows of Gateshead, Longhorn Transport Gateshead , J.J.Brownlee bought them they were in good nick & had never been overworked or overloaded, A pal of mine the Late Syd Sterry drove one of them & ran to Manchester to Crumpsall Buscuit factory & he was allowed 3 days to do the round trip, Then do a couple of days on local work when he got back, Regards Larry.
oiltreader:
pv83:
oiltreader:
A wee touch with the left foot on the brake pedal, just enough to light up
OilyNow that’s some proper slipstreaming in order to save some fuel Oily!
Aye Patrick, I look at that and cringe forgetting that when I was a youth pedalling to work, (a 10 mile round trip), an opportunity to slipstream a bus didn’t go amiss
Oily
branching out in to water distribution,toxic water
Punchy Dan:
0branching out in to water distribution,toxic water
Nice photo there Dan, Of course it you have a plan come & consult DAN THE HAULAGE MAN, 
, Keep up the good work Dan, Regards Larry.
I got this AEC Brand new in 1969 UBB 805 G, When drove for F.Short & Son Ltd, Newcastle, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Punchy Dan:
0branching out in to water distribution,toxic waterNice photo there Dan, Of course it you have a plan come & consult DAN THE HAULAGE MAN,
Rof has found a spring on the allotment so waiting for re branding ,Macclesfield water
Punchy Dan:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Punchy Dan:
0branching out in to water distribution,toxic waterNice photo there Dan, Of course it you have a plan come & consult DAN THE HAULAGE MAN,
Rof has found a spring on the allotment
Wow, Is he becoming the new Dell Boy I wonder, , Macclesfield Magnifco Refreshment To suit all ages, , Regards Larry.
Not sure Larry,more like during the war …
Punchy Dan:
Not sure Larry,more like during the war …
Lawrence Dunbar:
Punchy Dan:
0branching out in to water distribution,toxic waterNice photo there Dan, Of course it you have a plan come & consult DAN THE HAULAGE MAN,
Go easy with the praise Larry, otherwise the lad will have a head like Gateshead before long! He does seem to run a decent setup though…Mrs Dan has trained him well.
Pete.
windrush:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Punchy Dan:
0branching out in to water distribution,toxic waterNice photo there Dan, Of course it you have a plan come & consult DAN THE HAULAGE MAN,
Go easy with the praise Larry, otherwise the lad will have a head like Gateshead before long!
Pete.
Well my Mrs seems to think If it wasnt for her involement I wouldnt be driving a Jaguar, , Take care my friend, Regards Larry.
Punchy Dan:
0branching out in to water distribution,toxic water
That tank was orange last time i saw it! That motor of yours is looking good Dan and sounds as sweet as a nut, how many miles on her now?