backsplice:
Oily …bought this in an Opp shop for $5.00 "bargin "
Hi backsplice, Back about 2000 I was a member of a book club, one of the frequent enticements were books at a reduced price for two, my choice was The World Encyclopedia of Trucks by Peter J Davies and The World Encyclopedia of Tractors and Farm Machinery, (author escapes me), gave it to a local friend, a keen old tractors fan and restorer.
Oily
Buzzer:
Oily a bit of past and present here as this Volvo F89 has just past its 40th consecutive MOT at MC Truck & Bus formerly Princes Commercials in Southampton, nowadays it is only used to transport the yacht that is on the step frame behind it, over the years we have run a few of this model and back in its day it was a force to be reckoned with 330bhp which today is nothing, cheers Buzzer
That is a beaut Buzzer, all credit to the owner 
A couple of tidy examples.
Oily
And the winner of dirty truck competion is…
Danne
Ray Smyth:
“BIMBO” bread van delivering to Dia% Supermarket in Mojacar, Spain. Ray Smyth.
We have “Bimbo” bread here in Portugal Ray,nice bread too.
David
Dirty Dan:
And the winner of dirty truck competion is…Danne
That’s not dirty…Harry Gill was the master and gold medal winner in ‘dirty truck’ competitions. 
Thanks to Dirty Dan, Lawrence Dunbar and DEANB for the pics
Smethwick Home Guard, this brilliant photo belongs to Andy Breeden’s dad. My dad’s transport when he was in the Home Guard was a push bike to muster for drill. Manoeuvres took place sometimes overnight in the hills, that was a bit of a lark the main piece of equipment being a hip flask 
Oily
Rare old pics Buzzer, bottom one an Oxford wagon away from home. toshboy may recognise it, come on Ivor gives us your thoughts 
Oily
oiltreader:
Rare old pics Buzzer, bottom one an Oxford wagon away from home. toshboy may recognise it, come on Ivor gives us your thoughts
Oily
Hi Eddie, Very nostalgic , the model that won the war, that one though I don’t know ,at long lane we only had a couple of them ,it was Kidlington who had mostly the older ones , incidently the ERF in the forefront of this pic of Kidlington depot was ex Tuckwells, Ivor
Andrew " snapper " Morrison drove for this company in his yoof, Buzzer
Buzzer:
Andrew " snapper " Morrison drove for this company in his yoof, Buzzer
Never actually drove for em John was too young but did spend a lot of my formative years there abouts lol
I suppose it would be churlish of me to ask if you ever got a photo of the two rear cylinders of that Big J, Andrew?
In France some drivers (and I think they are probably ODs) apparently get away with overlength outfits without actually being ‘Convoi Exceptionnel’. Here are a couple of examples recently seen. The first, a well turned out Kenworth Aerodyne, with a standard trailer, has tried to avoid a pull by putting a CE sign on the back. I wonder if he gets away with it or if he takes the occasional fine with a Gallic shrug.
The 2nd, a long-nosed Scania (although the wagon behind it makes it look like a very long cabover) again with a standard trailer.
Finally, at Toddington services this time, I suppose this bloke always pulls 20 foot boxes, can’t imagine he’d get away with this monster in England. Or could he?
I can imagine the conversation in the patrol car-
Cop 1: That artic looks a bit dodgy on length.
Cop 2: Shall we give him a tug?
Cop 1: I’m not 100% sure of the regulations.
Cop 2: Best leave it, then. Fancy a bacon butty?
