Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 2)

Bus?

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Bingo! :joy:

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That lot would be worth alot more now than then especially the Volvos

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A LAD cab Leyland in the USA Brooklyn i bet the driver was over the moon when he got that.Noisey inside doesn’t justify

And if he was hoping it would breakdown before he went deaf he would have been out of luck: the Leyland 0.600 was a reliable beast!

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And still in the States, I wonder why there is a lorry ban posted and if his delivery was only via that route. Also, as most/many US trailers have movable tandems for weight distribution purposes, a small re-positioning there might have made all the difference. What he does now, maybe jammed, not sure what to suggest but a heavy reccer pulling from the rear might be a short term solution.

A similar thing happened to me many years ago on leaving the Rank mills in Gateshead, a sharp right turn up a bank to exit, but my problem wasn’t at the rear, it was the front corner of the trailer which came down and smashed the batteries which were on the chassis at the back of the cab. I kept the engine going all the way back to Nottingham and the revs up when stationary anywhere to keep the lights lit.

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There are many modern, flash, blinged up motors posted on this thread but IMO this photo beats 'em all. An old workhorse, battled scarred, led a hard life, cab held together with self tappers, but still earning a £ or two.
To you young fellas…this is what road haulage was all about for us old lads.
A wonderful photo.

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A few from Sandbach both sides

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southall too

I had one of those in the early '60s.

It was a Matchbox, I too thought it was the epitome of a proper truck, Grumpy.


One for Dennis … Stobart roping and sheeting :smiley:

You’re right GOM, lovely picture!

I was hunting through an old issue of TRUCK yesterday and I found this. Right up your street. So I’ve scanned it for you:

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I like to see lorries that are a bit workstained, maybe an odd ding/dent here and there. New modern motors that all look similar do nothing for me(and fringed curtains across the top of the windscreen it’s ‘pass the sick bucket’ time).


I was on there last friday the cooling towers have gone.

One of Robsons MB Shunters will have done that for Fast Eddie :wink: :rofl:

:joy::joy::joy:Now now Dennis … probably correct

Registered the same year as myself. Probably the reason why it was a good horse.




I had a Foden identical to that