Anyone identify the International truck in this picture
I can’t identify the individual unit or trailer, as no reg or fleet number is visible. However, I can say that the unit is an Atkinson Silver Knight (ie pre-Borderer) and the trailer is an 8m / 24ft tilt. Both belong to Continental Ferry Trailers of Barking / Konig Rotterdam (Konig was a Dutch freight-forwarder in the day). Hope that helps!
If you were referring to the Commer rigid on the left, I can’t help!
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The Commer is one of D&F McCarthys
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“Leyland” gas turbine
Geoffrey Reyner, always an advert in Headlight, for backloads, never tested them myself though.
I’m thinking maybe I saw that Leyland gas turbine motor years ago at the Leyland Truck museum….in.Leyland obvs.
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Two vids.
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The little Austin van, I passed my one and only driving test in one of those. Ran it into a wall on the way back from the test (black ice, nobody told me what black ice was. I’d passed my test and I was king of the road).
The wall suffered only minor damage, the Austin slightly more.
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Cheers Oily. One wonders what the objective was. BTW where’s reverse?
What were the problems with the gas turbine developments? I know nothing about the Leyland exploits was it another expensive white elephant or was there potential.I’m guessing white elephant because nobody got any further or did they? Labour could be the new BL money wasting wise
A driver one day I wonder.
