Somehow that just looks ‘right’ to be an elusive 240 Gardner Big J.Cant read the badge but if it says 240 would believe it.
180 i’m afraid sorry
I really loved my Big J when I drove for an old mate, Rodney Closs of Nottingham, but could only dream about even that little sleeper pod.
I managed very well though, easy to build up the seats to make a comfy bunk I even had curtains made and fitted which were colour coded to the cab livery. Once when settling down for the night outside an Inverness cemetary a passing police officer knocked on the door and asked why I wasn’t in digs in the town. My reply that why would I need it when I had such a comfy sleeper cab produced a knowing nod and ‘I see what you mean, sleep well mate.’ 
The search continues.
Just seen a post on FB by a James Court who replying to what it was like driving a Big J, he said he worked for SOM at their St Albans depot and he drove a Guy Big J with a 240 Gardner and said it pulled like a train at 32 tons ….. just saying
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Too early for the 240 Gardner on an H reg, the Gardner 240 version had the later bigger grill update for a bigger capacity radiator same as the Atkinson.
Are Fergusons still going?
Obviously there is no photographic evidence of the elusive beast “ramone” just asking 
Cmon Dennis the bloke didn’t know about this site and just mentioned his experience with a Guy Big J . There was a photo of a Guy which was at a rally and the question was do any old drivers have any experience of the Big J and this bloke mentioned driving one with a 240 Gardner in from the St Albans depot of SOM .I neither know if its true or care but it was quite random and adds to the argument for the said vehicle to exist. I’d have preffered a Marathon of the time 
google fergytrux.com . That’s Fergusons website, they virtually own Blyth docks. Alan Ferguson probably has no idea how many wagons they operate.
the guy in font of the mandator ended with that blue transcon iam sure thats a young bob court
Thought was M reg quick look.Blurred image and phone screen and probably need new glasses my excuse.
Cummins badge on that
I haven’t seen one of Fergusons for ages unless they’ve passed me and i’ve not noticed.I delivered to a furniture company behind their place at Sunderland Homeworthy i think and also Draeger at Blyth just up the road from them. I had a 95 DAF and the gear linkage went and i pulled into their Blyth depot to see if they could help.After alot of head scratching they cobbled it up with a bit of welding so i had two gears in bottom box and two in top box.They admitted they’d never seen the Daf set up before , they were running Volvos and a few Mercs at the time.Anyway i managed to get it back to Bradford but it was a bit hit and miss when having to change gear specially so going through the Tyne Tunnell.It got me back thanks to the Fergy boys and a new linkage was fitted.We dont have that problem now all autos ffs
I never drove a 2800 let alone a 3300, but DAF did the brown/ beige trim on its lower models like the 2100s I drove (and the 2500 artic with the back-to-front Fuller I once tried). Bleeding luxury after kipping across the seats of a TK/ TL/ D-series, heated mirrors and all.
As a side note Fergy’s are also into tourism.
A while a go Fergusons bought out Redpaths of Wooler ( Families are related by marriage) They were only interested in the flat work and closed down the livestock side.
What was Redpaths yard in Wooler is now a distillery and visitor centre developed by Alan Ferguson.
I thik I’m right in saying Bedford belatedly adopted the principle and called it the TL. What could’ve been etc.
Redpaths another name i’d forgotten about.I went up the North East every day for quite a few years a while back but dont get up there noe