There it is again on the road:
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That guy knows how to drive it 
Yes, I see what you mean: the engine does appear to be offset to the passenger side, but still leaving sufficient room for the passenger to squeeze in. The gearbox would have been a Thornycroft designed TET D197 I think at that time. They could be constant-mesh 5 or 6-speed ‘boxes. That one looked pretty smooth in the skilled hands of its chauffeur.
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Yes, I agree! He appears to be well on top of the job. I’ve never used a Foden 12-sp shift. There seems to be a lot of preselecting and activating the change via the clutch going on. I suppose that’s normal for the old Foden 12-sp is it?
Just for comparison, a Foden S39, Leyland 0.680 and Foden 12sp
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Different truck, but once more definitely the same guy at the wheel! It looks he was taught to operate Foden gearboxes when he was still in nappies!
Another very good video!
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I always did like the sound of the Leyland 0.680. Much more melifluous than the harsh two-stroke!
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@les_sylphides there’s word of the day,
" /mɪˈlɪflʊəs/
adjective
- (of a sound) pleasingly smooth and musical to hear.
“her low mellifluous voice”
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Spot on! It was a word I often used when conducting a girls’ choir many years ago.
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I have the same (biased) opinion: in a Scammell or a Foden, or up the back of an Atlantean, or under the floor or a Leopard or a Bristol RE, they always sing the right tunes.
And sonorous.
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Tehran’s a long way and they’d have had to go over Tahir pass. They’d both have had 9-sp Fullers which would make up for a lot ! And the twin-steer ERF has a reassuring Cummins badge on it. The day cab Crusader would have had either a 265 or 280 Roller engine. They earned their crust, those boys.
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Hiya ramone Compliments of the season to you and yours ! Been away over Christmas to Portugal and Spain so just back for the New Year ! This is a shot I took one Sunday morning ready to leave the Mill bound for Daventry where we had two drivers based. This unit would have been only a few months old in 1977 when I took the shot and I had decided to run he change over myself to see how these new 111’s I’d bought performed . The trailer was loaded with 20 ton of paper for Corrugated Products at Bracknell so when the Daventry driver tipped on Monday morning he would then run across London to more than likely Tilbury and reload with woodpulp for Milnthorpe.These 111’s did perform very well and this unit had the 10 speed box and was a real pleasure to drive.. This particular unit was driven from new by Duncan McMinn a born and bred Dumfrieshire native but who lived in Kendal for many years and was long serving Bewick driver.
Aye just a bit.
It was bad enough me doing UK tramping in day cabs in the early days, let alone Euro,… but Middle East ?
Wouldn’t get anybody today doing it……especially me.
No question, though I bet there was some bunce that made up for it.
Hope you had a great break Dennis and all the best to you and yours for the new year.Again a great memory you have to remember each photo that pops up in detail. Would it have had a 10 speed splitter or range change?
Ex Lock off Headcorn Atkinson Highline that I drove for 3 months to the Benelux countries. Worst and most unreliable lorry I ever had the misfortune to sit in. It was owned by Alan Butcher of Invicta Transport in Maidstone who purchased it for me to use whilst he took my F89 to do an AC/DC tour of Europe.
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Goes to prove it’s a small world….on here.
There has only been one ex. motor of mine (put on here by somebody else) my first TK that Dennis once put on here….keep hoping to see some more but never do.
That Hi Line looks a bit different to others I’ve seen somehow, but can’t decide how…..was it modified in some way?
Hiya ramone yes Anne and I enjoyed our break as it was the first time we have ever been away from home at Christmas time so it was different to previous times ! All our 111’s bar the one 5 speed were range changes. It was the 82/92’s that had the splitter boxes. Busy getting ready for our New Years eve bash tomorrow at home with good friends ! Hic hic ! So what will a “tight fisted” Yorkshire chap be getting up to ? 
