DEANB:
AEC and Seddon Atkinson trucks. I think someone said they are RAF if they have the yellow strip on them.
Not sure but probably taken at Bovington Camp in Dorset.Just been informed by Paul that the pic was taken
south of Gloucester on the A38 so someone may recognise the place ■■?
If it’s Gloucester its most probably raf quedgley which is no more remploy neath had the contract taking beds up for the camp in the 80,s
Thanks John !
pete 359:
Hi Dean,
Thanks for sharing more great shots.G.H.Wintle were a very old established firm,they ran sentinel steamers in their early days.Though they are from chipping Sodbury there is also a Welsh connection,as Robin Wintle has lived in Cefn Cribwr South Wales for many years,Robin was very helpful when I restored my F88,18 years ago.They ran VOLVO for a very long time .Ceased trading in February 2000.
Thanks for your comments Andrew ! About time you popped some pics of your F88 on here chap !
Hi Dean,
Thanks for the pm,s.I bought my F88 in February 2000,or rather the string vest version of an F88.GFC 500N was new to BRS and ran tyres to France.was an 8 speed 240.during the restoration we changed that to 16 speed overdrive.Corgi made a model of GFC and I will always remember buying one many years ago from a chap in a model shop in Stratford on Avon,on hearing my slight? Welsh accent he went to great lengths telling me that the truck is now fully restored and lives in South Wales.i didn’t say anything!
Stunning looking motor Andrew !! cant believe you sold it !
I reckon there will be a few of those going on over Xmas chap !
pete 359:
Hi Dean,
Thanks for sharing more great shots.G.H.Wintle were a very old established firm,they ran sentinel steamers in their early days.Though they are from chipping Sodbury there is also a Welsh connection,as Robin Wintle has lived in Cefn Cribwr South Wales for many years,Robin was very helpful when I restored my F88,18 years ago.They ran VOLVO for a very long time .Ceased trading in February 2000.
Thanks for your comments Andrew ! About time you popped some pics of your F88 on here chap !
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Hi Dean,
Thanks for the pm,s.I bought my F88 in February 2000,or rather the string vest version of an F88.GFC 500N was new to BRS and ran tyres to France.was an 8 speed 240.during the restoration we changed that to 16 speed overdrive.Corgi made a model of GFC and I will always remember buying one many years ago from a chap in a model shop in Stratford on Avon,on hearing my slight? Welsh accent he went to great lengths telling me that the truck is now fully restored and lives in South Wales.i didn’t say anything!
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Stunning looking motor Andrew !! cant believe you sold it !
I reckon there will be a few of those going on over Xmas chap !
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Hi Dean,
Thanks I sold it to the owner of Corby Chilled Distribution back in February 2005.Around 18 months ago,they sold it to an Irish man.this is how GFC looks now.
rward:
Well mr cooper I must say cracking job looks lush regards rowley
“Lush” spot on rowley !
pete 359:
Hi Dean,
Thanks I sold it to the owner of Corby Chilled Distribution back in February 2005.Around 18 months ago,they sold it to an Irish man.this is how GFC looks now.
Its amazing how many owners some of these restored motors have. I thought it was a 290 because of the black
grill.
Lance Biscomb:
Looked better with the 290 black grill but what do I know
artic monkey:
DEANB:
F.Holman Mercedes.
now thats a cracker dean, my dads scania 81,
Happy days chap,always good when someone recognises a truck they know !
Stupot:
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Gravity Straps?
gingerfold:
ERF-NGC-European:
^^^^^A couple of old Kent ones: Short Brothers, and Beadle (Rochester I think). Robert
And a couple from Bolton: Bromilow & Edwards, and Bellhouse Hartwell. One from Wythenshawe, Manchester S. H. Bond
For every PSV body builder there were probably 3 or 4 lorry cab builders in the era of coach built cabs:
Leyland
Park Royal
Duramin
Cravens
Homalloy
Holmes
Oswald Tillotson
Bonallack
Motor Panels
(G.K.N.) Sankey
Pilot Works
Bromilow & Edwards
Jennings
C. V. (Harold Wood)
Bowyer Bros
Pennine Coachcraft (Seddon)
Atkinson
Kennings
Longwell Green
Road Transport Services (R.T.S.)
Wincanton
Pressed Steel
In the 1970’s the American manufacturers introduced there trucks to the UK market. Now i have no figures
but from memory i would say that Mack was the biggest seller,followed by White and then Kenworth. After
that you had some Peterbuilts,Internationals,Ford etc.
Nice article from the archives regarding Foden prodution Dean.
After a period in receivership in 1980 the company was acquired by the American firm PACCAR, becoming a division of that company.
By 1986, Foden only employed a workforce of 450 as compared to around 3,000 in it’s heyday.
1A couple of brand new unregistered Braidwood Foden Alpha tippers at the Foden dealers in Manchester in 1998.
After the takeover of Leyland Trucks by PACCAR in 1998, independent Foden production ceased, and was replaced by models of DAF Trucks re-badged as Foden’s due to DAF Trucks having been acquired by PACCAR in 1996.
The last Foden, pictured below, was built in July 2006, putting an end to 150 years of Foden truck manufacturing.
0The final Foden to roll off the production line at the factory in Leyland was this 8x4 rigid, which
was delivered to the nearby British Commercial Vehicle Museum having just three miles on the clock.
Photograph courtesy of Alexander Cunningham.
When did Fodens Sandbach plant close I didn`t realise they moved production to Leyland , I preferred Fodens own cab to the Daf
DEANB:
In the 1970’s the American manufacturers introduced there trucks to the UK market. Now i have no figures
but from memory i would say that Mack was the biggest seller,followed by White and then Kenworth. After
that you had some Peterbuilts,Internationals,Ford etc.
Ruttle Plant Hire Ltd of Chorley, who were founded in back in 1958, ran a few American motors back in the 1980’ and 1990’s.
moomooland:
Ruttle Plant Hire Ltd of Chorley, who were founded in back in 1958, ran a few American motors back in the 1980’ and 1990’s.One of Ruttle’s Mack heavy duty tractor units seen here at Fazakerley Hospital Liverpool in 1995.
They also ran this Mack six wheeler tipper pictured here in their yard at Chorley in 1989.
Below are a couple of pages from an article which featured in Truck and Driver in 1986.
Still very much in business today The Ruttle Group now run a mixed fleet including Volvo, DAF, Mercedes and Hino. Collecting a 13 ton excavator at Farnworth in 2011.
Hi Paul
could please of a copy of the photo which is on page 47 RMC Ready mix Albion
page 82 Blue ciecle scammell routeman tanker
P106 steel surpply scammell routeman tipper green with red body
Many thanks daz
Hi Paul
could please of a copy of the photo which is on page 47 RMC Ready mix Albion
page 82 Blue ciecle scammell routeman tanker
P106 steel surpply scammell routeman tipper green with red body
Many thanks daz
Hi Dean,
The blue borderer and bulker,could be? one of Gordon Roberts’ from knighton.They also had lorries based in swansea.A fairly large firm in their day.E.R. Clissold were from Abergavenny.Thanks for the MACK information,I’d love an F700 an awesome truck imo.
Regards Andrew.
but what do I know 
