Sure this motor is on the show circuit ? Although not seen it for a while…8 potter
Cracking pics! Is this one you bought Lance?
moomooland:
Those Mastiff’s were horrible things, thought you could only buy them secondhand never realised you could buy a new one!
You are a cruel man “mml” and you want reporting to the RSPCA !!
Cheers Bewick.
steelboyf10:
Sure this motor is on the show circuit ? Although not seen it for a while…8 potter
It looks like the one Rocky Robinson does shows with , Rocky On Tour on the headboard . He won’t tart it up as he says it represents a working lorry of it’s era . Dave
rigsby:
steelboyf10:
Sure this motor is on the show circuit ? Although not seen it for a while…8 potterIt looks like the one Rocky Robinson does shows with , Rocky On Tour on the headboard . He won’t tart it up as he says it represents a working lorry of it’s era . Dave
I doubt it as NHS 342P has not been taxed or had an mot since November 1983.
moomooland:
rigsby:
steelboyf10:
Sure this motor is on the show circuit ? Although not seen it for a while…8 potterIt looks like the one Rocky Robinson does shows with , Rocky On Tour on the headboard . He won’t tart it up as he says it represents a working lorry of it’s era . Dave
I doubt it as NHS 342P has not been taxed or had an mot since March 1976.
That sounds like it must have been written off in an accident maybe ? Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
moomooland:
rigsby:
steelboyf10:
Sure this motor is on the show circuit ? Although not seen it for a while…8 potterIt looks like the one Rocky Robinson does shows with , Rocky On Tour on the headboard . He won’t tart it up as he says it represents a working lorry of it’s era . Dave
I doubt it as NHS 342P has not been taxed or had an mot since March 1976.
That sounds like it must have been written off in an accident maybe ? Cheers Dennis.
Sorry my mistake was registered in March 1976 not been taxed or had an mot since November 1983
gingerfold:
The AEC Mandator Mk.V looks like Rosser of Pontwilrys (apologies to the Welshmen if I have spelt it incorrectly)
Thanks Graham. 
moomooland:
DEANB:
Heres a nice shot for you Paul !Don’t know how you do it Dean thanks for the cracking Riding shot will add details later.
1ERF B Series six wheeler DMA 217S, powered by a Gardner 180, was registered new in April 1978.
Pictured below when brand new during an ERF promo shot.
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Hello Paul, yes Paul got a cracking pic of that one just leaving the roundabout ! I was thinking did Tom have
his own sprayer or did he use a company ■■ It must have been an expensive job everytime he put a motor on
the road with that colour scheme,plus spraying a tanker trailer !
Re the ERF tipper who operated it mate ■■?
Retired Old ■■■■:
gingerfold:
The AEC Mandator Mk.V looks like Rosser of Pontwilrys (apologies to the Welshmen if I have spelt it incorrectly)Far too tidy for Rosser’s!
Under this morning’s influence of sobriety I think it’s probably spelt, “Pontlliw”.
Bewick:
I have an idea that the little ERF dropsider could have been run by British Rayophane ( Sidac) who had a factory in St Helens as it has a local reg no. Cheers Bewick.
Thanks Dennis !
moomooland:
Bewick:
I have an idea that the little ERF dropsider could have been run by British Rayophane who had a factory in St Helens as it has a local reg no. Cheers Bewick.1HDJ 534D is another old girl saved from the blow torch.
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Well spotted Paul,nice to see that some of these old motors were saved !
moomooland:
1Those Mastiff’s were horrible things, thought you could only buy them secondhand never realised you could buy a new one!
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steelboyf10:
Sure this motor is on the show circuit ? Although not seen it for a while…8 potter
Thanks for your comment “steelboyf10”
steelboyf10:
Cracking pics! Is this one you bought Lance?
Lovely !
Bewick:
moomooland:
2Those Mastiff’s were horrible things, thought you could only buy them secondhand never realised you could buy a new one!
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You are a cruel man “mml” and you want reporting to the RSPCA !!
rigsby:
steelboyf10:
Sure this motor is on the show circuit ? Although not seen it for a while…8 potterIt looks like the one Rocky Robinson does shows with , Rocky On Tour on the headboard . He won’t tart it up as he says it represents a working lorry of it’s era . Dave
Actually its nice to see a truck in its original state sometimes !
moomooland:
rigsby:
steelboyf10:
Sure this motor is on the show circuit ? Although not seen it for a while…8 potterIt looks like the one Rocky Robinson does shows with , Rocky On Tour on the headboard . He won’t tart it up as he says it represents a working lorry of it’s era . Dave
I doubt it as NHS 342P has not been taxed or had an mot since November 1983.
Bewick:
moomooland:
rigsby:
steelboyf10:
Sure this motor is on the show circuit ? Although not seen it for a while…8 potterIt looks like the one Rocky Robinson does shows with , Rocky On Tour on the headboard . He won’t tart it up as he says it represents a working lorry of it’s era . Dave
I doubt it as NHS 342P has not been taxed or had an mot since March 1976.
That sounds like it must have been written off in an accident maybe ? Cheers Dennis.
moomooland:
It looks like the one Rocky Robinson does shows with , Rocky On Tour on the headboard . He won’t tart it up as he says it represents a working lorry of it’s era . Dave
I doubt it as NHS 342P has not been taxed or had an mot since March 1976.
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That sounds like it must have been written off in an accident maybe ? Cheers Dennis.
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Sorry my mistake was registered in March 1976 not been taxed or had an mot since November 1983
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Some pics.
I find looking at some of the old cars and vans etc intresting and brings back alot of memories from
the 1970s.
ACL Seddon Atkinson.
Lancaster Bros cattle box F86 Volvo.
General foods F86
Dowty DAF 2800
C.F.Abraham Seddon
Bowies tidy ERF
Foden’s own low loader from Sandbach.
Ready mix concrete Albion.
Styles ERF .Is that trailer a blower ■■? Cant see a tipping ram unless its one of those strange ones
where the rams were underneath the body ■■
Anyone recognise the Volvo F86 tanker.
Morning Dean,
The ERF belonged to Herbert C Styles based in Bewdley the mill has now been converted into apartments, I think the trailer is a bottom discharge,
DEANB:
Some pics.I find looking at some of the old cars and vans etc intresting and brings back alot of memories from
the 1970s.ACL Seddon Atkinson.
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Lancaster Bros cattle box F86 Volvo.
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General foods F86
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Dowty DAF 2800
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C.F.Abraham Seddon
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Bowies tidy ERF
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Foden’s own low loader from Sandbach.
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Ready mix concrete Albion.
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Styles ERF .Is that trailer a blower ■■? Cant see a tipping ram unless its one of those strange ones
where the rams were underneath the body ■■1
Anyone recognise the Volvo F86 tanker.
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The F86 tanker looks a bit like a Smith and Robinson motor , same colour anyway
moomooland:
1 0 Here’s another rare beast that Kaye Goodfellow of Manchester operated.
A bow front Atkinson maybe??. If it is 240 Gardner should have all the fine detail regarding type etc over to you Chris…
Trying to catch up…
No, not a bow front: this is the all-steel cab supplied by Autolifts & Engineering Co. of Blackburn, and usually fitted to the Atkinson dumper range in the 1960s, in either full or half cab form, and also fitted to a few heavy haulage tractors, including one supplied to Graham Adams Limited in 1966, and which was used to carry Donald Campbell’s Bluebird boat to Coniston for its last, fateful record attempt… no back load that day.
I’ve a feeling that Autolifts was associated in some way with Warwick & Bailey, and who also supplied fabrications and other steelwork to Atkinson.
Anyway, this motor was supplied “new” to the infamous Jos Walsh Transport Services of Darwen, and billed as a special order Venturer, plated for 100T gross. In reality, it was a special build export order that had been cancelled, and which lay around the factory for some time before Walsh took it on. It had a 250 ■■■■■■■ and an Allison auto, and was plated for 75T as an artic and 100T as a ballasted tractor. There were publicity photos of it carrying concrete bridge sections during the M62 construction.
There is a photo, somewhere on TN I think, of a remarkably similar Atkinson chassis fitted with an F88 cab, and taken in Turkey, if I remember rightly - I often wondered if it was this motor.
Here’s another one Down Under:
Atkinson heavy tractor by Chris Gardner, on Flickr
Bowie’s started in business just after the second world war with a small yard in Altrincham, over the years moving on to Stockport Road in Timperley, then on to Wharf Road in Sale just west of Manchester.
By 1986 the fleet had grown considerably operating around 100 vehicles which was when the fleet was at it’s peak.
They had contracts with the likes of International Paper at Winsford , Barrowclough’s Drinks at Bradford, Austin Caulfield to name but a few.
The company also had quite a large removals and storage business.
In 1988 the haulage side was sold to A1 Transport of Leeds followed by the removals side six months later to B & S of Loughborough Leicestershire.
Thanks to Robert Cheetham for supplying all the above information way back in June 2009 along with the old yard picture below.
moomooland:
1Bowie’s started in business just after the second world war with a small yard in Altrincham, over the years moving on to Stockport Road in Timperley, then on to Wharf Road in Sale just west of Manchester.
By 1986 the fleet had grown considerably operating around 100 vehicles which was when the fleet was at it’s peak.
They had contracts with the likes of International Paper at Winsford , Barrowclough’s Drinks at Bradford, Austin Caulfield to name but a few.
The company also had quite a large removals and storage business.
In 1988 the haulage side was sold to A1 Transport of Leeds followed by the removals side six months later to B & S of Loughborough Leicestershire.
Thanks to Robert Cheetham for supplying all the above information way back in June 2009 along with the old yard picture below.
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I remember reading an article in Comical Motor about Bowie, and their programme of re-cabbing some of these old LVs with B Series cabs: because of the axle position, the cab was mounted well forward, and the engine reached to the back of the sleeper cab, giving the false impression that they had 8-pot engines in them
DEANB:
I find looking at some of the old cars and vans etc intresting and brings back alot of memories from
the 1970s.
Her’e’s a few cars from the 1960’s to get your teeth into Dean.
240 Gardner:
]I remember reading an article in Comical Motor about Bowie, and their programme of re-cabbing some of these old LVs with B Series cabs: because of the axle position, the cab was mounted well forward, and the engine reached to the back of the sleeper cab, giving the false impression that they had 8-pot engines in them
Funny you should mention that Chris.
Here’s before and after pictures of KMA 640L transformed from a LV to a B Series.
moomooland:
DEANB:
I find looking at some of the old cars and vans etc intresting and brings back alot of memories from
the 1970s.Her’e’s a few cars from the 1960’s to get your teeth into Dean.
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Hi Paul, What a great picture, I am almost certain that it is Whitechapel in Liverpool,
looking toward the Mersey Tunnel, probably in the mid 60s.
The Taxi has a plate showing the “Liver Bird”. The Austin 30cwt van belongs to Dunlops,
who had factories at Aintree & Speke. The Austin A40 van is definitely Liverpool Corporation
Cleansing Dept. At the rear behind the Bobby on Point Duty is a Liverpool Corporation
Leyland PD2 Double Decker Bus, and if you were into music, Frank Hessy`s shop was the
place to go. Regards, Ray Smyth
Lancaster Brothers of Congleton Cheshire.
That’s a rare beast!
A Volvo F86 four wheeler with twin headlights!!
DEANB:
Used to see these coach/bus chassis going down the motorway all the time years ago !The drivers always wrapped up with goggles on !!
Is it illegal now
I havent seen one for a long time
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Not only coach chassis!!!
Atkinson Cabriolet! by Chris Gardner, on Flickr