Something wrong with that pic of the 3 blokes Mark I can`t see a bulge of a money belt on the bloke to the right 
Don`t think that NCB Atki took that much restoration just read a piece about it in Heriatge Commercials it used to pull an emergency winding unit about & only had 500000mls on the clock.
The Scania LB cab was a good one & could live with anything out today I never drove one but always thought they were good inside.Loved the F88 i had at Collinsons but it was just the 240.
wrangler still has that same bait box, he was always kind and give you one sandwich he used to eat the other 30 himself, stan must have left that money belt in the cab, must have been pulling his trousers down 
mark
ROBINSONS F16 NOT SO MUCH A RESTORATION BUT WAS DONE UP TO IMMACULATE CONDITION.
altitude:
Lovely old girl really looks the part, a credit to you mate. Looks like she’s resting after a hard day.
Thanks - it had had a very hard weekend - a berk at Bloxham had towed it IN to the rally field with a large tractor (that’s how muddy it was), and took two bites at a right angle into a gateway. After the second bite he set off at full tilt, at right angles to the lorry, with a pile of slack chain until… I was driving another motor and saw it happen from a distance.
greek:
Don`t think that NCB Atki took that much restoration just read a piece about it in Heriatge Commercials it used to pull an emergency winding unit about & only had 500000mls on the clock.
True, it had a low mileage, but the cab needed a full rebuild. When I toyed with the idea of bidding for it at auction in 1997, the front wings had already been plated up to stop the screens falling out.
Looks good now 240 never had the pleasure of an atki, been driving for a living since 1969 but Class 1 since 1974 plenty of them about but the first couple of companiesI worked for were mainly Volvo F86 luxury & quiet
greek:
Looks good now 240 never had the pleasure of an atki, been driving for a living since 1969 but Class 1 since 1974 plenty of them about but the first couple of companiesI worked for were mainly Volvo F86 luxury & quiet
But not as character building 
Mind you, that yellow one has a 280 Rolls in it, so it will take some keeping up with.
marcus 22:
Greek
if i drop this trio off do you think you could restore them, or are they past itps div,nt tell them or i will get wrang.
mark
Thats Gordon Ramsey isnt it?
marky:
road-ranger:
hia. how is this one for you?? can you find any falts?Nowt wrong with that wagon - it was, is and always will be a cracking restoration.
Top marks to Gary for the sheer amount of work that went into it (as well as Teacake’s wizardry with the cab - where have we heard that before?)
Was it NCBs from new it looks like a Bradford registration?
ramone:
marky:
road-ranger:
hia. how is this one for you?? can you find any falts?Nowt wrong with that wagon - it was, is and always will be a cracking restoration.
Top marks to Gary for the sheer amount of work that went into it (as well as Teacake’s wizardry with the cab - where have we heard that before?)
Was it NCBs from new it looks like a Bradford registration?
Yes, it’s a special build, plated at 45 tons gross, instead of the usual 34 for a Borderer. From 1974 onwards, KU was a Sheffield mark, rather than Bradford.
240 Gardner:
ramone:
marky:
road-ranger:
hia. how is this one for you?? can you find any falts?Nowt wrong with that wagon - it was, is and always will be a cracking restoration.
Top marks to Gary for the sheer amount of work that went into it (as well as Teacake’s wizardry with the cab - where have we heard that before?)
Was it NCBs from new it looks like a Bradford registration?
Yes, it’s a special build, plated at 45 tons gross. From 1974 onwards, KU was a Sheffield mark, rather than Bradford.
Thanks for that,my dad had LKU 103G (mandator)and there were quite a few KUS and KYs around
What was the Atki’s spec? Bewick.
Doh!
Rolls 265 Li at a guess Dennis,but what do I know about Atkinson’s .
Cheers Dave.
reckon that would’ve been the 220 Roller in that with a 10 spd Fuller with the dreaded “Group” rear axle.
STRAIGHT EIGHT:
reckon that would’ve been the 220 Roller in that with a 10 spd Fuller with the dreaded “Group” rear axle.
How come it was plated at 45 ton operation?
STRAIGHT EIGHT:
reckon that would’ve been the 220 Roller in that with a 10 spd Fuller with the dreaded “Group” rear axle.
Ahem… look up a few posts…
280 turbo Rolls, RTO-9509
And presumably, Dennis, the gear it was pulling was fairly heavy, though I’ve no idea what weight.
280 roller / RTO-9509A, and the fantastic group axle, but i think it might have come
with different mirrors.
240 Gardner:
STRAIGHT EIGHT:
reckon that would’ve been the 220 Roller in that with a 10 spd Fuller with the dreaded “Group” rear axle.Ahem… look up a few posts…
280 turbo Rolls, RTO-9509
And presumably, Dennis, the gear it was pulling was fairly heavy, though I’ve no idea what weight.
Hiya Chris,I find it hard to believe that a 4X2 was plated for 45 ton even if that poxy group axle was capable of running at that weight! I’d have thought a 6x2 would have been the motor for that G V weight. Unless of course,with it been a nationalised industry it was taxed as a heavy locomotive or industrial plant and outside C & U regs? regards Dennis.
