mechanic77:
Suedehead:
bubbleman:
And finally these are ran by the firm Steve works for now,Cheers Bubbs,Was the Freeths wrecker a cancelled export order? its a lhd.
Its still about and doing the business.
Neil.1
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Neil ,WOW thanks for that Steve.
shakysteve:
M G B:
The Peter Cook rigid is a blast from the past,I drove for him in the late 90s.So you must have known Tony Knight ? Steve.
I do he employed me. We are still friends,he now runs a Taxi from Stow on the wold.
M G B:
shakysteve:
M G B:
The Peter Cook rigid is a blast from the past,I drove for him in the late 90s.So you must have known Tony Knight ? Steve.
I do he employed me. We are still friends,he now runs a Taxi from Stow on the wold.
when you see hinm give him my regards ,he will remember me from volvo and Freeths ,cheers ,Steve.
What happened to Peter Cook? They seemed to be always in the local paper advertising for jobs at Filkins then the works shut.
Here’s something for the veterens to ponder over; Hansons at Sutton Courteney had some manager with little to do over there the other day; He did some “driver appraisal” thing where he watched drivers getti.g in and out of their cabs ffs.
One franchisee (who’s barely done a full day in the last week) “failed” straight away as he held the steering wheel as he got down. Another one failed because he a numberplate with “Volvo” fitted to the spare plate bracket…
A couple were marked down for led lights on the cab wall…
…Clearly this is more important than the fact there are franchisees twiddling ththeir thumbs…
Muckaway:
What happened to Peter Cook? They seemed to be always in the local paper advertising for jobs at Filkins then the works shut.Here’s something for the veterens to ponder over; Hansons at Sutton Courteney had some manager with little to do over there the other day; He did some “driver appraisal” thing where he watched drivers getti.g in and out of their cabs ffs.
One franchisee (who’s barely done a full day in the last week) “failed” straight away as he held the steering wheel as he got down. Another one failed because he a numberplate with “Volvo” fitted to the spare plate bracket…
A couple were marked down for led lights on the cab wall…
…Clearly this is more important than the fact there are franchisees twiddling ththeir thumbs…
What a load of *********** should get a proper job ,Steve.
shakysteve:
altitude:
Piston broke:
Hey BubbsThanks for taking the time to put them up - and thanks to Shakysteve for taking the time to send them for us to enjoy - great pics
There’s quite a few I recognise and a few I’ve driven… the Harris’s FL6 obviously and the ARC liveried FL7 which I drove for a while…
John Hatherall’s FL10 was driven new by Pete Smith, both great guys. I’ve shared a few giggles with those two…Elliott’s were frequent visitors to the quarries around here. Their trucks always looked smart, even when filthy… Are they still going? I seem to remember someone telling me they had finished…
Seems to be the same for most of the firms in those pics…
Brian Elliott is still going Paul. I don’t think there is a Elliott Bros any more.
john i think that it is now the next generation of brothers Nick and Steve,they are Brian Elliots sons,Steve.
There are some brown ones running about Steve with B Elliott on them. Maybe they run it in Brians name. 
altitude:
shakysteve:
altitude:
Piston broke:
Hey BubbsThanks for taking the time to put them up - and thanks to Shakysteve for taking the time to send them for us to enjoy - great pics
There’s quite a few I recognise and a few I’ve driven… the Harris’s FL6 obviously and the ARC liveried FL7 which I drove for a while…
John Hatherall’s FL10 was driven new by Pete Smith, both great guys. I’ve shared a few giggles with those two…Elliott’s were frequent visitors to the quarries around here. Their trucks always looked smart, even when filthy… Are they still going? I seem to remember someone telling me they had finished…
Seems to be the same for most of the firms in those pics…
Brian Elliott is still going Paul. I don’t think there is a Elliott Bros any more.
john i think that it is now the next generation of brothers Nick and Steve,they are Brian Elliots sons,Steve.
There are some brown ones running about Steve with B Elliott on them. Maybe they run it in Brians name.
i think your spot on John,Steve.
Finally a picture of a lorry of mine on Scrapbook Memories, that’s real fame 
I owned this EuroStar, it was still in those colours too, what a beast of a motor it was 
Muckaway:
What happened to Peter Cook? They seemed to be always in the local paper advertising for jobs at Filkins then the works shut.Here’s something for the veterens to ponder over; Hansons at Sutton Courteney had some manager with little to do over there the other day; He did some “driver appraisal” thing where he watched drivers getti.g in and out of their cabs ffs.
One franchisee (who’s barely done a full day in the last week) “failed” straight away as he held the steering wheel as he got down. Another one failed because he a numberplate with “Volvo” fitted to the spare plate bracket…
A couple were marked down for led lights on the cab wall…
…Clearly this is more important than the fact there are franchisees twiddling ththeir thumbs…
Peter Cook’s went into administration about 5 years ago,he did own Filkins for a while after and called himself the Cotswold Sofa Co but that’s now gone and he I believe lives in Thailand.
bubbleman:
Hi again,nice pics Phil…glad you can post pics again.,heres some more old stuff.
Good to see this lorry on here. I cant remember this one on Morgan’s fleet but they were still using some four wheeler models in the early 70’s on livestock. I’m a bit sick that I have’nt got any photos
Hope these are of interest,
Cheers Bubbs,
Saviem:
Hello all, Bubbleman, Trucker Ash, and all contributors, what an incredible thread this is! Gaz70, I would think the Thomason leaflet would have been about 1979/1980, as they have their first TR280s. Although not directly involved with Thomasons, I did meet David and Peter on a number of occasions. Incidentaly their Brochure seems to be a close copy of one of my old clients Trannports Galopin, publicity handouts!! Thomasons involvment with Saviem, then Renault sprang from an agreement with the first UK distributor, Nickersons. Primarily an oil distributor, based at Gt Ducie street Manchester, whose transport arm was located at Grange Lane North Scunthorpe. The first tractors imported were really to Nickersons tipper fleet spec, 192hp SM 32240. 12sp ZF single reduction with lock actuator braking. Really designed to compete with the F86, & Scania80. The engine was the inclined MAN naturally aspirated 2156. Imports commenced 1974. 1975 the newly formed RVI (the amalgamation of Saviem and Berliet) replaced Nickersons. The 32.240 was dropped, and replaced by the 36.280, 242hp Turbocharged unit. Quite a driveable, lightweight, tractor unit. Once heard never forgotten! The Deputy Managing Director being my old colleague from Surenses Daniel Laffly, later to import and sell Lamberet fridge trailers in the UK… And I think he sold a few to Thomasons. At that time we were in total chaos in France, for some reason best known to the UK importer, they were requesting an obsolete model spec. Saviems offering in Europe being the SM280TU, the equivelent of MANs 32.240, with the upright engine. A far more competitive vehicle for the UK market. In the wings was the sensational PS30, sadly never to be seen in the UK. This was a 4x2 38tonne, Turbocharged 280hp, with either the Saviem GV350 10sp synchromesh box, or the St Nazaire built 13sp Fuller. With the latter, performance was sensational! The cab was an almost flat floor version of the existing Saviem cab, being lifted by almost 300mm from the existing. Weight, under 7000kgs. Well we all know what happened, Europe was given the Berliet tractor range post merger, and eventually a semblance of build quality was obtained! As an aside, I received a fearful rollicking from my boss, following Truck Magazines 1977 Euro Test. Why? I had been sitting with my old friend the late Pat Kennet, just chatting away about the various contenders, V8 Scania, Berliet TR305, ■■■■■■■ Foden, Barreros, (and did`nt she surprise us all)! and MAN 280. Without thinking I said, “the winner will be the MAN” and qualified my statement with some" hypothetical "results, which of course were taken from our field trials of the PS30. The MAN was sensational, far better than Pat ever printed, and it won. I think in 1978 it was voted Truck of the Year. Pat, being Pat went digging to try to get a PS30 for test. It was easy for my superiors to track down the “non party line Berliet man”, so I was on the carpet in a big way.Hey, sorry if it has bored you, this thread does stimulate the old memories. Anybody have a shot of a PS30, the best tractor we never had!! Cheerio for now.
hello saviem,just had a nother read of your bit on the thomasons thread,you mention lamberet ,i remember going with my dad unit only to trafford park manchester a few times to pick up brand new unletterd trailers,just wondered if this was from your man mr laffley 
The Brady artic HEO333 was reg. new (probably when this shot was taken) on 18/8/61,they also registered a Super Comet HEO222 on the 16/8/61 the Beaver was either scrapped or disposed of otherwise on 23/11/69 the Comet likewise on 28/10/70 ! The photo of the Beaver was taken at the Sanscale Works of the Courtauld group Co. British Cellophane where Brady’s were the sole contractor from the time they opened the plant in the late 50’s until its closure in the late 80’s early 90’s.The site was razed to the ground on closure and you wouldn’t know it ever existed now. Cheers Dennis.
mechanic77:
Suedehead:
bubbleman:
And finally these are ran by the firm Steve works for now,Cheers Bubbs,Was the Freeths wrecker a cancelled export order? its a lhd.
Its still about and doing the business.
Neil.1
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Had a few owners!!!
ainacs:
Chris Hill pointed these pics out to me the other dayThis was how HBM 529Y looked when Hills had it
Then it was stretched to become a wrecker
Regards Pat
Saw these old lorries on the wall of McGrattens bar in Dublin yesterday, anyone driven anything like these■■?
Regards Pat
shakysteve:
altitude:
Piston broke:
Hey BubbsThanks for taking the time to put them up - and thanks to Shakysteve for taking the time to send them for us to enjoy - great pics
There’s quite a few I recognise and a few I’ve driven… the Harris’s FL6 obviously and the ARC liveried FL7 which I drove for a while…
John Hatherall’s FL10 was driven new by Pete Smith, both great guys. I’ve shared a few giggles with those two…Elliott’s were frequent visitors to the quarries around here. Their trucks always looked smart, even when filthy… Are they still going? I seem to remember someone telling me they had finished…
Seems to be the same for most of the firms in those pics…
Brian Elliott is still going Paul. I don’t think there is a Elliott Bros any more.
john i think that it is now the next generation of brothers Nick and Steve,they are Brian Elliots sons,Steve.
Anyone remember Elliot Bros running a whole stack of WD Bedfords?
Hello lads,good stuff coming in,well done…went for a “jolly” on Saturday,heres a few pics from the trip,Cheers Bubbs,
Hi Bubbs, as you went on a jolly over the weekend i thought i could put these on. Had to take no2 daughter to Aberystwyth Uni the other day so on route gave her the camera, sorry about the quality but it was raining and i don’t think she wanted to play
This was on the back of the last photo
Hope that’ts ok, sat up in Kinross with nothing to do
Ade
bubbleman:
Hello lads,good stuff coming in,well done…went for a “jolly” on Saturday,heres a few pics from the trip,Cheers Bubbs,
Thats a fair ole derv tank on that Shirleys 4 wheeler.
lurpak:
Hi Bubbs, as you went on a jolly over the weekend i thought i could put these on. Had to take no2 daughter to Aberystwyth Uni the other day so on route gave her the camera, sorry about the quality but it was raining and i don’t think she wanted to play
This was on the back of the last photo
Hope that’ts ok, sat up in Kinross with nothing to do
Ade
Cracking pics Lurpack,regardless of the rain.Recognise most of the roads the A4111, A44 and A470 and some of the lorries.
Cheers Dave.
Dad got the keys for this this morning; The first ever Scania Smiths have bought.