Scrapbook Memories (Part 1)

[bubbleman]

Piston broke:

bubbleman:
Hello again,heres a few more cuttings,Cheers Bubbs,

Hi Marc

Is there a caption to go with the ARC FL7? If I’m right, it’s an ex OD called Sid Miles. He originated from the Kent area and basically turned up one day as an OD - nobody knew him beforehand but apparently he had friends in management. After a while he became well known as a bit of a rogue… A few years later he disappeared as fast as he arrived under a very ■■■■■■■■■ cloud…

He’s pictured here loading black in Cromhall quarry under the Marini plant ( I think…). The quarry closed in the late eighties/early nineties and the plant was moved to another site but has now been scrapped - thank God!

A lot of OD’s had these early FL’s - Volvo’s launch coincided with the launch of the OD scheme so I guess there was some good deals to be had!

Hi again,Paul…no mate,there was no caption to the pic…as you say,FLs were a popular choice back then.Heres todays stuff,Cheers Bubbs,

Nice pic and good memories

Hi again,Paul…no mate no caption…sorry.Heres todays stuff,Cheers Bubbs,

[buzzer]

In days gone bye michelin men were a common site usually fitted to the wing mirrors ours was life size mounted on the aircon unit.

[norfolktrucker]

Hope these are OK.

[turps]

[bubbleman]

Hello again lads,good pics coming in,heres todays stuff from me,Cheers Bubbs,

[jimstott]

ON THE TRANS PENNINE RALLY

HAPPY MOTORING

[viking]

Rainford Potteries Sentinel.

[bubbleman]

Hi lads,heres another bunch,Cheers Bubbs,

[grumpy_old_man]

turps:

Well, there are radiator blinds and there are strange radiator blinds. I think that can be classed as “strange”. Sheet of newspaper usually did the trick for me.

[bassman]

Hi Bubbleman

I saw your pic of the Transcontinental being used as a training vehicle way back when. It made me wonder how many of us started off on trucks like these.

Cheers Bassman

[harry_gill]

grumpy old man:

turps:

Well, there are radiator blinds and there are strange radiator blinds. I think that can be classed as “strange”. Sheet of newspaper usually did the trick for me.

hiya,
Killingbecks used that method on several of there motor’s in years gone
by glad I never got a “Slack Alice” getting the spare off/on I would have
needed Desperate Dan to assist.PS The reg on this seems familiar who’s
motor was it?? any info please.
thanks harry, long retired.

[chrisv]

Howdy all, the ford d series training artic,is identical to the one I was taught in with a flatbed 30 foot trailer, 1978 happy days,seems like yesterday , they do say time flies when your having fun.

[bubbleman]

Hello again,heres another bunch of clippings,Cheers Bubbs,

[muckaway]

Had a problem with Photobucket (got carried away with deleting certain things ) so apologies if the pics I’ve posted in the past have vanished. I’ll try and make amends by having a scan through my sd cards and post some bits and bobs. First up is one out of my recycle bin;

A very beast, an X reg Ergomatic I’d guess?

[toddy2]

Bassman:
0Hi Bubbleman

I saw your pic of the Transcontinental being used as a training vehicle way back when. It made me wonder how many of us started off on trucks like these.

Cheers Bassman

took my test in a D series 2817 - had a glass panel in the roof - ex Silcock & Collins car transporter - happy days !!!

[chris_webb]

harry_gill:

grumpy old man:

turps:

Well, there are radiator blinds and there are strange radiator blinds. I think that can be classed as “strange”. Sheet of newspaper usually did the trick for me.

hiya,
Killingbecks used that method on several of there motor’s in years gone
by glad I never got a “Slack Alice” getting the spare off/on I would have
needed Desperate Dan to assist.PS The reg on this seems familiar who’s
motor was it?? any info please.
thanks harry, long retired.

Harry,“UH” is a Cardiff reg and she’s of 1969 vintage. Going by the red colour I’d go for ex Ely Transport but I’m open to offers.

[rward]

chris web i thought the same cardif reg

[valkyrie]

adr:
A very rare Beast this side of the pond

Hello everybody The heavy recovery vehicle is an American-built Ford W-Series,which is quite rare in the United Kingdom,although I well remember a Ford W-Series 6x4 Tractive Unit in the Barnsley,South Yorkshire,area in 1984. It was painted red,and ended up on the premises of Alan Finlay’s diesel engine export company Hartwood Exports,at Birdwell,near Barnsley,near Junction 36 of the M1 Motorway So it was almost certainly broken up for it’s ■■■■■■■■■■ whatever) engine and other parts,unfortunately - although I do hope that it’s been preserved …Alan Finlay did use to put historic vehicles on one side in the hope that enthusiasts would buy and preserve them

Ford W-Series 4x2 Tractive Unit Advertisement:-
flickr.com/photos/26281033@N07/5545567427/

Ford W-Series 6x4 Boxvan-bodied Articulated Lorry:-
google.co.uk/imgres?q=ford+w … ,s:0,i:117

Ford W-Series 4x2 Boxvan-bodied Articulated Mobile Church:-
truckfax.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/ … eries.html

NOTE:Instead of spending a large amount of money in developing the Ford Transcontinental,why the hell didn’t Ford save some money,adapt the W-Series models for the European and United Kingdom markets and sell the already designed,developed and proved Ford W-Series Line Haul models in these markets?
I’m sure the W-Series was just as good,if not better,than the Transcontinental

adr:
Try again

Here is a Flickr photograph of this showmans ballast diesel road locomotive :-

AEC Matador 0853 Boxvan-bodied 4x4 Showmans Ballast Diesel Road Locomotive,FNU 275H,powered by a Gardner 6LX 150 Diesel Engine.
Operated by travelling showman,Raymond Armstrong,Nottingham:-
flickr.com/photos/foden_djp/5432709851/

Vehicle enquiry
The enquiry is complete.The vehicle details for FNU 275H are:
Date of Liability
01 11 1988

Date of First Registration
23 10 1969

VALKYRIE

[valkyrie]

I was having problems submitting my above post,and through no fault of my own,I ended up quoting my self in this post.There is no deletion button,so I asked the Moderator to delete this post,but to no avail so far,so I ran the cursor from the bottom to the top and that got rid of the contents

VALKYRIE.

[bubbleman]

Hello again lads,heres todays selection,Cheers Bubbs,