Scrapbook Memories (Part 1)

boris · 11 November 2013 20:16

suedehead · 11 November 2013 21:32

Telekonsteve:
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What is that, attached to the top of the quarterlight drivers side on the Dodge?

telekonsteve · 11 November 2013 21:37

Suedehead:

Telekonsteve:
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What is that, attached to the top of the quarterlight drivers side on the Dodge?

I might be mistaken but I would say its an extra mirror, I could be wrong but when I was a kid the mirrors were only as big as budgie mirrors unless somebody else can shine a light

boris · 11 November 2013 21:42

tastrucker:

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hello boris that courtaulds seddon brings back memories thank you Trevor

No problem Trevor , must be one of the last ones of that type on a F plate

suedehead · 11 November 2013 21:48

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The air deflector on the D series looks as aerodynamic as a brick.

boris · 11 November 2013 21:49

foghornleghorn · 11 November 2013 22:10

that reeds man has a black no. plate , thought they were ilegal after 73 ■■

zb_anorak · 11 November 2013 22:11

Suedehead:

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The air deflector on the D series looks as aerodynamic as a brick.

Possibly worse than none at all, by the look of it. You would have thought that, given the knowledge that some sort of wind deflector was desirable, that the industry did not take the next obvious step, which was to work out what shape it should be. IIRC, the first manufacturer to do the necessary testing, and come up with an air management kit optimised around a standard cab, was Leyland, in the early 1980s. The design of commonly-used wind deflectors in the 1970s owed more to superstition than science.

boris · 12 November 2013 00:39

boris · 13 November 2013 16:43

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retired_old_fart · 13 November 2013 18:40

Is this firm still around? Western Tyres.

numbum · 13 November 2013 19:27

I do not know what Western Tyres do for transport nowadays but you cannot miss the office at the front of their yard on the main drag through Avonmouth.

Cheers Phil.

telekonsteve · 13 November 2013 22:48

A few more from old cm’s

grumpy_old_man · 14 November 2013 10:35

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'bye 'ell, that brings back memories. First driving job I ever had when I was a lad, Fred Chappells, Commer tipper, 8 load of coal a day from Roundwood pit (now junc.40 M1) to Tingley gas works.
happy days.