The Mercedes transporter was a fair bit of kit, it’s been preserved but has now been fitted with disc brakes.;
Water-cooled six-cylinder in-line unit with di-rect injection, bore x stroke: 85 x 88 mm, displacement: 2998 cm3, output: 192 hp at 5500/min, max. torque: 25.8 mkg at 4700/min, compression ratio: 8.3:1, electric system: 12 volt, fuel consumption: 25 liters/100 km.
Power transmission:
Rear-wheel drive, Daimler-Benz single-plate dry clutch, fully synchronized four-speed transmission with involute profiles; transmission ratios: 1st gear: 3.44, 2nd gear: 2.29, 3rd gear: 1.53, 4th gear: 1.0, reverse: 4.67; rear axle with hypoid gearing.
Running gear:
300 S frame extended at the front and rear; front axle with wishbones and coil springs, rear swing axle with lowered, separate pivot points for the two axle carriers, torsion bar stabilizer, four drum brakes with brake boos-ter, engine brake, propeller shaft disc brake; 5.5 K x 15 wheels with 7.60 x 15 tires. Fuel tank with a capacity of 150 liters.
Dimensions /weights:
3050 mm wheelbase; 6750 mm long, 2000 mm wide, 1750 mm high; track width of 1480 mm at the front and 1525 mm in the rear; dry weight: 1865 kg, gross weight in ready-to-drive condition: 2100 kg.
Performance:
Top speed of approx. 170 km/h.
The red BMC transporter is similar in style to their mobile training schools that used to come round the dealerships when I worked at one, based on a FFK chassis they were painted BMC blue.
I’ve been in the Three Nuns at Mirfield a few times , it’s now a Miller & Carter steak house , virtually opposite John Cottons
Likewise, I used to go in when it was a Ramsdens pub, verdict?? average. My lad (gods gift to Volvo Truck and Bus ) took Mr & Mrs GOM to Miller & Carter a few weeks ago, verdict ■■ I won’t be going again, food quality IMO, was poor, and the prices really were very silly. If a steakhouse (or any restaurant) is charging ridiculous prices the should get the quality right. I’m glad I wasn’t paying.
Great pictures again Buzzer. I cant make out what the BRS AEC with a Suffolk number plate is loaded with.
I reckon that most of todays HGV drivers would " Throw a Wobbler " if they had to load and unload that lot.
Cheers, Ray.
The second picture is Heybrook corner in Rochdale where Yorkshire Street becomes Halifax Road.
The garage was known as the ‘Little One Ltd’, the owner also had a car accessory shop across the road on Entwistle Road, they used to advertise in the local cinemas in the 50’s and 60’s.
This small business developed into one of the largest second hand car dealerships in the UK that some may have heard of, Carcraft.
The overhead picture of the road junction is looking down Halifax Road towards Rochdale, Albert Royds Street is on the left. I lived in a shop on the right directly opposite Albert Royds Street from 1964 to 1968. This photo must have been taken around 1970 after the derelict area on the left had been cleared of the houses and a shop to make way for the building of a roundabout, I think the end of Albert Royds Street was dualled at the same time.
I noticed the sign for the M62 so I presumed that the photo was taken after the 14th of October 1971 after the motorway opened.
The corner shop is still there.
) took Mr & Mrs GOM to Miller & Carter a few weeks ago, verdict ■■ I won’t be going again, food quality IMO, was poor, and the prices really were very silly. If a steakhouse (or any restaurant) is charging ridiculous prices the should get the quality right. I’m glad I wasn’t paying. 
