old skool kid:
bubbleman:
And as fordthe D1000 2818 draw-bar on antiques TIR work “brave man”
Hmmmm… and the caption says it’s a “two man sleeper” - they’d need to be good friends, looking at the size of that sleeper pod!
Seem to have loads of Foden clippings so more of them today.
Anyone remember this last Foden from several pages back…a bit of info now to go with it.
Cheers Marc.
Never tried driving a truck with Michlin 11/22.5 tubulars■■
Mercs today,the first one is for Marc R then one of and Petzers
Suppose l should have put the last 2 pics on the JJ Adams thread a few pages back…dont think they asked for pics though.
Cheers Marc.
( if it needs stars it aint allowed ) jd
Nice one Marc, especially the JJ Adams ones, memories as a kid at Hellingly and latter years when I was driving artics myself. I’m sure the guy with the JJ Adam thread would appreciate them!
Cheers,
Brookie.
this is my dad’s 1626.
A.E.Cs finished about 30 years ago,some of us oldies can still remember them.Here are a few.
Hope these are of interest to someone.
Cheers Marc.
Thanks for those Mark,I remember all of them and especially Harold Woods as I used to work with some of their drivers out of BSC Chemicals in the late 60s. A.E.Evans bought one of those AEC Mammoth Minors off Thomas Allen on a “G” plate about 1973.
Hi Marc I hope you don’t mind me adding to your Scrapbook but I had a 1971 AEC Mercury rigid I used to go all over uk with it on groupage runs, I made it up to a sleeper cab (That was luxury then )
Here it is in about 1978
Regards Pat
Great pics Pat,the sleeper conversion looked better than the professionals could do…me l had the inenviable nights kip in a normal mercury cab,only once thank god!
Thanks for putting on your pics.
Cheers Marc
Yea good memorys,i used to drive a mercury in the 70s for parkers tpt in bolton hauling steel and tyres mostly.
Before I put the sleeper on I used to sleep on two boards thatit snugly between the door ledges and met on the bonnet, you had to make sure the doors were locked though fr if someone should open a door while you were asleep you would slide out!!!
Never happened to me but have been told about it by several others!
Regards Pat
ainacs:
Before I put the sleeper on I used to sleep on two boards thatit snugly between the door ledges and met on the bonnet, you had to make sure the doors were locked though fr if someone should open a door while you were asleep you would slide out!!!Never happened to me but have been told about it by several others!
Regards Pat
Also heard about that happening,blokes sliding out cocooned in a sleeping bag . . .like being buried at sea !!
Also , the pic of the Aec with the girder through the cab, is that Reggie Kray in the mac ? 
could some one forward me jj adams photos
Thanks for putting on the Woods photo Marc, i had,nt seen that one before.
Hello again,some E.R.Fs today.
Hope these are of interest.
Cheers Marc.
Smashing pictures again, especially the Foden Fridge going on the Ferry.
John Bogg became LINK Transport and also owned Slaters of Pickering
Great pics again marc,some of those pics are older than a few of the drivers on here,thanks a lot regards derek
Again good stuff Mark,thanks.
Anybody know what happened to Andrew Hogg and his tankers?
andrew hogg were absorbed into the giant united transport group,along with archibald brechin,bulwark,smith of maddiston,and many others,great to see a pic of one of murray smiths,it was a good job his dad was born before him