more excellent work marc - thanks as usual. nice bit of detail in the Jakto article about not crossing picket lines - do you reckon this would mean they weren’t re-hired by the NCB after the strike?
Hi again,glad one or two pics have brought back memories,I’d wish everything was in colour too Lonewolf (I did put a few you asked for e.g Pulleyns a few pages back mate).
Another load of bitz and bobs today. 
Hope these are ok.
Cheers Bubbs. 
bubbleman:
Hi again,glad one or two pics have brought back memories,I’d wish everything was in colour too Lonewolf (I did put a few you asked for e.g Pulleyns a few pages back mate).Another load of bitz and bobs today.
And the very same lorry, seen as a yard shunter, c.1996 (with a 2’ wheelbase extension to couple to 1.6m kingpins)
I was interested in the story about the BR film and the tricks that may have been used while filming the Merc in a bad light. I remember Norman Fowler as Minister for Transport and some of the things that he was involved with in office, exhaust decibel levels, seat belt testing and gaining a larger quota of International Freight Permits.
Hi again,nice pic 240…obviously taken many moons ago,what did the old Atki on the bar eventually look like mate? 
Another mixed bunch,the first pic is a favorite of mine…this scene could never be reproduced.Whitby docks
One for McD from the other end of the country.
Cheers Bubbs.
bubbleman:
Hi again,nice pic 240…obviously taken many moons ago,what did the old Atki on the bar eventually look like mate?
thanks Marc - that one’s easily answered:
how did that freightliner marathon clear the sign ■■?
Hi once more,nice pic 240…thanks for putting it on.
E.R.Fs today. 
Hope these are ok.
Cheers Bubbs.
That brings back memories,the Winstanley Lancashire Steel contract motor.I used to go into Lancs Steel at Irlam when the coke ovens were going,must have closed in the 70s. 
Thanks Mark.
bubbleman:
One for McD from the other end of the country.
Cheers Bubbs.
That’s a beauty Bubbs - I never knew we had any Marathons. Looks fit though doesn’t it?
Thanks mate
I’d wish everything was in colour too Lonewolf (I did put a few you asked for e.g Pulleyns a few pages back mate).
Yeah I know you did , I’m still enjoying the thread and its probably a good job I can’t see the schemes as I’d be planning builds to last me the next 10 years and I have customers to keep happy 
Nice spread of LV’s ect Bubbleman, 54 page’s of excelence there mate
Hello , Mercs today lads.
Hope these are ok.
Cheers Bubbs.
Hello again,another mixture today,
The last clipping came from a December 1991 Commercial Motor. 
Cheers Bubbs.
I shall claim this as my own. It isn’t actually a truck I drove but all our vehicles were delivered from Head Office in Turnells Mill Lane in Wellingborough so had Northants registration plates. Normally *BD or *NV. We ran the TK on the C&D routes and these 150 horse power KM were used in the day for DDM or Bulk, & on nights for inter depot trunking, but I had a Bedford KM on daily C&D because I pulled a trailer occasionally or swapped the body with a busy customer in Lincoln. As a young driver with a blinged up truck, (twin headlights, remote air stack, and double bumper) I was king of my road 
The body is from ABEL which was a United Carriers Group company. The Bedford system used what we called High Profile Bodies. 24’ on the prime mover and 27’ on the A frame drawbar trailer but the 27’ could also be carried on the truck with a foldaway fingertrapping bumper .
You can see just over the rear axle the air bags raised a cantilever frame to raise the bodies, quite a feat if they were heavy. The Bedford had the same idea on the front too but our later DAF 2100 had air suspension front and rear which was used for the same purpose. The trailers used all round air to raise the bodies to fold away the legs. This was an innovative solution and is still used today although slightly refined.
Meanwhile back to this amazing thread, it keeps me interested for hours between the medication
Wheel Nut:
I shall claim this as my own. It isn’t actually a truck I drove but all our vehicles were delivered from Head Office in Turnells Mill Lane in Wellingborough so had Northants registration plates. Normally *BD or *NV. We ran the TK on the C&D routes and these 150 horse power KM were used in the day for DDM or Bulk, & on nights for inter depot trunking, but I had a Bedford KM on daily C&D because I pulled a trailer occasionally or swapped the body with a busy customer in Lincoln. As a young driver with a blinged up truck, (twin headlights, remote air stack, and double bumper) I was king of my roadThe body is from ABEL which was a United Carriers Group company. The Bedford system used what we called High Profile Bodies. 24’ on the prime mover and 27’ on the A frame drawbar trailer but the 27’ could also be carried on the truck with a foldaway fingertrapping bumper
You can see just over the rear axle the air bags raised a cantilever frame to raise the bodies, quite a feat if they were heavy. The Bedford had the same idea on the front too but our later DAF 2100 had air suspension front and rear which was used for the same purpose. The trailers used all round air to raise the bodies to fold away the legs. This was an innovative solution and is still used today although slightly refined.
Meanwhile back to this amazing thread, it keeps me interested for hours between the medication
They had this system at Moores kitchen furniture but we had Bedford TK lorries, not the fancey ones. They only had one air lift and it was above the fear axle so you had to lift the rear and drop the legs, then pull forward to lift the front then drop them legs. IIRC there was some kind of hook at the rear end of the chassis to stop you pulling out too far and haveing the box do a nose dive. 
Strange coincidence
It is a bigger coincidence to see the 1418 advertised at £5950 and I can now see why the Mercedes Benz took off with the Euro hauliers after preparing Atkinson Borderers and Guy Warriors for paint 
With Toby on 800 quid a week he could have bought himself a new truck every couple of months
Hello again,The 1418 Merc of Middle East Recovery (above) is also on page 1 of the scrapbook too.
Another mixture today
Hope these are ok.
Cheers Bubbs.
Bubbs,
Thanks for posting the Barrons DAF. I was going to put a picture request on for them. I remember seeing them up our way mid-late 80s probably running coal to Raivenscraig. I think they changed name to Tennik ?. Easily the best thread on the web, keep the scrapbook coming.
Cheers
Tom