Scrapbook Memories (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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DAFs, gotta love it. My first ever motor was a 3300.

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i second that my first truck was a m.a.n 321 then i got a 3300 daf for albert hymas awesome at the time it did me going to spain good memories :smiley: :smiley:

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Hello again…Maggies,Fiats etc today lads. :neutral_face:

Hope these are of interest.

Cheers Bubbs. :wink:

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Good stuff Bubbleman, those cab’s just about held together long enough to have the photo taken! :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: . The cabs alway’s fell to bit’s long before the drivetrain, spoilt an otherwise strong truck.

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Hi again,I know where you’re coming from Straight eight…I had a Stralis on friday night,58 reg with only 108,000kms on it and already the inside is shaking itself apart…Iveco still havent got it right…went like stink though,they got that ok :smiling_imp: :smiling_imp:

Seddon atkis ish today.

The last one is for 240. :laughing: :laughing:

Cheers Bubbs. :wink:

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bubbleman:

The last one is for 240. :laughing: :laughing:

Cheers Bubbs. :wink:

Who was in the cab at the time :wink:

Thanks very much Marc! On the Stray at Harrogate for, I think, the 1984 Trans Pennine? I remember the photo appearing in Motor Transport a week or so later. At that time, it was still at work as a shunter, and restoration was still a few years away.

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Hello there,nice bit of info from Chris (240) about the Atki…our shunter is a FL10 and its hanging :frowning:

Fodens today. :laughing: look at Dover in the first pic over 40 years ago. :laughing:

This last one would fit in nicely on Paul Andersons Northwest trucks site as James Booth hailed from Westhoughton. :laughing:

Cheers Bubbs. :wink:

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James Booth,“For cheerful service”. :laughing:
Nice pics bubbs,thanks.

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This last one would fit in nicely on Paul Andersons Northwest trucks site as James Booth hailed from Westhoughton

Thanks Bubbs in fact there is one or two in that lot that will fit in nicely :smiley:

Great stuff well done.

Regards Paul Anderson Northwest Trucks

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Brillliant pics once again from Bubbleman :smiley: :smiley: The Harrison & Jones drawbar brings back memory’s and its a company name I’ve been racking my brain to remember for bloody ages :exclamation: :exclamation: AFAIR they were based at Swan Mill in Middleton Junction and was always seen as a ‘dead man’s shoes’ job, tried to get on there a few times but didn’t have the right contacts :frowning: I’m sure nearly all their fleet were Fodens and the drawbars were a special job with raising bodywork produced by a manufacturer in either Holland or Switzerland :question: Think they had up to 8 of them on the road at one time.

Regards
Dave Penn;

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davepenn54:
Brillliant pics once again from Bubbleman :smiley: :smiley: The Harrison & Jones drawbar brings back memory’s and its a company name I’ve been racking my brain to remember for bloody ages :exclamation: :exclamation: AFAIR they were based at Swan Mill in Middleton Junction and was always seen as a ‘dead man’s shoes’ job, tried to get on there a few times but didn’t have the right contacts :frowning: I’m sure nearly all their fleet were Fodens and the drawbars were a special job with raising bodywork produced by a manufacturer in either Holland or Switzerland :question: Think they had up to 8 of them on the road at one time.

Regards
Dave Penn;

Were Harrison and Jones the ones who worked for Kay Metzeler(sp) at Glossop,the firm that made foam products,or did they have their own transport?

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Hi Chris, AFAIR Kay Metzeler had their own transport and might have been in competition with H & J’s. I think that K M’s also had some link with Draka Foam who were also in Glossop or possibly Hyde, DF’s colours were red & gold and KM’s were blue & white. Hope that helps. :slight_smile:

Regards
Dave Penn;

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Hi bubbleman great thread would it be possible to post the Febland articles on page 2 & 6 on the Febland thread as the guy ( transport manager) who put them in the CM now lives in Bribane and i cant figure out how to do it Cheers keep going

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davepenn54:
Hi Chris, AFAIR Kay Metzeler had their own transport and might have been in competition with H & J’s. I think that K M’s also had some link with Draka Foam who were also in Glossop or possibly Hyde, DF’s colours were red & gold and KM’s were blue & white. Hope that helps. :slight_smile:

Regards
Dave Penn;

That’s another company I was thinking about in Glossop Dave,Draka Foam.I’m sure one of their motors got blown over on the Snake a few years ago,there was a photo in the “Sheffield Star”.They ran about with single axle high cube trailers and I don’t suppose the driver knew whether he was loaded or empty. :laughing:

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Chris Webb:

davepenn54:
Hi Chris, AFAIR Kay Metzeler had their own transport and might have been in competition with H & J’s. I think that K M’s also had some link with Draka Foam who were also in Glossop or possibly Hyde, DF’s colours were red & gold and KM’s were blue & white. Hope that helps. :slight_smile:

Regards
Dave Penn;

That’s another company I was thinking about in Glossop Dave,Draka Foam.I’m sure one of their motors got blown over on the Snake a few years ago,there was a photo in the “Sheffield Star”.They ran about with single axle high cube trailers and I don’t suppose the driver knew whether he was loaded or empty. :laughing:

Do you remember this place?

I thought Dorma in Chinley had something to do with HJ, but maybe they just bought in Foam

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Hello once more,old Leylands today. :laughing:

Hope these are of interest.

Cheers Bubbs. :wink:

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Hello again,another mixture today…the 1st shot is a contract motor from W and J Riding. :laughing:

Hope these are of interest.

Cheeres Bubbs. :wink:

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bubbleman:

Didn’t last as long on the training job…

The vehicle details for CNT 133L are:

Date of Liability 30 11 1983
Date of First Registration 01 02 1973
Year of Manufacture Not Available
Cylinder Capacity (cc) Not Available
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Heavy Oil
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour WHITE

But it did get its white coat, though!

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bubbleman:
Cheeres Bubbs. :wink:

Anyone know where an SA dealer is :confused: I would’nt mind one of these for a tenner :wink: In fact I’d buy half a dozen :smiley:

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lemonmouth:
Anyone know where an SA dealer is :confused: I would’nt mind one of these for a tenner :wink: In fact I’d buy half a dozen :smiley:

What, you want half a dozen Krupp-cabbed Atkis?? :astonished: No-one did in 1969…