Bewick:
One of the reasons we never carried spares was I didn’t like drivers jacking motors up,seen too many sat on their brake drum(not ours) plus we always had twin tanks so carrying a spare was not an option really.Cheers Dennis.
it was well worth a tenner to have to change a wheel.bloody hard work.and it saved joints buying new tyre and callout charge.i used to hate it especially super singles.ade.
hi all,
pete 359:
scribbler was me on the cb.she was a lovely motor when graham bought her but the head gasket went and he was told the heads needed skimming but he was too tight and had them put it back together as it was.it was crap and used water like nobodys buisiness.neil quinn the irish"fitter" sent me to get some radweld and stuck a few bottles of that in and still it used loads of water but it had no heater either then.it was a crap wagon after and i froze in it.the wipers stopped working and i couldnt get them to fix them.a lovely motor butchered thats all i can say.i was glad to finish and i warned paul barrow what he was in for but i dont think he believed me untill he found out.i was glad to get back on a tidy motor and have tax in the window for a change.i think i went with blue line from there for the second time.all part of being experienced i guess! Bary Woodward did a good paint job on it though.ann insisted on having “ade” painted on the back of the cab though i didnt want it.
pete 359:
hi all,
i had both these motors with keedwell.i think thats bobby bowden in between the trailers.he used to sandblast etc around yard.
hi all,
keedwell’s f12.
pete 359:
kingswinford kit:
pete 359:
hi kk,
as i remember? the last driver of joints renault was welshman alan evans.he was told to tip at gkn leeds,drop the trailer and leave the renault at doncaster auctions to be sold.alan’s trailer was then decked and one of the shrewsbury drivers brought him back to port talbot.cliff did drive the renault on many occasions.i would love to see more of your photos
regards andrew.Hi Andrew as yet i have not posted any pics up as yet , but this weekend will have ago at putting up said marathon. It has come back to me tht the Renault was with skeltons of Coventry . whom were big Renault users regards kk
hi kk,
sorry,i thought we had seen some of your photos previousley.i remember skeltons,black and grey renaults on the coal,a mate of mine,jamie elliott subbed to them during the 80’s.
regards andrew.
Hi chaps as promised the Joint marathon at Shrewsbury i guess late 80s As i recall the coils were for BSC Corby at a time when that works was about to be shut down, their were backloads of tubes for british tube stockholders at newport ps chaps this is my first photo upload regards kk
kingswinford kit:
pete 359:
kingswinford kit:
pete 359:
hi kk,
as i remember? the last driver of joints renault was welshman alan evans.he was told to tip at gkn leeds,drop the trailer and leave the renault at doncaster auctions to be sold.alan’s trailer was then decked and one of the shrewsbury drivers brought him back to port talbot.cliff did drive the renault on many occasions.i would love to see more of your photos
regards andrew.Hi Andrew as yet i have not posted any pics up as yet , but this weekend will have ago at putting up said marathon. It has come back to me tht the Renault was with skeltons of Coventry . whom were big Renault users regards kk
hi kk,
sorry,i thought we had seen some of your photos previousley
regards andrew.
HI kk good pic of the joints marathon with jm7 behind it keep them coming 
cheers john
a carline daf
td williams volvo
pete 359:
more from the booze cruise,standing up next to sid evans,phil o’reilly.phil was featured in the news paper article posted many pages back,he was a fitter with j+m transport and did several middle east trips for them.he now works for mcarthy’s in pyle.is that len tyler sitting next to sid?
i see reg in the photo we used to call len & reg hinge & bracket, they drove for h&b transport hence the initials len was orange peel & reg was jaffa on the cb radio good old boys they were, who is sitting next to reg he looks familier cheers john
jinks@62:
pete 359:
a young charlie collier (rip).good old charlie collier.he,d already had one puncture and we had to use my spare wheel as he,d used his.alan jones used to hate us running together but he,d have had to pay top price for a new tyre and call out if i hadnt been with charlie that day.he was a hell of a boy old charlie but a good mate.he was allways gettin in jonesies bad books for some reason or other.we had some good laughs up the road me and him.ade.
i remember charlie we worked for rotherwas transport out of metal box neath we were in one morning he was going to derby i was going to harlesden charlie felt unwell i took him home they told me to do his run to derby when i got back they told me charlie had got in the house sat in the chair & passed away that day sad day that was rip mate
kingswinford kit:
pete 359:
kingswinford kit:
pete 359:
hi kk,
as i remember? the last driver of joints renault was welshman alan evans.he was told to tip at gkn leeds,drop the trailer and leave the renault at doncaster auctions to be sold.alan’s trailer was then decked and one of the shrewsbury drivers brought him back to port talbot.cliff did drive the renault on many occasions.i would love to see more of your photos
regards andrew.Hi Andrew as yet i have not posted any pics up as yet , but this weekend will have ago at putting up said marathon. It has come back to me tht the Renault was with skeltons of Coventry . whom were big Renault users regards kk
hi kk,
sorry,i thought we had seen some of your photos previousley
regards andrew.
hi kk,
that’s a great picture 
,thanks.that would be early-mid 80’s.jwn 997x was cliff ashley’s from new,in 1985 that was replaced when cliff had his first merc.c513 ywx a 1628 sleeper,bought new by joints from derwent in leeds,because they offered a better deal than bevan’s (merc. dealers) in swansea.
pete 359:
hi all,
keedwell’s f12.
here’s an old one of ade. jenkins’ photo’s.bob phillips and ade. with ntg 330l.
my old mate mike raymond has found somemore photos of his dad’s firm.starting with their seddon,according to my father,vale only ran one?taken on stormy down,over 40 years ago
oooops.
Dave the Renegade:
mechanic77:
Here are two recent photos kindly sent to me by forum member Tonytranscont of his ex. Hoover [Merthyr Tydfil] tractor unit which he has began work on to get her back into show use.
That’s going to look a smart motor when its back on the show circuit.
Cheers Dave.
my mate lugsey used to drive this motor photos on facebook of it in ross on wye lovely motor
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vale transport’s moggy thou. pic-up and an lv erf.
