lovely fleet line up.
the boss’ car 
pete 359:
the boss’ car
what a smart-looking fleet!
Keedwells Scania coming around jct 37
240 Gardner:
pete 359:
the boss’ carwhat a smart-looking fleet!
hi,
vale transport were always well presented.may be you would know?,cause i don’t 
why has this atki (pictured below) had the centre section of the lower bumper cut away .although i was only a kid at the time,it almost seemed to me that no two atki’s were the same 
,some had different headlamps and headboards etc etc.i bet trucknet member big al could tell us 
.nearly every long standing welsh fleet i can think of.all ran atki’s at some time .
pete 359:
240 Gardner:
pete 359:
the boss’ carwhat a smart-looking fleet!
hi,
vale transport were always well presented.may be you would know?,cause i don’t
hiya,
Often how many Atki’s Raymonds had even when passing during the day the yard always seemed to have lots lined up.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
pete 359:
240 Gardner:
pete 359:
the boss’ carwhat a smart-looking fleet!
hi,
vale transport were always well presented.may be you would know?,cause i don’t
hiya,
Often how many Atki’s Raymonds had even when passing during the day the yard always seemed to have lots lined up.
thanks harry long retired.
hi harry,
to be honest,i wouldn’t have an accurate number for john raymond’s atki’s.my guess would be 50 - 60 plus.in later years when they ran 400’s and 401’s that figure would be 150-160 plus.
regards andrew.
pete 359:
hi,
vale transport were always well presented.may be you would know?,cause i don’t
Ah, now that’s a straightforward one! When the Viewline and Mk.2 were first introduced (in that order), this was the standard bumper:
When the new range was introduced at the 1970 Show (‘Borderer’. ‘Defender’, etc.) the straight bumper was introduced - it was cheaper to make. Late Mk.2 ‘Knights’ appeared with them too, presumably since stocks were already in the factory.
The bigger headboard on the Mik.2 cab came in 1972.
Hope that all helps!
Oh, and this pic shows the difference between a Mk.1. and a Mk.2:
HI ALL, A RHYS DAVIES MERC & VOLVO
ONE FROM RUNTECH PORT TALBOT
240 Gardner:
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Thats a South Wales pic there too, background is the entrance to the Orb steelworks, Corperation road Newport.
Neil.
pete 359:
240 Gardner:
pete 359:
the boss’ carwhat a smart-looking fleet!
hi,
vale transport were always well presented.may be you would know?,cause i don’t
hi andrew,the bumper on the then new atki cab was like that at first then they modified it later.all the 3s was the first one ■■■■ had with the new cab.all the 4s and later had the straight bumper.that was the design on the first model.when the J reg came out they changed the mirrors to forward of the door instead of on the door top.that design was on all the G reg,s as far as i know except all the 2s which was as stx in the picture. when i first started with ■■■■ he still had a moggie 1000,it may have been that one.he treated himself to a green jag and it was crap. brand new yet the doors had to be slammed to shut them and the engine misfired and they found a hole on top of the piston…■■■■ called it rubbish and poor standard of build.he swapped it for two fords in the end.ade.
pete 359:
240 Gardner:
pete 359:
the boss’ carwhat a smart-looking fleet!
hi,
vale transport were always well presented.may be you would know?,cause i don’t
hi andrew,they were smart motors with the red bumper.i reckon ■■■■ had the nicest colours around at the time.the old atki was a bosses motor with the gardener giving good returns on fuel and parts were available and cheap.the old gardener would go on forever with no trouble.mick and eddie were the oxford change over and they fitted another knights head to their wagon and when ■■■■ saw it he made them take it off as it didnt look the same.as the others.he was very fussy with the wagons and we had to keep them clean and they were well maintained too.i liked old ■■■■ raymond he was ok. ade.[brilliant photos they really take me back,]i just noticed the wagon has got the two nights heads on it in the picture.
mechanic77:
240 Gardner:
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Thats a South Wales pic there too, background is the entrance to the Orb steelworks, Corperation road Newport.
Neil.
There used to be one of those twin steer BSC Atki’s parked at Newtown Powys most weekends in the early 70’s
Did they Rolls engines in them ?
pete 359:
here’s an old one of ade. jenkins’ photo’s.bob phillips and ade. with ntg 330l.
andrew ,330L was brand new there mate.the sighn leaked and bob had just fixed it thats why he was stood on the bumper.i aint seen phelps in years the last i heard he was living in bristol and had his own motor.ade.
smallcoal:
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
thats bill mullholland john.he used to drink in the legion with us but he was a guard on the railway not a trucker.we call him mull!he,s from pyle.
240 Gardner:
pete 359:
hi,
vale transport were always well presented.may be you would know?,cause i don’tAh, now that’s a straightforward one! When the Viewline and Mk.2 were first introduced (in that order), this was the standard bumper:
When the new range was introduced at the 1970 Show (‘Borderer’. ‘Defender’, etc.) the straight bumper was introduced - it was cheaper to make. Late Mk.2 ‘Knights’ appeared with them too, presumably since stocks were already in the factory.
The bigger headboard on the Mik.2 cab came in 1972.
Hope that all helps!
Oh, and this pic shows the difference between a Mk.1. and a Mk.2:
andrew ! note the bumper on the mark 2.its the way they were at first.ade.
pete 359:
pete 359:
hi all,
keedwell’s f12.
thats me working hard chaining down the shovel.rhydian took the photo.we took it up the midlands from the forest of dean area.ade.