pete 359:
Hi all,
Some more courtesy of John Morgan.i think this marathon was owned by evans transport,a neighbour to J&M .from memory she went well,had a non turbo nhc250 ■■■■■■■■
this one had an AEC Av760 (TL12) it was the 25th marathon built and was (reputed to be ) over 300bhp Allen Evans also later had a marathon with a 250 ■■■■■■■ engine that was STX 972 S
hi unclegargameld,
i thought it was the s reg.marathon that had the ■■■■■■■ i must know you that isn’t underhill in the merc.picture.
regards andrew.
Hi all,
Went down the new m4 relief road today,a large section of it is on what was the queens way in llanwern steelworks.it had changed alot in the 15 years since I was last in there.the curved building in the first shot,is where the main east in and out weigh Bridge’s were.
hiya,
Thanks Andrew did drive one very similar as a very young man, the BRS did
tend to keep stuff well past its sell-by date, but well maintained so every
motor you took out was pretty well sure to get you there and back even in
most cases very slowly but according to the shop stewards the miles per
hour you had to achieve was achievable, you know what I mean “Harry”.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hi rowly
I should be down that way next week if I can I will call in and see if it is for sale but I am sure there must be someone who has one for sale I know there are still some over in Spain
Great photos there Andrew. That CVH Transcon takes me back to 1986, I remember hitching a lift from Dover up to the M4 with one of their long serving drivers. I probably mentioned it before, iirc the drivers name was Alf from Machen. Rowly might know him.
Perhaps Rowly will know why so many of CVHs motors were similar in colour to Astrans. They may of been ex Astran motors or ex Astran owner driver motors. Once again iirc CVH worked mostly for Davies Turner, but may of subbed to Astran.
yes I new alfie well lovely fella he lived in bedwas next to machen he passed away couple of years ago he finished driving and opened a bed and breakfast called the jouneys end and doing weddings with his beutifull buick but sadly past on he was for cvh for years lovely voice as well every body new alf oround Caerphilly paul john you met one of the best regards rowly
Thanks for the reply Rowly. I remember Alfie showing me his briefcase full of passports with visas required for those middle east trips.
I am sure he is resting now, rip Alfie.
rward:
yes I new alfie well lovely fella he lived in bedwas next to machen he passed away couple of years ago he finished driving and opened a bed and breakfast called the jouneys end and doing weddings with his beutifull buick but sadly past on he was for cvh for years lovely voice as well every body new alf oround Caerphilly paul john you met one of the best regards rowly
Evening all, I might have a picture of Alfie , a lot of CVH’s Transcons were orginally white I have put some pictures of these on this thread before but will have a look what i got
i must know you 
that isn’t underhill in the merc.picture.
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