South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

pete_359 · 23 February 2017 20:41

tony24713:

komatsu 450:
These are the 2 Groom And Llewelyn breakdowns posted earlier on in the thread picking up a constructor i was driving before an arguement with a car

The Diamond T has survived and is now in a partially dismantled state in a shed in Cornwall. My brother Lee and myself have recently bought it and are due to move it later this year to our yard about 25 miles away. We’ve spoken to Ron Groom who sold the breakdown trucks about 25 years ago when his father died and he took over. He wanted to do his own thing rather than carry on doing recovery which would have mean’t spending a lot of money updating the fleet. I’ll post updates on here if anyone’s interested, regards, Tony.

hi tony,
thanks for the update regarding your truck.Good luck with the restoration and please keep us posted on the progress.
meanwhile,courtesy of member komatsu450,a scammell routeman of C.B Crook of Tonteg.

gah1950 · 26 February 2017 00:29

pete 359:
Hi all,
no idea whom owns this AEC.though when I zoom in,I can just make out castle works Cardiff.KUH 1 would be worth a fortune these days…

I think i got it Andrew.
Guest Keen & Nettlefold.
( South Wales Ltd.)
Castle Works Cardiff. The front tyre is a Michelin and it’s a 900x20 with 80lbs pressure in it,lol. .

pete_359 · 26 February 2017 10:01

gah1950:

pete 359:
Hi all,
no idea whom owns this AEC.though when I zoom in,I can just make out castle works Cardiff.KUH 1 would be worth a fortune these days…

I think i got it Andrew.
Guest Keen & Nettlefold.
( South Wales Ltd.)
Castle Works Cardiff. The front tyre is a Michelin and it’s a 900x20 with 80lbs pressure in it,lol. .

good morning graham,
spot on mate.later known as GKN.
regards andrew.

pete_359 · 26 February 2017 19:48

hi all,
here are two of M.J.Sargent of coychurch.

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bewick · 26 February 2017 20:51

My second favourite Rugby team has let me down !! useless ■■■■■ !! letting the Jocks beat you 29 13 !! For one horrible moment at Twickers today my lady Wife had the Eyties beating England Phew !! but I had faith and once they had come to terms with their dodgy antics in the first half and Eddie had given them a right royal ■■■■■■■ ( sorry a good talking to) at half time they came out and wopped the wops ! Come on you Boyo’s you have to do better ! Cheers Bewick.

john_west · 26 February 2017 21:25

Bewick:
My second favourite Rugby team has let me down !! useless [zb] !! letting the Jocks beat you 29 13 !! For one horrible moment at Twickers today my lady Wife had the Eyties beating England Phew !! but I had faith and once they had come to terms with their dodgy antics in the first half and Eddie had given them a right royal [zb] ( sorry a good talking to) at half time they came out and wopped the wops ! Come on you Boyo’s you have to do better ! Cheers Bewick.

Certainly knicker gripping at 1/2 time Dennis!

John.

pete_359 · 27 February 2017 23:08

Hi Dennis,
Better not mention Welsh rugby at the moment.on a brighter note,courtesy of gyles carpenter here’s another of Ronnie S.Evans’ new MAN on the m20 probably heading for the train heading for mainland Europe or do we just say Europe now?

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pete_359 · 1 March 2017 09:16

mechanic77 · 2 March 2017 17:05

smallcoal · 2 March 2017 21:51

mechanic77:
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Cracking pic mechanic 77 looking good there nice tilt trailer rowly credit to you mate cheers John

paul_john · 3 March 2017 02:36

HI all. Coming along nicely Rowly. Thanks for the update Neil.

Regards Paul

pete_359 · 3 March 2017 23:45

hi all,
An ex BRS contractor wrecker seen here abandoned near cardiff,now owned by scammell collector rob wilson from goytre,near pontypool.

pete_359 · 5 March 2017 13:11

pete_359 · 5 March 2017 19:39

hi all,
courtesy of someone on the book of faces,a welsh registered ergo,on her side in chippenham………….

tony24713 · 6 March 2017 21:51

pete 359:
mechanic77 would like these,as i do.a pair of diamond t’s from groom and llewellyn,north road, bridgend industrial estate.

Hi Andrew,
A bit more info on the Diamond T’s, ours is the one in the background of this shot, it’s a 980 and is one of many converted to C6 Rolls power by the army. If you look carefully you can just about see the modified bonnet to accommodate the air filters. The one in the foreground still had it’s original Hercules fitted and was given by Ron Groom to somebody in Llanelli for preservation. This would have been at least 25 years ago, anyone seen it since?
All the best, Tony.

pete_359 · 7 March 2017 22:30

tony24713:

pete 359:
mechanic77 would like these,as i do.a pair of diamond t’s from groom and llewellyn,north road, bridgend industrial estate.

Hi Andrew,
A bit more info on the Diamond T’s, ours is the one in the background of this shot, it’s a 980 and is one of many converted to C6 Rolls power by the army. If you look carefully you can just about see the modified bonnet to accommodate the air filters. The one in the foreground still had it’s original Hercules fitted and was given by Ron Groom to somebody in Llanelli for preservation. This would have been at least 25 years ago, anyone seen it since?
All the best, Tony.

Hi tony,
Thanks for the information.they were a hell of a strong machine years ago,a real favourite of mine personally because as young boy I remember my father driving one whilst working in the workshop at joint motorways and oddly enough that very same diamond T was parked years later on the yard we trade from when we first moved there back in 1979/80? Why I never took any photos of it escapes me! Can’t recall who in Llanelli owned the other one you refer to though,sorry.
Regards andrew.