Bridgend area Andrew?
pete smith:
Bridgend area Andrew?
Good morning Pete,
A good few miles west of Bridgend.Very near to the M4 where it flys over Port Talbot,was called Fletchers,Leyland,Scammell dealership.
Regards Andrew.
pete 359:
pete smith:
Bridgend area Andrew?Good morning Pete,
A good few miles west of Bridgend.Very near to the M4 where it flys over Port Talbot,was called Fletchers,Leyland,Scammell dealership.
Regards Andrew.
Thanks for the info, i googled Pantdu Motors and it came up with Bridgend!
pete smith:
pete 359:
pete smith:
Bridgend area Andrew?Good morning Pete,
A good few miles west of Bridgend.Very near to the M4 where it flys over Port Talbot,was called Fletchers,Leyland,Scammell dealership.
Regards Andrew.Thanks for the info, i googled Pantdu Motors and it came up with Bridgend!
Hi Pete,
Pantdu Motors were a very big,good loyal customer to my parents in the 1970’s.The company was eventually closed down after a massive fraud case against one of their senior guys,had created some very dodgy accounts.We weren’t implemented in any way at all.Lets just say,some others from that era,weren’t quite so lucky…
Regards Andrew.
Hi all,
Courtesy of DEANB and the Paul C.Gee collection,Colin Wilshaw from Pembrokeshire in his Transcon.
And another Pembrokeshire legend,who these days can be seen at events with his red Transcon,a gentleman of the road imo.Gareth Thomas and his F12, near 30 years ago.I first met Gareth a few years earlier when he subbed to Joint with the very same Transcon.
Hi all,
Courtesy of Chris Richards,an Owens Foden at Leominster,a T.D.Williams Iveco in Hay On Wye and a double drive John Evans of Llanelli 401 in Talybont…
That tdw was hay on Wye based he had a few out based drivers that load is natural gas tubes Tredegar ,127 was used on ngt
Hi Andrew,reg is driving this one ,hinge and bracket transport as we used to call them ,courtesy of deans page 
smallcoal:
Hi Andrew,reg is driving this one ,hinge and bracket transport as we used to call them ,courtesy of deans page
Hi john perhaps a Meeks F10 in the background ?
Morning Andrew,
I’ve had some pictures sent me and i will pick the South Wales one out for you, think this is from Swansea, I really do need to go and get some glasses!
ps. Took on the M54 near Junction 4, Cheer’s Pete
pete smith:
Morning Andrew,
I’ve had some pictures sent me and i will pick the South Wales one out for you, think this is from Swansea, I really do need to go and get some glasses!
ps. Took on the M54 near Junction 4, Cheer’s Pete
Hi Pete,wm Morgan, dai strato is behind the wheel
Hi all,
Thanks to a fellow member on here,who is a great guy.Geoff Evans,whose livestock SCANIA’s have appeared on our thread many times previously.Geoff very kindly called into work yesterday to show me some old T.J.Ree of Llysworney photos.The Ree family were quite a player in livestock haulage in their time.I can recall being told as a truck mad kid of them doing many trips to Italy,Sweden and many other far flung destinations.Quite an impressive journey back then in either of their day cab Atki’s or Foden…
pete 359:
Hi all,
Thanks to a fellow member on here,who is a great guy.Geoff Evans,whose livestock SCANIA’s have appeared on our thread many times previously.Geoff very kindly called into work yesterday to show me some old T.J.Ree of Llysworney photos.The Ree family were quite a player in livestock haulage in their time.I can recall being told as a truck mad kid of them doing many trips to Italy,Sweden and many other far flung destinations.Quite an impressive journey back then in either of their day cab Atki’s or Foden…
Hi Andrew,
I remember this Foden 6 wheeler on the road when I was a youngster…my old man drove similar tractor unit for Morris Bros…the old man would often stop at the Flimingo cafe on the A48 above Cowbridge…for some reason this Foden was often parked on the rough ground behind the cafe…loved that style cab.
Regards Mark
pete 359:
hi bewick,yeh you have got a point there mate,some of joints tri-axles were from the early 70’s and had been converted in house by there very talented welder tony “teflon” millom.they were worked hard on the scrap.this is the f88 i had after my a series erf that i mentioned last night. taken when my mate lance biscombe and i were parked together at chippenham truckstop,she was ex midlands brs and when new used to run tyres down to france.it was unusual in 1974 for brs to have sleeper cabs as in those militant times the unions were very much against them.
Hi Pete gfc500n was based at BRS hereford and was used on a lot of continental work
pete 359:
Hi all,
Thanks to a fellow member on here,who is a great guy.Geoff Evans,whose livestock SCANIA’s have appeared on our thread many times previously.Geoff very kindly called into work yesterday to show me some old T.J.Ree of Llysworney photos.The Ree family were quite a player in livestock haulage in their time.I can recall being told as a truck mad kid of them doing many trips to Italy,Sweden and many other far flung destinations.Quite an impressive journey back then in either of their day cab Atki’s or Foden…
Hi marktaff,
Thanks for your comment.I remember the Flamingo Cafe very well.ive been going back and forth to Cardiff a lot lately and I’ve noticed the name has changed on that building,yet again.Was a very busy place in the 1970’s.Here are two photos of Adams’ new VOLVO,based just down the road from the old Flamingo Cafe and also not that far from the former Ree hq.A Globetrotter FM and Houghton Parkhouse box is a world away from the T.J.Ree motors of 40 plus years ago…
Hi all,
I’ve noticed more and more of the trucks we work on,especially the regular visitors to London,have lower windows fitted in the passenger side cab doors.There is nothing new! We’ve all seen that idea before,as this BRS thrupenny bit Austin proves…
pete 359:
pete 359:
Hi all,
Thanks to a fellow member on here,who is a great guy.Geoff Evans,whose livestock SCANIA’s have appeared on our thread many times previously.Geoff very kindly called into work yesterday to show me some old T.J.Ree of Llysworney photos.The Ree family were quite a player in livestock haulage in their time.I can recall being told as a truck mad kid of them doing many trips to Italy,Sweden and many other far flung destinations.Quite an impressive journey back then in either of their day cab Atki’s or Foden…Hi marktaff,
Thanks for your comment.I remember the Flamingo Cafe very well.ive been going back and forth to Cardiff a lot lately and I’ve noticed the name has changed on that building,yet again.Was a very busy place in the 1970’s.Here are two photos of Adams’ new VOLVO,based just down the road from the old Flamingo Cafe and also not that far from the former Ree hq.A Globetrotter FM and Houghton Parkhouse box is a world away from the T.J.Ree motors of 40 plus years ago…
Hi Andrew,
Yes the Flamingo was a very busy stop back in the 70s for sure that A 48 was the M4. …yes I’ve also watched it change names many times over the years to… if only someone had taken pics of trucks stopped there at those times it would have for good viewing for sure today…the Adams Volvo that’s a beatiful looking machine…they also like you say have been around for a long time and a familiar sight on the slip road out of Cowbridge on to the A48…they run more Leyland trucks in the 70s if my memory serves me Andrew ?
Attached pic of the Foden my old man drove for Morris bros…I’ve borrowed this pic it’s not mine…my old man pulled bulcker trailers with it maily though.
Regards Mark
