South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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during the winter of 1986,alan evans a very experienced driver who has had his working life behind the wheel had a very bad accident in 10y on the then newly opened m25.alan was on his way to dagenham with coil when he got tangled up in a smash that involved over 20 other vehicles.usually alan’s daughter lisa went with him as it was school holiday time,however this was a night drop so fortunatley she didn’t go.

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any passenger sitting in that cab,might have got hurt!!!

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this one is Ian Stanaway tipping a load of generator’s at Willie Betz place in Germany…http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy241/chris143_01/williebetz-1.jpg[/img]

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fancy sending him all the way to rautlingen in a wendy house chris! :laughing:

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It wouldnt appeal to me that Andrew what say you?

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chris143:
It wouldnt appeal to me that Andrew what say you?

the fl range has got to be my least favourite volvo truck ever.they were pig ugly with no room and the widow only rolled half way down then stopped.huw and eurof owen liked them though,they ran dozens of them.i have noticed them starting to appear in the classic truck shows,fl’s a classic truck? says the man with the noisy ,shiny yank tank! :smiley:

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I had several fl10’s when i lived in Telford they were very poplar with big firms wer’nt they ? as you rightly say they were pants driving them was ok and the vision was good but away a week at the time was no fun

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corperation road newport just tipped coil at Birdport…http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy241/chris143_01/chrissphotos006.jpg[/img]

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Well well well, hello John this is Karen (ex manageress of West Brom Truckstop) and Ian, he used to drive the puky green lorry. Have only just got onto the site but have read your messages, interesting to read all the comments. John if you send me your email i can send you my phone number and i’ll get in contact with you. There’s a couple of photo’s recently been added one of the “puky green lorry” and an old one when i was working at Clodes. Memories eh! Be in touch. Ian

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HI Ian this is Chris, Matthew’s mate we spoke on the phone saturday, they are cracking photo,s i will give them back to Matthew the weekend if that is ok mate…

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yeh that’s fine no probs

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september 1999,my erf parked up at raf colerne at the end on the bornemouth to bath road run.

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south cornelly september 1999 parked next to sid evans’ scania centurion number 14 j981 bya.

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september 1999 again and my mate stan at the wheel.

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j.c.theodore & sons used to own trecco bay caravan park in my hometown of porthcawl.they bought this brand new gardner powered? sed.atki 400 from john raymond’s,in those days raymond’s used to have half a dozen or so brand new trucks in stock.this 400 was run as an artic for years and was then later converted into a wagon and drag.

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pete 359:

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for anyone who was wondering what this truck originally was.david a. davies who’s tippers featured several pages back tells me it’s a guy bigj tractor unit with an experimental v6 ■■■■■■■■■■■■ was nothing but trouble,i guess that this truck died very young and that is how there was so little left of it when i took this photograph back in 1996.

Hiya Andrew you sure know how to wind an old Big J operator up !! that mess should have been cleared away years ago the cruel b******s !! I believe the V6 ■■■■■■■ was intended to have been the standard engine option in the BigJ when it was launched in circa 1964 needless to say it was an unmitigated disaster and was quietly dropped ! So much for Jaguars interferance in truck building and design !! Regards Bewick.

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pete 359:
september 1999,my erf parked up at raf colerne at the end on the bornemouth to bath road run.

Me again Andrew ! do you still have the A series ? I can see it has the Kirkstall axle what size engine and gearbox ? I ran a few A series 205/220 cu. & 180/240 LXBs . Cheers Bewick.

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This ERF had Rolls Royce 265 gold eagle in it and started on the Rockwool contract new as a day cab, the sleeper was added a year or two later sadly this is the only BRS bridgend photo i have.http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy241/chris143_01/oneofthefirstERFontherockwoolcontra.jpg[/img]

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Owen Jenkin’s merc at Shotton outside coil stores driven by myself.http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy241/chris143_01/shotton.jpg[/img]

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