South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

Hi all,a couple more of ken jones transport,newport.

hi all,
nice bit of roping and sheeting there bernard.probably? not to be seen in the future as vosa have deemed ropes dangerous and illegal to use for load restraint :laughing: .back to yesterdays macmillan show at swansea and this lovely kv 8 wheeler was down for the day from shropshire and seen here inside the large grey building where we parked.

also inside was this early ex british railways d series.

pete 359:
hi all,
nice bit of roping and sheeting there bernard.probably? not to be seen in the future as vosa have deemed ropes dangerous and illegal to use for load restraint :laughing: .back to yesterdays macmillan show at swansea and this lovely kv 8 wheeler was down for the day from shropshire and seen here inside the large grey building where we parked.

Hi Andrew

What a lovely old girl that is, I drove one of those years ago in tanker form. Didn’t look anywhere as near as nice as that one.

cheers

John.

hi john,
you are right,those kv’s were a lovely looking cab.by contast parked in the same building,these pig ugly two :smiley:

still in the livery of carlisle’s original big operator.

Your right there Andrew, no chance of any prizes for good looks there. I always thought the french were the kings of making ugly motors years ago, looks like I was wrong. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

cheers

John.

pete 359:
still in the livery of carlisle’s original big operator.

Looking under the flaking paint, that green suggest ex BRS Parcels.

malcolm kirk:

pete 359:
still in the livery of carlisle’s original big operator.

Looking under the flaking paint, that green suggest ex BRS Parcels.

You could be right there malcolm.

Dave the Renegade:

Anyone know what Owens carry in these Bulkers with hazardous marking on them :question:

mechanic 77,leaving swansea last sunday.