shirtbox2003:
Old Billy Bowker of Blackburn used to supply his drivers with ex-army great coats if they asked for a cab heater.
Hiya,
I worked for Billy Bowker’s in the 1960s and early 70s and in those days nearly everything
was Gardner engined but I had to go to the army and navy stores and buy my own ex wd
greatcoat I never drove anything of Billy’s that wasn’t fitted with a heater but them being
Gardner’s the heaters were as much use as a chocolate fireguard.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hiya Harry also remember going in the workshop to get the window fixed It was fixed
with a lump of wood jammed under the lip to stop it sliding down ( Good old days )
GUESTY44.
leylandlover:
Shocked at what Ford considered extra,s heater,flashing indicators and shock absorbers!!! And they wonder how the foreign lorries made it into u/k.
Yes but how many motors did have heaters.You could have one on the passenger side too but they weren’t all that good anyway.The old buses used have them just on the bulkhead but they didn’t seem to be any good either although they hadn’t got doors on the motors
I remember our salesman at the BMC dealer I worked at in the sixties being told by a customer that the fitted heater on the new Morris FFK he was selling him should be removed as it cost extra and there was already an engine inside the cab to provide the driver with heat, so we had to remove it! Like Tony says the heater’s were rubbish anyway, and all the fan did was distribute even cooler air. Look at pics from the Fifties of drivers standing by their lorries, they all had coats down to their ankles!
Pete.
Tell all these folk that have discussed heaters to read a letter in the latest Heritage Commercials
This is obviously the thread where all the “smooth” Dudes from the 60’s are posted,I was a little bit older than you at 20 “Guesty” when this shot was taken but the idea was the same ! Bewick.
spotted this out side paper shop.
