Thames Trader.
1979, a Bedford TK, thought I was King of the road 
, me and my mate used to overtake each other talking into our flask tops after watching Convoy 
Then the first artic that I drove was a Magirus Deutz belonging to another mate, a cracking motor for it’s time.
First truck , daf 95.430 4x2 ,dx05gzd …was spoilt with the 95 cab , although my fh kicks the back out of it I’ve never bettered s 95 cab. Fresh out the test center was spoilt . I still see my first class 2 drive about . Now in the company of a farmer in lancs . Still going strong
Bedford TM taking my class.
What a shed that was Lol.
Cheers
Welly.
scania 82m y reg 
F12 6X4
lessons and test ford d series
first real driving, seddon atkinson 401 with back to front crash box !
this shows my age a AEC Mandator all i can remenber is it had 2 gear leavers and no power steering
Class 2 I passed in a P reg Iveco Flatbed, after passing it was a G reg Scanny 93,
PCV pass was in an Optare god forsaken thing, got my hands on a Bedford TK with benches in the back.
Class 1 pass was an ex Jenkies FH and after that was a 58 plate 2544 Actros
A scammell commander then a seddon before heading into civvy street
leyland Clydesdale
Aec Matador from 1943, and i took my test in it when it was pushing 40.
I was an apprentice mechanic for the local council, and our yard was massive, so it gave me the chance to drive several wagons such as Sed Atkis, Renaults, Dodges etc. We did steam cleans for the Fire Brigade and they were frightening with the water tanks drained and a Perkins V8 singing away. They had at the time a turntable ladder Dennis with a Maggie Deutz air cooled engine that you could hear coming from miles away!
First legal wagon was a Cargo crewcab on recovery work.
A 1963 Bedford TK tractor unit pulling a 40 steel carrier,2 speed axle,flying machine!thought it was the mutts nuts(in 1965)NDC273,ah,the rose tinted spectacles!!
Mine was a 7.5 tonne D Series. Owned by a company called: WW Glazing Ltd. Head office was in Liverpool, but we ran out of Huddersfield then moved to Bury. All the trucks were navy blue, with the words “Liverpool are Champions” painted in red on the back, which always made for fun when delivering around Manchester etc.
If my memory serves me well, the reg number was: RFY 566T
Started driving there when that when log books were still in use. Who remembers them?
UCT 920S, F10 down the backroads with 20 ton of steel bar on a saturday morning when I was 18. ThanksDave for encouraging me. And I must admit I was pants…
1st proper truck atki borderer 180 pre test, post test F12 345 6 wheeler and low loader.
Big difference there Nick .