So the National Carriers driver wasn’t scared off by the big ■■■■■■■ badge?
Years ago my Dad drove for J Paterson Transport of Aberdeen and he had a bad accident. When he went back to work a power steering less Atkinson Borderer was not an option for a bit so he drove for a month or so a Ford D Series 7.5 tonner flat bed which was affectionately known as ‘The Pup’. Oh me and my Bro thought this was great having a twin passenger seat although Dad was based at the Glasgow depot and the regular trips to Aberdeen in the seriously slow D Series were a bit drawn out to say the least, probably a 5 speed gearbox would have made a big difference to the 52mph top speed!!. Cracking wee truck though and it was always reckoned it made far more profit than the 32 ton prime movers!!!
I think it was a d series that I passed my test in . My first truck was a d700 driving fo r j b neale. Most were d900 I think all ex Ford fleet
Two shining-like-new Ford D 1000s , photographed at the 2011 Malta Truck & Bus Rally.
One is a rigid , the other a tractor unit.
Possibly this photo of a D 1000 will bring back memories for “Bewick” , and a few others too.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Still my fave truck ever. If I was ever going to do up a classic truck, it’d have to be a D. First wagon I ever sat in. Used to go all over the place with my Uncle Harry. The only reason I liked school was the fact that I could look forward to the hols.
I knew my way round an A-Z long before my geography teacher ever showed us a map or a globe.
1979/80 Mt Cook Freightlines (NZ) bought 3 axle 2418s ( 504 V8 ■■■■■■■■ repowered from new with 320hp 903 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ . were good trucks after that. 
This was my D1000 CWM,IIRC the “A” licence I got was transferred from one of Tommy’s Guy Otters one that Tony Hudson had driven then he went onto the AEC Mercury which was the second “A” licence which was transferred onto a new Mastiff artic I bought.I think Tony then went onto a Guy Otter which they had done up and re-painted,it had a Gardner 4LK engine IIRC.Tony would retire not long afterwards and Tommy would finish completely at this time as Tony was his last driver.You’ll probably recall events far better than me.Cheers Dennis.
I’ll be honest and say that I didn’t like these wagons and once I’d driven an ERF there was no getting me behind the wheel of a D-series Ford again. Having said that, it has it’s own pride of place in transport history and I would like to pay a small tribute to it here, as I passed my HGV 1 test on one! The test vehicle is pictured below. The red one pulling an American built Strick trailer for A&R J Woods of Teynham belonged to Colin Bolton (now no longer with us). He also had a Scania 80 which looked the part but pulled no better than the Ford, which from memory had a Detroit in it, I think. The next pics are not mine but lifted from elsewhere and show the sleeper-cab conversions and the brave D-series rigids that went to Katmandu! Robert 
Whiter than white ,…and no visible rust patches !
This must be one of the last Ford D Series made , judging by the W reg. no.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Dad’s old D was OKO 365W So must have been pretty late too.
Remploy used a lot of fords and Bedfords
Hey, By seeing the Ford D factory artics, hasn’t someone pics of the model used before BUT was in Belgium Genk factory.
It were artics too but bonneted and with petrol engines (think V8’s), stupid never took a pic of one.
Where’s the time they could afford to drive petrol trucks 
Cheer Eric,
This Spanish from Canary island is very nice.
hey, Again about the Ford company trucks, the model I told about looks a bit like that I posted here.
Know someone or they were used in dagenham or elsewhere in the UK.
Cheers Eric,
tiptop495:
Hey, By seeing the Ford D factory artics, hasn’t someone pics of the model used before BUT was in Belgium Genk factory.
It were artics too but bonneted and with petrol engines (think V8’s), stupid never took a pic of one.
Where’s the time they could afford to drive petrol trucksCheer Eric,
Eric! What was that old-fashioned truck stop called by the Genk factory, ‘Genker’ or something. I stopped there a few times in the mid-90s. Robert
robert1952:
tiptop495:
Hey, By seeing the Ford D factory artics, hasn’t someone pics of the model used before BUT was in Belgium Genk factory.
It were artics too but bonneted and with petrol engines (think V8’s), stupid never took a pic of one.
Where’s the time they could afford to drive petrol trucksCheer Eric,
Eric! What was that old-fashioned truck stop called by the Genk factory, ‘Genker’ or something. I stopped there a few times in the mid-90s. Robert
Hey Robert, can’t remember his name (the man behind the bar) for the moment sorry. But now it’s Genker truck stop All so long gone those good times, so many good places to stop in those days, every country had them.
Now on the old N4 brussel Luxembourg we have a good one in Tenneville, but not easy allowed to make the detour to pas there. Sorry but Lucky days now with tacho digi tacho digi,lukely the days are behind me.
Cheers Eric,
You are right there, Eric. I used to like those old Belgian and Dutch truck stops. Most of them a memory now. Robert
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