tipcon 70's

OUT OF HOURS TRANSPORT PHOTO FORUM (MEMBERS ONLY)
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the tipping position of the marathon is not advisable. :open_mouth: good
pics though :slight_smile:

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Nice pics Bob - I like the Marathon. :smiley:
What happened to John Dee,did he go bust or was he taken over? I’ve lost touch with a lot of the transport happenings.He certainly had a lot of tackle in the 70s and 80s.

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if its the same john dee from around here he did a lot of magnet work and is now called katem

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Chris Webb:
Nice pics Bob - I like the Marathon. :smiley:
What happened to John Dee,did he go bust or was he taken over? I’ve lost touch with a lot of the transport happenings.He certainly had a lot of tackle in the 70s and 80s.

Went bust in a big way I fear. They went on a massive spending spree, lost money all over the place but kept on spending. Like all good Truck Magazine features they went down soon after achieving fame & fortune.

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Mackem:

Chris Webb:
Nice pics Bob - I like the Marathon. :smiley:
What happened to John Dee,did he go bust or was he taken over? I’ve lost touch with a lot of the transport happenings.He certainly had a lot of tackle in the 70s and 80s.

Went bust in a big way I fear. They went on a massive spending spree, lost money all over the place but kept on spending. Like all good Truck Magazine features they went down soon after achieving fame & fortune.

Thanks for that Mackem.Dixons of Derby I remember well and I used to get them mixed up with a firm from Little Eaton( I think) called Rollon Transport who were also in blue livery.

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bob-lad:

Lovely pic of a Tarmac S80 here with a John Beisty S80 sneaking into the shot on the right ! :slight_smile: I don’t suppose you have a pic of the Beisty Foden on it’s own Bob ?