Do you have an old faithful motor you can’t part with or have you restored a golden oldies from the past?
Backload think you need to go on a computer skills course for some urgent tuition, just an observation.
backload:
Do you have an old faithful motor you can’t part with or have you restored a golden oldies from the past?
Both ,ones I’ve done up ,one I plan to do again ,one I haven’t done yet ,may never do ,can’t seem to stop buying stuff !
I did not do the original restoration but the on going work is happening slowly, had both the doors repaired with steel after removing all the filler last year. and still not got all of the blue paint off the b*****y tyres.
hotel magnum:
I did not do the original restoration but the on going work is happening slowly, had both the doors repaired with steel after removing all the filler last year. and still not got all of the blue paint off the b*****y tyres.
Wonderful picture of your truck, is it costing you a fortune to maintain it in fine feckle?
Buzzer:
Backload think you need to go on a computer skills course for some urgent tuition, just an observation.
Constructive criticism is always welcome, thanks Buzzer.
Here’s my 1981 Seddon Atkinson
It took me about 5 years to restore
I think I worked it out to approximately 4000 hrs to do
I’m looking for a new project so reluctantly due to lack of space she’s going to a new home
Punchy Dan:
backload:
Do you have an old faithful motor you can’t part with or have you restored a golden oldies from the past?Both ,ones I’ve done up ,one I plan to do again ,one I haven’t done yet ,may never do ,can’t seem to stop buying stuff !
I can solve your problem, Dan. Employ me as a non-working transport consultant at around £50k a year. You won’t have any money left to buy more junk! 
We looked after our own motors on the whole (engine rebuilds apart) always seemed to have a problem at about ten to twelve on a Saturday morning, then spend the afternoon panicking trying to get parts cos everyone had gone home and wagon had to down the road sunday afternoon. It’s different when you are restoring one ,if you get fed up ,injure yourself (did that a lot),or have a tiff just down tools and go to the pub . come back to it next week. its a lot more enjoyable doing it that way as far as I am concerned. I’m just happy tinkering at the moment changing the odd air hose, dropping the oil ect.but will probably get a motorbike as a project for next winter (don’t tell er indoors)
jamie
I have just bought a 27 year old truck as a project/hobby truck and it all ready looks like it is a bit “money hungry.” How do others account for all the money they spend? Do you write down every thing and every penny it costs? Or do you say “What my truck wants-my truck gets” and just spend and never bother to count?
hi chris my philosophy is if it needs it do it. I’ve never totted up what any restoration has cost me if i had I probably wouldn’t do it (and the missus might find out, )don’t expect to make money if you sell . what have you bought?
don’t worry to much what it costs, if your doing it do it right, the problem is It will cost, often the finished product is worth far les than you spend doing it!
I’m the only one posted on other tread with same title earlier, if I was looking for a subby on here it would noticed straight away!
atkiman:
hi chris my philosophy is if it needs it do it. I’ve never totted up what any restoration has cost me if i had I probably wouldn’t do it (and the missus might find out, )don’t expect to make money if you sell . what have you bought?
It’s a Mack. Things didn’t start out too well when I had a steer tyre blow-out when I was driving it home. Two new tyres [couldn’t trust the other one], two tubes and two wheels plus the police made me get a tow truck as nobody would come out to fix it. I think I’ll go for the “never totting-up” method although I can remember exactly at the moment.
I have a 1958 seddon mk 5L flat wagon ex Spillers of Hull bought in 1966 for a £100 my father drove it until 1969 and I drove it from then as I was 17 and it was just under 3 ton we used it up until 1980 in our business of buying and selling firewood,sawdust and baled shavings we used to go down to Burscough Bridge to Sheperd and sons for our firewood and sawdust and Whitfire at Farington for our Shavings the Perkins p6 just kept going steady away in 1980 we parked her up and just used it on vehicle rally’s it’s never been refurbished since it had new wings and a re paint in 1970 when plating and testing came out in 1968 the then newly opened test station at Milnthorpe we’re inviting operators to take there vehicles for a volentury test we took our Seddon and they gave it 2 years and 3 months coincidently Milnthorpe is due to close anytime now so I’m hopefully going to take the Seddon over on the last week after 48 years of it being first tested.ive told our lad and the garage staff that iff we have to evacuate Ingleton depot of the 50 motors the Seddon has to come out first.
Good luck -at times you’ll wonder why you bothered but stick with it
I restore and show old barn engines and machinery for a hobby and there is no way that you ever get your money back, let alone your time! Don’t skimp on anything is the key, short cuts only come back and bite you on the arse eventually so do it right first time even if it cost more. Also if you get fed up then walk away, something will go badly wrong otherwise!
Pete.
It’s the cleaning parts and painting them afterwards that runs away with the time. I daren’t say just how much time I’ve got against a simple Girling front brake reline. Hubs off, all spring pins seized in shoes, expanders, adjusters, hubs, back plates, even the inner bearings - all caked in almost rock hard grease and dirt. One clue, two hours solid so far just at the wire wheel. And I haven’t got the shoes and the new bearings back yet. Back in the day that would have probably been going out of the door again in two hours.
BIBS:
I have a 1958 seddon mk 5L flat wagon ex Spillers of Hull bought in 1966 for a £100 my father drove it until 1969 and I drove it from then as I was 17 and it was just under 3 ton we used it up until 1980 in our business of buying and selling firewood,sawdust and baled shavings we used to go down to Burscough Bridge to Sheperd and sons for our firewood and sawdust and Whitfire at Farington for our Shavings the Perkins p6 just kept going steady away in 1980 we parked her up and just used it on vehicle rally’s it’s never been refurbished since it had new wings and a re paint in 1970 when plating and testing came out in 1968 the then newly opened test station at Milnthorpe we’re inviting operators to take there vehicles for a volentury test we took our Seddon and they gave it 2 years and 3 months coincidently Milnthorpe is due to close anytime now so I’m hopefully going to take the Seddon over on the last week after 48 years of it being first tested.ive told our lad and the garage staff that iff we have to evacuate Ingleton depot of the 50 motors the Seddon has to come out first.
Ah! Just twigged! Immaculate motors and great drivers! Keep up the good work.
John
Retired Old ■■■■:
Punchy Dan:
backload:
Do you have an old faithful motor you can’t part with or have you restored a golden oldies from the past?Both ,ones I’ve done up ,one I plan to do again ,one I haven’t done yet ,may never do ,can’t seem to stop buying stuff !
I can solve your problem, Dan. Employ me as a non-working transport consultant at around £50k a year. You won’t have any money left to buy more junk!
You can come round and clean and Polish rof ,and I may let you drive one ,if you can that is !!
BIBS:
I have a 1958 seddon mk 5L flat wagon ex Spillers of Hull bought in 1966 for a £100 my father drove it until 1969 and I drove it from then as I was 17 and it was just under 3 ton we used it up until 1980 in our business of buying and selling firewood,sawdust and baled shavings we used to go down to Burscough Bridge to Sheperd and sons for our firewood and sawdust and Whitfire at Farington for our Shavings the Perkins p6 just kept going steady away in 1980 we parked her up and just used it on vehicle rally’s it’s never been refurbished since it had new wings and a re paint in 1970 when plating and testing came out in 1968 the then newly opened test station at Milnthorpe we’re inviting operators to take there vehicles for a volentury test we took our Seddon and they gave it 2 years and 3 months coincidently Milnthorpe is due to close anytime now so I’m hopefully going to take the Seddon over on the last week after 48 years of it being first tested.ive told our lad and the garage staff that iff we have to evacuate Ingleton depot of the 50 motors the Seddon has to come out first.
Hi Folks,
When Seddon YAT 221 was working
Cheers Malc.