Owner Driver John Hather from Nottingham did regular Swiss with this 78’ Transtar 
adr:
Owner Driver John Hather from Nottingham did regular Swiss with this 78’ Transtar
Interesting, that’s a Coventry Reg, do you know anymore about it?
Dieseldog66:
adr:
Owner Driver John Hather from Nottingham did regular Swiss with this 78’ TranstarInteresting, that’s a Coventry Reg, do you know anymore about it?
Hi, you are on the nail with the Coventry bit, he bought it in 1991 from a someone in Coventry for £6000! At time of pic’ it had a 290 ■■■■■■■ with a 9 speed-Fuller box, but had previously been powered by a 250 ■■■■■■■ & a Detroit Diesel, both of which blew up 
! Regards Chris
adr:
Dieseldog66:
adr:
Owner Driver John Hather from Nottingham did regular Swiss with this 78’ TranstarInteresting, that’s a Coventry Reg, do you know anymore about it?
Hi, you are on the nail with the Coventry bit, he bought it in 1991 from a someone in Coventry for £6000! At time of pic’ it had a 290 ■■■■■■■ with a 9 speed-Fuller box, but had previously been powered by a 250 ■■■■■■■ & a Detroit Diesel, both of which blew up
do you know what happened to it, was it scrapped, exported 
tetragaz:
adr:
Dieseldog66:
adr:
Owner Driver John Hather from Nottingham did regular Swiss with this 78’ TranstarInteresting, that’s a Coventry Reg, do you know anymore about it?
Hi, you are on the nail with the Coventry bit, he bought it in 1991 from a someone in Coventry for £6000! At time of pic’ it had a 290 ■■■■■■■ with a 9 speed-Fuller box, but had previously been powered by a 250 ■■■■■■■ & a Detroit Diesel, both of which blew up
do you know what happened to it, was it scrapped, exported
No idea I’m afraid, probably scrapped, most ended up at the back corner of some scrapyard somewhere just rotted away
Ive brought this thread back up so it doesnt end up slipping down never to be looked at again ,if i ever have to google anything from years back it allways refers to something on here ,some great storys and photos
seth 70:
Ive brought this thread back up so it doesnt end up slipping down never to be looked at again ,if i ever have to google anything from years back it allways refers to something on here ,some great storys and photos
Good idea Seth70! Here are a couple of pictures I took in Dover in the early '80s. Robert
adr:
Owner Driver John Hather from Nottingham did regular Swiss with this 78’ Transtar
I remember seeing this transtar in a yard in aldermans green ind est about 1987 while I was tipping steel a few years later when I was on for swifts a lad there who I still work and now owns a peterbilt 379 said it was his uncle who imported it
robert1952:
I took these photographs in Lisbon docks in about '86 or '87 (maybe both). Robert3210
Used to watch the police dingy drag bodies outa the mud at low tide from there,rob.
harry:
robert1952:
I took these photographs in Lisbon docks in about '86 or '87 (maybe both). Robert3210
Used to watch the police dingy drag bodies outa the mud at low tide from there,rob.
Ugh! Always rather liked Lisbon though, especially the Al Fama district. Robert
Now here is something I’ve never owned up to anywhere on this forum. Back in the 1986 I did an international run (well, to somewhere between Tours and Bordeaux) with a Bedford TL artic!
It had a 10-speed Turner box (5 with splits) and a convenient little parcel shelf behind the seats to sleep on! I shipped Newhaven-Dieppe. Until the previous day I had been driving a B-series ERF with a sleeper cab, so you can imagine how impressed I was with this little beastie. And just look at that trailer! When was that built, I wonder? Well, I loaded in France, tipped in Leeds, reloaded in Wirksworth, tipped in Surrey somewhere and returned to Kent. To be honest, I remember that the trip was quite enjoyable but needless to say, I didn’t hang around for any more of the Bedford treatment! Robert 
truckerash:
Wheel Nut:
truckerash:
If you find out who did that to those trucks they should be dragged on here screaming and publicly flogged and then shotwell actually, i kinda like the extra space. reckon they were made of plywood though!
what about this one then WheelNut?
I know its not a UK reg truck, but thought it worthy of being here to accompany the Volvo and Scania earlier.
Maybe i should start yet another topic showing European companies
This one had a shower in it. Nice flowery curtains…not
That Scania was Swiss reg on the Porto run. The late Marcel was the driver,a good mate of mine.
It would have needed that air-con on the roof: it must have been like a greenhouse in there! I notice it’s got Trilex steers. Robert
Trilex’s all round. His boss got him an identical new one. Marcel stopped in Spain on the national road on the way to Porto and was kille crossing the road to talk to a mate going the other way. Boss only had one truck and ended up driving it himself ,he hated driving so was never a mate of mine.
I never understood the big deal with cambrils ,it was a dust bowl with a buffet that was it and easy to find ,i once saw a double man team in there who come down in a fl10 and were loading oranges backhaul,it was when the dodgy plastic was rife ,these two fellas were knocking them out for all to see,two mancs i will never forget there faces 
they were on a big shopping spree 
A few pics from my past
The good old days
irish lorries:
The good old days
They sure were. No limiters, flexible tachos 
and customs at borders to clear.
Saying that i don’t miss standing on the stairs in Dover on a Sunday evening 
cypry0:
irish lorries:
The good old daysThey sure were. No limiters, flexible tachos
Saying that i don’t miss standing on the stairs in Dover on a Sunday evening
To bad I was burn 1990 but my da told me stories about when he was a owner driver he drove a volvo f7 cartransporter in the 80’s it seemed good craic and alot better than today