Saviem:
Evening Gentlemen, Chris W, Trev H, I do not recollect Round Oak running 80s, to my shame I sold them 205 ■■■■■■■ Atkinsons, ( a real Black Country mans lorry)! but for the life of me I cannot remember the ,“then” owners name. Long before Chris Foster became involved! Keep thinking that number plate reminds me of a Rounds vehicle, but it would not have been a sleeper, oh no! Could it have been a Peter Bowker one, a later conversion? Do not think it could have been Dudley Iron and Steel,I do not recollect them having any sleeper cabs, did they not have a superb livery, maroon red and creamy white. Trev H, who was your salesman with the “high pitched voice” who ended up running a second hand business from Dudleys yard? I think he went to New Zealand, and started to export Scania bits across to them, nice chap, tried to sell me a Rover 3litre converted into a motorcaravan!! Now that would have made my "Froggie"colleagues envious!! Cheerio for now.
I mentioned Priest’s Transport earlier,didn’t they run 81s? Can’t remember where exactly they were from,Black Country I’m sure,black livery with yellow writing
Saviem:
Trev H, who was your salesman with the “high pitched voice” who ended up running a second hand business from Dudleys yard? I think he went to New Zealand, and started to export Scania bits across to them, nice chap, tried to sell me a Rover 3litre converted into a motorcaravan!! Now that would have made my "Froggie"colleagues envious!! Cheerio for now.
I can only remember Bill Wright, Ken Astbury and Stan Millward, there were others but memory has the better of me. While I worked there 80 85 or 81 86 sleepers were rare but of course that may well have started life as a day cab. Round oak had 1 or 2 80’s but they were non turbo rigids, the 80’s as rigids were extremely reliable and had non of the units problems. I agree the Dudley iron & steel livery was very smart.
Where did you work?, we seem to have been in the same circles.
I could be wrong but think that Scania did not make sleeper cab 80/81s they were all conversions.
Western Transport ran 1 sleeper which I think was converted by Locomotors at Andover.
Chris Webb:
I mentioned Priest’s Transport earlier,didn’t they run 81s? Can’t remember where exactly they were from,Black Country I’m sure,black livery with yellow writing
Hi Chris, Priests were from Wordsley nr. Stourbridge, they were dark blue with yellow writing, they ran all 110’s 111’s didn’t have 81’s as I remember.
logger:
I could be wrong but think that Scania did not make sleeper cab 80/81s they were all conversions.
Western Transport ran 1 sleeper which I think was converted by Locomotors at Andover.
That’s my understanding as well, a mate of mine had an ex Chris Hudson 81 sleeper that looked like a factory job from the outside but inside it was obviously a conversion.
Chris Webb:
I mentioned Priest’s Transport earlier,didn’t they run 81s? Can’t remember where exactly they were from,Black Country I’m sure,black livery with yellow writing
Hi Chris, Priests were from Wordsley nr. Stourbridge, they were dark blue with yellow writing, they ran all 110’s 111’s didn’t have 81’s as I remember.
Is it one of Priest’s at the back of the Mornflake Foden Trev, it hasn’t got a West Mids reg number though.
A Peter Davies photo.
Evening all, Bob Priest was a big IOM TT man, but I cannot remember his riders name. Did Bob not pass away, and the business was purchased by Roy Jones ,( Adam Jones) Blackheath. That cavernous yard, come garage I think is now a car repair establishment. Cheerio.
Saviem:
Evening all, Bob Priest was a big IOM TT man, but I cannot remember his riders name. Did Bob not pass away, and the business was purchased by Roy Jones ,( Adam Jones) Blackheath. That cavernous yard, come garage I think is now a car repair establishment. Cheerio.
Pretty sure he sponsored Tony Rutter on a 350cc Yamaha - father of present day Superbike rider, Michael Rutter.
This is a shot of one of the standard wheelbase 81 sleepers we ran. A new long wheelbase 81 sleeper just pulled into the depot at Milthorpe circa 1980 IIRC.
this could be a Locomotors or a Unity conversion I think 
A new long wheelbase 81 sleeper just pulled into the depot at Milthorpe circa 1980 IIRC.