A Cat D2 on a lowloader at Gaydon.
The Atkinson pulling the lowloader with the D2 aboard.
An old motor from a firm named after an older route.
Great photos Dave keep them posting on … 
An Austin ■■ which was one of the best lower priced four wheelers in its day…in my opinion.
Not sure if this one is an FFK with the under-slung engine which was a powerful motor in its day.
A Commer and an O type Bedford at Gaydon.
harry_gill:
toshboy:
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
An AEC Matador.I did drive one of these as a recovery vehicle and enjoyed it.A vehicle with character.hiya,
Pulled a trailer with one of these aged eighteen back in the
mid-fifties, anybody been as far as Alor Star on the Thai border
travelling from Kuala Lumpur area??.
thanks harry, long retired.Hi Harry . you do have a habit of jogging my memory . based at Ipoh for a while and done a fair bit of chasing around that area in 48/49 went north a bit and remember sungi petan and bukit jam something but never got as north as alor star.all i wanted was to go south to singapore and get on that boat ! talk about a forgotten war!!
toshboy
hiya,
Beautiful old British designed and built station at Ipoh, that’s where I got
the train to Singapore to return home on the Empire Fowey, Toshboy the
train ride from Ipoh was a nightmare in the time you was there ( OK in my
time) I remember tales of the the Singapore train being attacked by the
CTs on a regular basis, another journey of mine through a bit of dodgy
road was Ipoh to the Cameron Highlands you got a bit of activity up there
from time to time, yes Toshboy a forgotten war as was Korea where I did
a short spell about three months, but I’d do it all over again.Yes Harry,
They had us driving rail jeeps in front of the trains --sitting ducks!!! toshboy
thanks harry, long retired.
Dave the Renegade:
An AEC Matador.I did drive one of these as a recovery vehicle and enjoyed it.A vehicle with character.
Hi dave.
Matador with an ARX plate and colours like Sayers Newbury long gone . any connection ?—toshboy
PS I think ARX was an Abingdon reg -we had one on Ameys as wreker --I wonder■■?
toshboy:
Dave the Renegade:
An AEC Matador.I did drive one of these as a recovery vehicle and enjoyed it.A vehicle with character.Hi dave.
Matador with an ARX plate and colours like Sayers Newbury long gone . any connection ?—toshboyPS I think ARX was an Abingdon reg -we had one on Ameys as wreker --I wonder■■?
Hi toshboy,
A firm up this way B & J Davies of Bucknell Shropshire who are timber merchants had several AEC Matadors for winching timber and pulling timber carriages.The firm I worked for S W Brisbane at Knighton had one of their old ones as a wrecker.It was a good vehicle and the winch would pull most lorries out of a ditch etc.Where the one at Gaydon came from I don’t know.There wasn’t any paperwork or history with it.
Cheers Dave.
A Morris FG with a cherry picker alongside a Bedford.
A Commer Maxiload belonging to the late Mike Brookes from Hereford.Still owned by the family haulage firm.
Another Commer Maxiload skip lorry.
A Thames Trader tipper from McGovern’s who had several lorries at the show.
A different model Thames Trader having a lift to the show.
McGOVERN Foden six wheeler tipper a regular at Gaydon.
AEC Mercury flatbed still looking the part.
A pair of AEC’s with different uses.
One of Ken Thomas well turned out fleet seen at Gaydon.
Dave the Renegade:
Massey Ferguson 35 on the back of an eight legger.
Dave,on this photo the front tractor is a grey fergie not red, eh Vic!!!