Elwyn Griffiths Leyland Constructor, in the livery of his Uncle & Cousin’s " C W Griffiths & Sons ".
learned to drive on one of those , round the quarry when i was 17 . it was built in 1942 but was more advanced than a 1958 bedford , 5 speed overdrive box and very fast even with the perkins p6 engine . cheers , dave
hiya,
Pulled a gun with one of these in the mid 50s for a little while, they was
on loan from the Americans, could barely get my fingers around the
steering wheel great thick thing it was, but good to drive and a bit more
driver friendly than the old AEC Matador.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Pulled a gun with one of these in the mid 50s for a little while, they was
on loan from the Americans, could barely get my fingers around the
steering wheel great thick thing it was, but good to drive and a bit more
driver friendly than the old AEC Matador.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hi Dave & Harry,
I worked in a garage when I left School, and most of my time was spent fitting new tyres and repairing them. One day Clarence Griffiths ( who I later drove for ) fetch his GMC spreader identical to this one, in with a flat rear tyre. I slammed at that tyre for hours trying to get it off the hub, then one of the older blokes had a go.
It had probably been on the thing from new in the US Army. A lot of people in this area had them on lime spreading, also Chevrolet’s.
Cheers Dave.