Classic pictures Updated 20/04/2024

[essexpete]

Thank you sir, although you could probably feed in some from the start and with my memory I would not notice!

[Neversweat]

Thank you sir, although you could probably feed in some from the start and with my memory I would not notice!

There may well be a bit of that from now on as the latest Apple update on the I Pad has rearranged the photos in a different order and I've got to sort out the posted and un- posted ones - I am down to about my last 500 + though

Steve

[Mrsmackpaul]

I was wondering if anyone knows of a Mack truck plant in Scotland assembled Macks ? I dont know anything about them but on the Big Mack Truck forum this picture came up and to me it looks like Scammell Crusader cab sort of ??

Does the company Motor Panels mean anything to anyone they apparently made cabs for Foden as well ?

Any thoughts anyone

Paul

[Neversweat]

Motor Panels were from Coventry and made cab pressings used by various manufacturers. I don't know about MACK having a Scottish plant though

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[Neversweat]

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[Mrsmackpaul]

Steve I doubt it was a Mack plant I would think more likely the importers place that the trucks were assembled at in Scotland perhaps ???
Does any body know who the importer was for the UK

Does anybody know if that was a tilt cab or was it like the crusader cab???

Paul

[rdnicholls]

Hi,does any South Wales members know roughly the year of this photo? its at Ty-Trist colliery site Tredegar Gwent maybe after it closed, i think the comprehensive school sports field is now there and i lived close by but can't remember this coal washing plant.also the old prefabs can be seen at Peacehaven before they were demolished in early 1970's, i can see three 22 or 30 rb's but cant tell what the tipper on bottom right is. Thanks Rich.

[Jeremy Rowland]

Hi,does any South Wales members know roughly the year of this photo? its at Ty-Trist colliery site Tredegar Gwent maybe after it closed, i think the comprehensive school sports field is now there and i lived close by but can't remember this coal washing plant.also the old prefabs can be seen at Peacehaven before they were demolished in early 1970's, i can see three 22 or 30 rb's but cant tell what the tipper on bottom right is. Thanks Rich.

The tipper at the bottom right appears to be a LAD cabbed truck.

Jeremy

[XS650]

Mrsmackpaul wrote:
I was wondering if anyone knows of a Mack truck plant in Scotland assembled Macks ? I dont know anything about them but on the Big Mack Truck forum this picture came up and to me it looks like Scammell Crusader cab sort of ??

Mack trucks had a factory in Barking Essex but never heard of one in Scotland . The Barking outfit only made a handfull of trucks, some were real oddballs .
The Ministry of Transport rebuilt around 150 WW2 Mack NM 6X6 as snowploughs after the bad winter of 1946-47 , most of these went to Scotland but they were rebuilt in Hendon.
Heres a British Mack destined for a Welsh operator-
Craig

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[XS650]

I was wondering if anyone knows of a Mack truck plant in Scotland assembled Macks ? I dont know anything about them but on the Big Mack Truck forum this picture came up and to me it looks like Scammell Crusader cab sort of ??

Does the company Motor Panels mean anything to anyone they apparently made cabs for Foden as well ?

Any thoughts anyone

Paul

The FTF truck with Motor Panels cab is the link , they assembled Macks in Holland so I am guessing used same cab .

http://tractors.wikia.com/wiki/FTF_Trucks

Craig