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Re: Preserved Oldies

Post #241 by bigkit » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:00 pm

Jeremy that's not mine, and as far as I know the engine swap was light years ago!


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Re: Preserved Oldies

Post #242 by Jeremy Rowland » Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:05 pm

bigkit wrote:Jeremy that's not mine, and as far as I know the engine swap was light years ago!


Yes Clive I was not too clear in my statement; I gathered that the engine swap was early as many old petrol trucks were converted to Gardner diesels to improve the fuel consumption, I meant nice pic. :lol: :claphands: :thumbup:

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Re: Preserved Oldies

Post #243 by Jeremy Rowland » Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:03 pm

Well as the old lockdown eases just a bit I met up with some friends outside to do a bit of canal walking; on the way back I came across what looked like a lot of old vehicles parked up ready for moving? (although definitely not under their own power) This must be somebodies old prize collection I do hope they find a good home or get sold on to preservationists.

The old Maudslay truck took my eye; it's powered by a Gardner 5LW engine, the old Leyland truck and I have no idea which model it is? You could still make out the remains of the words British Road Services on the head board, the remains of what looked like an old Low-decker bus chassis was 'Flintstone' powered. :lol:

The old Merc car was a real classic too; I just could not resist pulling over and taking a few photos, I may even pop over there again tomorrow and see if I can learn anything about them. Quite amazing just what does still exist out there. :thumbup:

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Re: Preserved Oldies

Post #244 by Jeremy Rowland » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:07 pm

I did get the chance to make a very brief trip back there today and had a few words with the owner who was temporarily storing them at the roadside :o wonder if they have been put on SORN :lol:

I did ask about the Mauslay but all he could tell me was that he thought it was an ex-showman's truck as it is fitted with the belt drive on the prop-shaft which had also caught my eye; anyway he was quite happy for me to get some snaps of them including a nice old Rolls which was also parked outside.

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Re: Preserved Oldies

Post #245 by essexpete » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:16 pm

What would the pulley set up be for on the prop shaft?


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Re: Preserved Oldies

Post #246 by Jeremy Rowland » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:35 pm

essexpete wrote:What would the pulley set up be for on the prop shaft?



Pete; this is the setup for a showman's wagon, they disconnect the prop shaft from the back axle and run the truck in gear, the belt pulleys are connected to a generator on the back of the truck. :thumbup:

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Re: Preserved Oldies

Post #247 by Slooby » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:58 pm

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Nice little Morris Minor 4 seat tourer, by the lack of chrome a post-1930 SV model (the William Morris sub £100 car) I wonder if it is one of the rarer pre-1931 Wolseley SOHC engined cars?

I have a tenuous link to them in that my Great Grandmother, and Great Aunt Pam (driving in the pic), were on a touring holiday in their Morris 8 4 seater tourer (the successor to the Minor) of Europe and were caught up in Austria during the Anschluss. Great Gran was apparently complaining bitterly to anyone who would listen how she "couldn't stand these bloody Nazi's" while they were there :shock: Still, they made it back to England ok in the car...

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Re: Preserved Oldies

Post #248 by essexpete » Wed Mar 31, 2021 10:50 pm

Jeremy Rowland wrote:
essexpete wrote:What would the pulley set up be for on the prop shaft?



Pete; this is the setup for a showman's wagon, they disconnect the prop shaft from the back axle and run the truck in gear, the belt pulleys are connected to a generator on the back of the truck. :thumbup:

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Sorry I did not read your post properly. Too busy looking at photos! Odd so many old vehicles parked on public highway as you say.


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Re: Preserved Oldies

Post #249 by essexpete » Thu Apr 01, 2021 9:05 am

Slooby wrote:
Jeremy Rowland wrote:Image


Nice little Morris Minor 4 seat tourer, by the lack of chrome a post-1930 SV model (the William Morris sub £100 car) I wonder if it is one of the rarer pre-1931 Wolseley SOHC engined cars?

I have a tenuous link to them in that my Great Grandmother, and Great Aunt Pam (driving in the pic), were on a touring holiday in their Morris 8 4 seater tourer (the successor to the Minor) of Europe and were caught up in Austria during the Anschluss. Great Gran was apparently complaining bitterly to anyone who would listen how she "couldn't stand these bloody Nazi's" while they were there :shock: Still, they made it back to England ok in the car...

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Pam went back to Germany after the war to marry her pre-war sweetheart Karl; a blonde, blue-eyed Bavarian doctor from Munich, who had refused to join the Nazi Party and had been sent the Russian front as punishment, he was captured and held a prisoner of war only to escape with the help of the camp commandants daughter who had taken a shine to him! The Brook girls were made of strong independent stuff for the time and really held their own

Great story there!


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