Thought this was probably the best place to start this thread; I came across some interesting kit yesterday amongst which were machines that are probably beyond saving so I thought I'd start a thread going for these machines of all types, the Ergo cabbed Leyland is well gone as is the Wetherill shovel.
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Hi Jeremy,
I have a sad story which may fit here.
My first pic. taken in 1951 shows this already elderly 100 ton Scammell in its former glory.
This one which I took last year at Rush Green Yard shows it in a sorry state. I was told it was all there under that lot.
I think down and out is a fair discription.
The twin to this vehicle is in preservation.
Fred
I have a sad story which may fit here.
My first pic. taken in 1951 shows this already elderly 100 ton Scammell in its former glory.
This one which I took last year at Rush Green Yard shows it in a sorry state. I was told it was all there under that lot.
I think down and out is a fair discription.
The twin to this vehicle is in preservation.
Fred
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Fred am I right in saying that the preserved version of the Scammell is owned by Maurice Hudson of 'Hudson's of Dudley'? I am sure that I have seen the preserved version in Hudson's livery? What a shame about the non-preserved one!
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Jeremy Rowland wrote:Fred am I right in saying that the preserved version of the Scammell is owned by Maurice Hudson of 'Hudson's of Dudley'? I am sure that I have seen the preserved version in Hudson's livery? What a shame about the non-preserved one!
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Yes Jeremy,
Hudsons 100 tonner now resides in the Commercial Vehicle Museum at Leyland. There were only two built circa 1929/30 two pics below.
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A couple more 'down and outs' for you; the one you have seen before not too sure about the Jones KL44 crane stood next to its executioner.
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What's the old bus / tower waggon Jeremy Is it a Bristol
You can see the old 5LW Gardner quite clearly.
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You can see the old 5LW Gardner quite clearly.
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Hi Fowlerman the bus is a Daimler C5G, The 5G states is a Gardner 5 cyl You were right fred
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Yes its Daimler powered by a Gardner five pot 5LW and it was the pre-cherry picker tower lift used to access tram and trolley bus overhead lines from what I can gather.
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