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Eddie Stobart

Last post by Billy26F5 « Sun Dec 22, 2024 5:15 pm
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by hair bear » Wed Dec 18, 2024 8:56 pm

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Eddie Stobart RIP

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I thought so too. Always liked their lorries, I don't remember seeing them having a Thames Trader, but maybe they did as I seem to see models of one...

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Sun Dec 22, 2024 5:15 pm
Classic Truck Concrete Mixers

Last post by XS650 « Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:56 pm
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by XS650 » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:15 am

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Not much change in these over the years , except for the base chassis 's , no Brits anymore :cry:
MIXER DODGE A.jpg
MIXER GUY WARRIOR.jpg
MIXER...

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Some nice ads from 1964 of Leyland competing with ....itself!
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Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:56 pm
Lorry history

Last post by essexpete « Thu Oct 12, 2023 4:25 pm

by essexpete » Thu Oct 12, 2023 4:25 pm

Quite lengthy but interesting nevertheless.

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Thu Oct 12, 2023 4:25 pm
Llandudno Transport Festival 2023

Last post by XS650 « Fri May 19, 2023 11:51 pm
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by XS650 » Fri May 12, 2023 10:30 pm

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Being meaning to get to this for many years but it is a 400 mile round trip , anyway made it this year so here are a few of the 'construction 'type...

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Cannot remember name myself but i remember them being in use and they seemed very useful having a low centre of gravity and being able to ' bunny...

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Fri May 19, 2023 11:51 pm
Where are they now?

Last post by hair bear « Thu Mar 16, 2023 11:24 pm
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by hair bear » Mon May 30, 2016 11:57 pm

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Having a trawl through some old show pics, a question came up as to where do old show trucks go?
Four that seem to have vanished are the Western Star...

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Ok, my limited research suggests 'Lady Louise' parted company with CDC 1992 ish and spent a while in Ireland with a circus, but returned to the UK...

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Thu Mar 16, 2023 11:24 pm
Truckfest Peterborough 2022

Last post by Jeremy Rowland « Tue May 03, 2022 7:22 pm
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by hair bear » Mon May 02, 2022 2:34 pm

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Got there for the first time since 2019 (2020 cancelled, 21 hospitalised!). Much smaller event but still a good day out. Didn't take many photos, but...

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Thanks Rob great photos :claphands: :thumbup: I managed to miss this event again but would like to go again sometime in the future, I've seen and...

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Tue May 03, 2022 7:22 pm
BRS 1960's

Last post by essexpete « Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:51 am
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by hair bear » Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:30 pm

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Hi, found this link o the HMVF forum. Hope it's of interest...

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Yes, very good.

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Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:51 am
Gaydon 2021 departure vid.

Last post by hair bear « Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:38 pm
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by hair bear » Sun Aug 22, 2021 9:59 pm

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Hi,
Nice selection of trucks here. Question is... At 14:56 there is a Foden '8x4 rigid + 5th wheel' arrangement. Interesting configuration, but what...

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Nice find. I'm sort of familiar with that area around Kyle and I think I'm right (trying to reference a book called 'Road To The Isles' but can't...

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Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:38 pm
Truckfest Peterborough 2020

Last post by Jeremy Rowland « Thu Sep 03, 2020 11:05 pm
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by hair bear » Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:35 pm

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Hi, Is anyone going to Peterborough this year?
Unfortunately due to a health issue I can't attend, but if anyone is going I would appreciate a...

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I was too.
Having watched some of the yt videos the car parks look empty, very few caravans, no entertainment stage, very few people around...

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Thu Sep 03, 2020 11:05 pm
Recent Foden Restoration

Last post by Jeremy Rowland « Tue Aug 04, 2020 9:04 pm
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by essexpete » Wed Jun 29, 2016 11:24 pm

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Have any of you seen the latest from The Mayle team?

Looks and sounds good, I suppose it should with over 3000 man hrs.

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John's trip in that Foden does show how far behind they were by this point though. A great chassis let down by a terrible drivers experience. The 12...

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Tue Aug 04, 2020 9:04 pm
Carrying On - Older Trucks in Use

Last post by essexpete « Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:59 pm
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by XS650 » Fri Apr 01, 2011 1:28 pm

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Anything over ten years old and still at it , roughly Y reg and before or anything British ! :)
Occurred to me recently that we are in the last...

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Not so many around now.
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Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:59 pm
STOLEN Scania / Clayton

Last post by Holger « Thu Jun 25, 2020 3:11 pm
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by hair bear » Tue Jun 23, 2020 6:53 pm

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Hope you don't mind, a grab from the HMVF site. Not mine but thought it needed to be shared and I wasn't sure where to put this...

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Great!

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Thu Jun 25, 2020 3:11 pm
Leyland T45

Last post by hair bear « Thu May 28, 2020 10:54 pm
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by essexpete » Mon May 25, 2020 5:32 pm

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What went wrong?

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T45 memories...
1, Not the Nine O'clock News
2, A company called Barbers ran a fleet of black T45s, each with a different colour 'Starsky n Hutch'...

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Thu May 28, 2020 10:54 pm
Youtube clip of old Brits

Last post by Jeremy Rowland « Mon May 11, 2020 10:20 pm
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by essexpete » Mon May 11, 2020 9:50 pm

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Taken in Cyprus.

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Quite a collection of old memories there Pete :thumbup: some I recall as a kid.

Jeremy

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Mon May 11, 2020 10:20 pm
Leyland Octopus

Last post by XS650 « Wed May 06, 2020 9:21 am
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by essexpete » Tue Apr 28, 2020 12:40 pm

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Go to about 1hr 10 mins for some footage of classic 1950s icon (Miss Dors apart!)

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Funnily enough The Long Haul was on the freeview channel Talking Pictures last week. Great channel for old British films and tv series on channel...

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Wed May 06, 2020 9:21 am
latest toys

Last post by Jeremy Rowland « Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:01 am
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by wiggy » Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:38 pm

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couple of pics of my latest toys
truck is now sign written its a 210 Daf bagged as a foden 188000 Kms from new genuine

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Shame that so many Brit names disappeared. The biggest problem to Foden over the years was Foden!

Same with Gardner engines another sad loss....

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Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:01 am
Pathe 1964 Commercial Motor Show

Last post by essexpete « Mon Feb 03, 2020 11:42 am
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by essexpete » Sat Feb 01, 2020 2:28 pm

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Found this interesting, pity there is not a commentary :

The Atkinson (Gauardsman I believe) was a bit modern looking for Atkinson!
The Leyland...

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I am not a driver but I did spend some time in an Ergo as a school boy. There were many good things about the cab in the mid 60s when it was...

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Mon Feb 03, 2020 11:42 am
Mature lorries

Last post by cobbadog « Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:28 am
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by Cx5 » Sun Sep 18, 2016 9:00 pm

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A selection of low loaders parked up at the World Ploughing Championships at Crockey Hill near York.
These were mostly associated with the steam...

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Here is Humpty Dumpy at his first Rally with us. It is a Liner - Roughrider 1250kgs model with a 2 cylinder Lister diesel. The beautiful tractor in...

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Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:28 am
Peterborough 2018

Last post by hair bear « Mon May 21, 2018 11:43 pm
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by hair bear » Wed May 16, 2018 10:58 pm

Sorry it's taken so long, I'll post the pics as I find them!

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Mon May 21, 2018 11:43 pm
ERF European MW7

Last post by essexpete « Sun Aug 27, 2017 7:58 pm
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by deanb » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:10 am

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Hello, Just wondered if anyone recognised this blue ERF truck ? I am looking for photos of these ERF's and have probably all the ones on the
net and...

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Hi Dean, welcome to CMN :wave: must confess I know very little about these ERF's except what has been stated above; I seem to recall a small bit...

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Sun Aug 27, 2017 7:58 pm
Truckfest Newbury 2017

Last post by essexpete « Fri Jun 02, 2017 11:19 pm
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by hair bear » Mon May 29, 2017 12:50 pm

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Looking out window now as the lifeblood of the planet threatens to wash us away, I'm glad we went yesterday.

This ERF was coupled to the same...

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Thanks Rob, the 1st ERF looks amazingly modern today (at least to me anyway).

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Fri Jun 02, 2017 11:19 pm
Truckfest Peterborough 2017

Last post by diggerjones « Mon May 08, 2017 11:33 pm
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by hair bear » Sat May 06, 2017 1:47 am

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Another year older, and here we go again.

Objects in the rear view mirror...

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Thanks for posting

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Mon May 08, 2017 11:33 pm
Some restored classics

Last post by Cx5 « Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:33 pm
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by hair bear » Sun May 10, 2015 11:38 pm

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The annual pilgrimage to Peterborough.

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These were entered into Cheffins Vintage Sale this month.
I think the Heavy Haulage Foden is well recorded in various books by Bob Tuck
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Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:33 pm
Leyland T 45

Last post by hair bear « Thu Sep 08, 2016 11:33 pm
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by Mrsmackpaul » Sun Aug 17, 2014 12:39 am

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In another topic I said that Leyland T45 never came to Australia well it looks like I was wrong check this out .Interestingly I had a bit of a search...

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Just dredging up an old thread here but I actually had a run in an ex-mil T45 cabbed 8x6 Scammell this week. Only did a couple of circuits of a field...
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Thu Sep 08, 2016 11:33 pm
Truckfest Peterborough 2016

Last post by pv83 « Thu Jun 23, 2016 9:01 pm
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by hair bear » Mon May 02, 2016 9:52 pm

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A quick selection for you...

Fiat 693, Italian plates but right hand drive.

Guy Big J. Were they really still being built in 1984?

Ford...

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RHD older Italian lorries were quite a common thing back then, whilst driving on narrow mountain roads/paths they had better vision of where the road...
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Thu Jun 23, 2016 9:01 pm

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