Anyone else like old lorries?

[BruceV8]

M3John said:

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AEC Mammoth Major Mk V (I think). The immediate forerunner to the ergo cabbed AE above. See what I mean about the M words?

[BruceV8]

M3John said:

BM FG (again I think). Also badged as Morris and Austin. This was specifically designed for urban deliveries. The doors are narrow and mounted at 45 degrees towards the rear of the cab so that they can be opened without getting in the way of traffic, or so that the truck ccould be driven with the doors open,allowing the driver or crew to jump on and off easily.

[BruceV8]

M3John said:

ERF KV. Last of the traditional ERFs before the LV an A series. ERF stands for Edwin Richard Foden. Young Edward left the family firm of Foden in 1934 and set up on his own - also in Sandbach - after failing to persuade the old firm that diesel lorries were the way ahead and that steam lorries were on the way out. Foden started making diesel engined lorries soon afterwards anyway.

[funk odyssey]

BruceV8 said:

M3John said:

An 'ergomatic' cabbed AEC, possibly a Merury or a Mandator, but I wait to be corrected. If its a Mandator it would have had a V8 engine. AEC model names always began with an 'M'.

It's certainly a Mercury or Mandator - but most Mandators had the AV760 engine

The AEC V8 was put in some high mounted Ergo cabbed models but proved massively unreliable in service with some units breakinbg after a few thousand miles.

They were extremely fast though and one of the first trucks with a walk thru cab

[tuffer]

I have always had a penchant for these:

[BLUETHUNDER]

tuffer said:

I have always had a penchant for these:

A very rare piece of old kit this.Especially with the gun and limber.

[BLUETHUNDER]

A few military ones...........

American Ward La France wrecker....





GMC CCKW



What i find worrying about this thread,is that some of those pics M3John hads posted up of trucks.I actually remember some working for main line companys as a kid.

[johnny.v]

A few old trucks i spotted at interlaken 2008.

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[BruceV8]

M3John said:

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Ford Transcontinental. Introdued by Ford in the 70s to compete with Swedish offerings on the then burgeoning international heavy hauage market (mainy for the middle eastern routes). It has a Berliet cab and ots of proprietary components (a lot of manufacturer's used proprietary cabs) and was very advanced in terms of power and driver comfort. When they were introduced, Atkinson Borderers and Guy Big Js were more the norm in the UK. Until fairly recently an old transconti was still considered to be a poor man's Magnum.

[BruceV8]

M3John said:

This is a Guy Big J. Guy was owned by Jaguar and guess what Big J stands for?

[BruceV8]

M3John said:

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Marathon! This was Leyland's offering into the international heavy market in the 70s. Despite the badging it was really an AEC - hence the M name. It used a turbocharged version of the AEC AV760 engine, athough other engines were offered later on. This provided the underpinnings for the later Roadtrain series. A much under-rated lorry IMO.

[BruceV8]

M3John said:

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Scammell Commander tank transporter. These replaced the legendary Mighty Antars in the 1980s. They have a semi-auto gearbox and the engine is a detuned version of the CV12 tank engine - power is down from 1200 bhp to 650 bhp. I'm told by tank people that the tank engine was taken from that used in the Inter City 125 trains!

These are out of service with the British army now, but sadly the chances of them appearing on the civilian market or preservation scene are very slim. When the MOD sold its Challenger 1 tanks to Jordan they threw in the tank transporters as a nice little bonus. Cocktards! I'm told that the American made HET vehicles that replaced the Commanders are rubbish!

[ZR1cliff]

Where have all the container luggers gone ?

Used to see the Volvo F88 and F86 up and down the M3 pulling no end of containers, names like 'Brain Haulage' and 'Meachers' spring to mind.

F88

[ZR1cliff]

Volvo F86

[BruceV8]

M3John said:

Atkinson Borderer. This perhaps the very definition of a traditional British lorry. Although it looks very dated these remained in production until 1975, which goes some way to explaining how Sania and Volvo were abe to walk all over the UK truck market. Lovely old thing though.

[BruceV8]

M3John said:

This is an ex military Scammell Crusader. In my mind there are trucks, which are modern or foreign, and there are lorries. Lorries are British and have upright grilles and usually split screens. To me the Crusader is King of the Lorries. I want one!

[ZR1cliff]

Some old AEC Mammoth Majors working on the M25 in the 80's

[ZR1cliff]

[BruceV8]

ZR1cliff said:

Some old AEC Mammoth Majors working on the M25 in the 80's

They would have been 20 odd years old even then. I wonder what happened to them afterwards? The one in the centre seems to have had its cab front smashed in. I hope they weren't all bought in as sacrificial site hacks.

[ZR1cliff]

Sadly I think they were, Bruce. Here's a link to the AEC forum about the lovely old lorries. AEC were my favourites as a child.
Look under Lorries and page down to 'Motorway Mammoth Majors'
http://aec.middx.net/frames/frameforum.htm