Diamond T:
Daren bread being advertised. Daren was wheatgerm bread made from flour of the same name, very similar to the original Hovis flour and bread but not as popular. The Daren flour mill was at Dartford and the business was bought out of administration by J. Rank in 1939.
DAFs of ADM and Rank Hovis
Dixon of Ware, animal feed and grain merchants. These two AECs were still hard at work in the late 1980s, and delivered wheat into Spillers’ Cambridge mill on an almost daily basis.
Duplex stationery engine. An unusual Gardner design comprising two 10H horizontal engines driving one flywheel, its fuel was producer gas.
Double post Duplex stationery engine. An unusual Gardner design comprising two 10H horizontal engines driving one flywheel, its fuel was producer gas.
Daimler coach
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Albert Spiers, one of the ‘Spiers of Melksham’ family. Travelled on some of his coaches, not that one though.
Pete.
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Albert Spiers, one of the ‘Spiers of Melksham’ family. Travelled on some of his coaches, not that one though.
Pete.
Hi Pete, This is a 1939 Reg Daimler & a smart looking bit of gear IMO, Thankfully made just before the war broke out IIRC There were no more produced until 1945/6, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
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Blimey look a turbo RR in that.
Some nice looking motors their Lawrence.
Our very own Punchy Dan
E&F Beattie of Ardwick Manchester.
Dodge D309 this model was fitted with 10 stud wheels
Lawrence Dunbar:
windrush:
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0Daimler coach
Albert Spiers, one of the ‘Spiers of Melksham’ family. Travelled on some of his coaches, not that one though.
Pete.
Hi Pete, This is a 1939 Reg Daimler & a smart looking bit of gear IMO, Thankfully made just before the war broke out IIRC There were no more produced until 1945/6, Regards Larry.
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Daimler Motorcoach.
This Daimler/Burlingham motorcoach was originally a Birmingham City Transport double-decker omnibus!
Here are the details:-
Daimler COG5/BRCW - Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Works H30/24R Double Decker Omnibus,Chassis No.10723,FOF 251.
Birmingham City Transport,No.1251.October 1939. In the late 1940s or early 1950s it was sold out of service and was bought by
by Heathcote & Llewelyn,Birmingham.
It was re-bodied by H.V.Burlingham,of Blackpool,a very famous builder of motorcoach and bus bodies,in 1951.The chassis was lengthened as well:-
Daimler COG5/Burlingham FC33-37F Motorcoach,Body No.4618,FOF 251.July 1951.
So obviously this Daimler motorcoach eventually ended up being operated by Albert Spiers Motorcoaches,Henley on Thames.
Actually,Daimler was one of the few bus manufacturers during World War Two to build Wartime Utility Buses,and Daimler produced these
from 1942 to 1948,but in 1945 the buses were built to relaxed utility specification.The new Daimler CV bus and motorcoach range was introduced
in 1946,and the wartime CW range was phased out in 1948.
Daimler’s Radford factory was bombed twice:November 1940 and April 1941.Daimler also produced military vehicles during World War Two.
The Utility Single and Double Bus scheme was run by the government’s Ministry of Supply and the Ministry of War Transport and supplied buses
for essential civilian needs to bus operators such as Sheffield Transport and London Transport.
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Some nice looking motors their Lawrence.Our very own Punchy Dan 2
E&F Beattie of Ardwick Manchester.1
Dodge D309 this model was fitted with 10 stud wheels 0
Was the 309 Leyland 0.400 engine or AEC AV470? Memory fade!