erfguy:
Pete I don’t know much about them but Gerald/leyland600 would know I think. Eddie.
Ta for reply Eddie
My little Albion
oxo3:
My little Albion
What year was this one ■■, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
oxo3:
My little AlbionWhat year was this one ■■, Regards Larry.
Is this a Homalloy cab ? Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Lawrence Dunbar:
oxo3:
My little AlbionWhat year was this one ■■, Regards Larry.
Is this a Homalloy cab ? Regards Larry.
Did Penmans of Dumfries ever build Albion cabs Larry ?
My little ft37 is 1957 with en287 Albion engine
Bewick:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Lawrence Dunbar:
oxo3:
My little AlbionWhat year was this one ■■, Regards Larry.
Is this a Homalloy cab ? Regards Larry.
Did Penmans of Dumfries ever build Albion cabs Larry ?
Im not sure Dennis but J.R.Adams had two Albion 6 wheelers with the wrap round type windscreens and I was told the were built by a Dumfries Company, So It may have been Pennmans ■■, Regards LARRY.
My first lorry which, sadly, ended up as scrap was an Albion KS127, reg. no. BUS387 and chassis number 37322L. It was made in 1938 and originally sold as a 5000 gallon aluminium tanker to the Clyde Oil Extraction Company. Strangely, I saw 37325L at a Lincoln vintage show a few years ago.
The lorry had a four cylinder side valve petrol engine 5¾ inch stroke and 3¼ inch bore. It had no electric starter fitted and could only be started with the starting handle but it started every time even in the coldest weather.
dr1ver:
My first lorry which, sadly, ended up as scrap was an Albion KS127, reg. no. BUS387 and chassis number 37322L. It was made in 1938 and originally sold as a 5000 gallon aluminium tanker to the Clyde Oil Extraction Company. Strangely, I saw 37325L at a Lincoln vintage show a few years ago.The lorry had a four cylinder side valve petrol engine 5¾ inch stroke and 3¼ inch bore. It had no electric starter fitted and could only be started with the starting handle but it started every time even in the coldest weather.
Hi dr1ver, sounds like the one I worked on 61ish did head gaskets for fun, white metal bearings to blue and scrape, typical old Albion Engine, happy memories.
Les.
It seems peculiar now but in those days engine reconditioning was regarded as just another item of servicing that was to be undertaken on a fairly regular basis. Sixty or so years on and we’ve come to expect engines to do five times as much mileage, haul five times as much weight and last forever- well, almost forever!
Retired Old ■■■■:
It seems peculiar now but in those days engine reconditioning was regarded as just another item of servicing that was to be undertaken on a fairly regular basis. Sixty or so years on and we’ve come to expect engines to do five times as much mileage, haul five times as much weight and last forever- well, almost forever!
True that. I remember an old workmate who had been a fitter for Ellis’s Transport of Hartington, Derbyshire, before BRS took them over, and they ran Gardner engined ERF and Foden (their ERF four wheeler is actually pictured in the Pat Kennet World Book on ERF) and he said that every 50,000 miles the heads came off for decarbonising etc as a precaution. Even the Gardner LXB manual states to decarbonise every 48,0000 miles but I don’t think that happened much during the 1970’s/80’s!
Pete.
I don’t expect that many users of second-hand Gardners had ever seen an Instruction Manual! Fill it with fuel & oil and drive it 'til it stops.
This is worth a listening to by Albion fans:
youtube.com/watch?v=dzqNSAbE … bE7Fo#t=14
I must admit it made me go a little damp round the eyes!
I think the song would be even better if a video could be attached showing either video clips or still pictures of Albions (or both) if anyone has the knowhow to compile it.
Somebody was asking did Penman build Albion cabs yes they did. Eddie.
dr1ver:
My first lorry which, sadly, ended up as scrap was an Albion KS127, reg. no. BUS387 and chassis number 37322L. It was made in 1938 and originally sold as a 5000 gallon aluminium tanker to the Clyde Oil Extraction Company. Strangely, I saw 37325L at a Lincoln vintage show a few years ago.The lorry had a four cylinder side valve petrol engine 5¾ inch stroke and 3¼ inch bore. It had no electric starter fitted and could only be started with the starting handle but it started every time even in the coldest weather.
Coincidence. My 1938 KL127 has a chassis number very near to those, (for security I won’t quote it on an open forum) and it’s been at Lincoln show. Like yours, it has only an “Armstrong” starter but I’ve never found it a problem in the 44 years I’ve had it. Those chassis numbers you quoted could be some way apart as Albion built batches of vehicles with the same number but a different suffix letter, so theoretically you could have 26 vehicles with the same number. As it happens my original buff logbook doesn’t show the letter on the end, just the number, and that was brought forward onto the V5 and then the V5C, so it’s possible DVLA may have more than one motor registered with the same chassis number.
Bernard
Retired Old ■■■■:
It seems peculiar now but in those days engine reconditioning was regarded as just another item of servicing that was to be undertaken on a fairly regular basis. Sixty or so years on and we’ve come to expect engines to do five times as much mileage, haul five times as much weight and last forever- well, almost forever
Doesn’t seem possible, does it? I wonder how much fuel and drivers’ wages would have been in those days?
robert1952:
Happy New Year!0
That must be the first factory built Albion sleeper cab to be seen!!!
David