You questioning the red and white one, next to the R & B East?
Yes, certainly looks like a Foden to me. What do you think?
Possibly,
Early Kenworth K100. No.
Rare Pommie cabbed Western Star 7564. No.
Rareish Scammell. Maybe.
Foden. NFI.
Dear oh dear it’s an OSHKOSH
Oily
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The one and same. You did tell us, Oily. 
The Scammell/AEC … or whatever else they decided to badge it had a sloping windscreen. Africa were users
I took this (rubbish) photo years ago, and I saw this old bird again in town last week albeit with a different rego. M-B 2238
Legendary, with a nine and thupence, 9 or 15 RR, carting 38 tonne +++ all over the country.
A well specced, basic prime mover, the Land Rover Defender of trucks, they set a lot of blokes up as an excellent mile and money maker.
The upmarket Eagle, they all came in the red and white, so everyone knew you weren’t driving just any old Acco. 
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Is this Merc still on revenue earning work do you know?
I couldn’t say - when I saw it last week it was parked up in a yard with a lot of other ag & mining equipment. I pass that yard often, so I’ll have a shufti to see if it moves.
With the prime movers, could you spec engine/ geartrain according to need or was it mostly off-the-shelf? I presume (I’m out of my depth here) Cummins/ RR/ Rockwell or something like it was common.
That mechanic was me! I still have the chassis imprinted on my forehead.
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Limited options, defo not custom.
V or VT 903 (IIRC).
9 or 15 RR imagine 6 or 9 series, depending on which engine.
Rockwell 38,000lb choice of ratio 5.28, 4.88, 4.11, 3.9, 3.7:1.00