A couple of pics from the States. An all-enclosed with the biggest sleeper ever to haul cars and a nice Peterbilt with some pick-up trucks.
Dieseldogsix:
Don’t know much about this one, come on Jim or Kevin
This is the scene on Coventry ring road one morning, the driver said it was an air bag fault? I won’t name the driver.
kingswinford kit:
TIDDERSON:
A couple more from Oxford in the 60’sHi chaps BRS Swindon also had Commers like that . Some of those Leylands had i think Prestcold on thier head boards , would see them occasionally at BRS Bridgend depot . regards keith
A Commer entering Swindon depot.
Inside Swindon. Note health & safety. Changing light bulb on top edge of fork lift!
TIDDERSON:
kingswinford kit:
TIDDERSON:
A couple more from Oxford in the 60’sHi chaps BRS Swindon also had Commers like that . Some of those Leylands had i think Prestcold on thier head boards , would see them occasionally at BRS Bridgend depot . regards keith
An earlier BMC with rotating headboard displayind British Road Services, Prescold and Morris Cars
Buzzer:
Anybody remember Star car transporters from Southampton i remember they were blue with a white star on the door they had Ford D series then F86’s and after that F7’s Dave coombes from Salisbury used to do there fitting work he also did my scanny 110 when i started as an owner driver he did his training at Unit Commercials the Scania agents from Salisbury would be nice to see a pic or 10.
Well i’ll be are you everywhere 
my first lorry was an ex star motor Cannons of milton bought several of em, mine being VKA861V there is a posting of it on the F7 thread i think after Cannons got rid.
regards Andrew
TIDDERSON:
kingswinford kit:
TIDDERSON:
A couple more from Oxford in the 60’sHi chaps BRS Swindon also had Commers like that . Some of those Leylands had i think Prestcold on thier head boards , would see them occasionally at BRS Bridgend depot . regards keith
A Commer entering Swindon depot.
Inside Swindon. Note health & safety. Changing light bulb on top edge of fork lift!
Hi Tidderson thanks for those period shots .Wonderfull stuff!
As i can remember those BMCs with prestcold on them .Was the factory in swindon or Oxford ? once again many thanks keith.
kingswinford kit:
TIDDERSON:
kingswinford kit:
TIDDERSON:
A couple more from Oxford in the 60’sHi chaps BRS Swindon also had Commers like that . Some of those Leylands had i think Prestcold on thier head boards , would see them occasionally at BRS Bridgend depot . regards keith
A Commer entering Swindon depot.
Inside Swindon. Note health & safety. Changing light bulb on top edge of fork lift!Hi Tidderson thanks for those period shots .Wonderfull stuff!
As i can remember those BMCs with prestcold on them .Was the factory in swindon or Oxford ? once again many thanks keith.
Prestcold was the fridge (domestic and industrial) making branch of the Pressed Steel Company, Cowley. Prestcold made up from Pressedsteelcompanyltd. The Pressed Steel Company had factories at Cowley, Swindon, Theale and Swansea, also ■■■■■■■ with Fisher and Ludlow, Castle Bromwich. Domestic fridges were made at Cowley, industrial ones at Theale. I am going back to the 50s and 60s so memory is being pushed, car bodies made at PS Cowley were Morris, Wolseley, MG, Hillman,Humber, Sunbeam and Rolls Royce, and later I believe Rover(SD1) . Both my neighbours, either side worked there, one on the Rolls Royce( that was at the top end corner bypass and Horspath Road, the other on the Rootes Group stuff he was a lead buffer, smoothing out lead filled spot welded seams. A politcal decision opened the Swansea factory(60s?) and fridge production was moved from Cowley. The PS factory in Swindon was at Stratton St Margaret, car bodies were made there for some of the Midlands factories not sure which, later with the BL / Honda tieup the Acclaim shell was pressed at Swindon and completed at Cowley. The then PS Swindon is now where the BMW Mini body panels are made.The bodyshell transporter traffic back then was something else and almost all BRS running between, Cowley, Swindon, Coventry, Birmingham, Solihull and Castle Bromwich, criss crossing the country. That is as I remember it, so fading memory an excuse if detail isn’t correct.
oily
oiltreader:
kingswinford kit:
TIDDERSON:
kingswinford kit:
TIDDERSON:
A couple more from Oxford in the 60’sHi chaps BRS Swindon also had Commers like that . Some of those Leylands had i think Prestcold on thier head boards , would see them occasionally at BRS Bridgend depot . regards keith
A Commer entering Swindon depot.
Inside Swindon. Note health & safety. Changing light bulb on top edge of fork lift!Hi Tidderson thanks for those period shots .Wonderfull stuff!
As i can remember those BMCs with prestcold on them .Was the factory in swindon or Oxford ? once again many thanks keith.Prestcold was the fridge (domestic and industrial) making branch of the Pressed Steel Company, Cowley. Prestcold made up from Pressedsteelcompanyltd. The Pressed Steel Company had factories at Cowley, Swindon, Theale and Swansea, also ■■■■■■■ with Fisher and Ludlow, Castle Bromwich. Domestic fridges were made at Cowley, industrial ones at Theale. I am going back to the 50s and 60s so memory is being pushed, car bodies made at PS Cowley were Morris, Wolsley, MG, Hillman,Humber, Sunbeam and Rolls Royce, and later I believe Rover(SD1) . Both my neighbours, either side worked there, one on the Rolls Royce( that was at the top end corner bypass and Horspath Road, the other on the Rootes Group stuff he was a lead buffer, smoothing out lead filled spot welded seams. A politcal decision opened the Swansea factory(60s?) and fridge production was moved from Cowley. The PS factory in Swindon was at Stratton St Margaret, car bodies were made there for some of the Midlands factories not sure which, later with the BL / Honda tieup the Acclaim shell was pressed at Swindon and completed at Cowley. The then PS Swindon is now where the BMW Mini body panels are made.The bodyshell transporter traffic back then was something else and almost all BRS running between, Cowley, Swindon, Coventry, Birmingham, Solihull and Castle Bromwich, criss crossing the country. That is as I remember it, so fading memory an excuse if detail isn’t correct.
oily
Hi oily, thanks very much for your information very interesting stuff , i did not realise that psf made fridges at Cowley !
I suppose those trailers at Swindon were for car shells rather then the complete vehicle . I think the BRS Swindon was at Greenbridge , and was almost exclusively for PSF or did they perform other duties ? Once again oily thanks regards keith
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oiltreader:
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TIDDERSON:
kingswinford kit:
TIDDERSON:
A couple more from Oxford in the 60’sHi chaps BRS Swindon also had Commers like that . Some of those Leylands had i think Prestcold on thier head boards , would see them occasionally at BRS Bridgend depot . regards keith
A Commer entering Swindon depot.
Inside Swindon. Note health & safety. Changing light bulb on top edge of fork lift!Hi Tidderson thanks for those period shots .Wonderfull stuff!
As i can remember those BMCs with prestcold on them .Was the factory in swindon or Oxford ? once again many thanks keith.Prestcold was the fridge (domestic and industrial) making branch of the Pressed Steel Company, Cowley. Prestcold made up from Pressedsteelcompanyltd. The Pressed Steel Company had factories at Cowley, Swindon, Theale and Swansea, also ■■■■■■■ with Fisher and Ludlow, Castle Bromwich. Domestic fridges were made at Cowley, industrial ones at Theale. I am going back to the 50s and 60s so memory is being pushed, car bodies made at PS Cowley were Morris, Wolsley, MG, Hillman,Humber, Sunbeam and Rolls Royce, and later I believe Rover(SD1) . Both my neighbours, either side worked there, one on the Rolls Royce( that was at the top end corner bypass and Horspath Road, the other on the Rootes Group stuff he was a lead buffer, smoothing out lead filled spot welded seams. A politcal decision opened the Swansea factory(60s?) and fridge production was moved from Cowley. The PS factory in Swindon was at Stratton St Margaret, car bodies were made there for some of the Midlands factories not sure which, later with the BL / Honda tieup the Acclaim shell was pressed at Swindon and completed at Cowley. The then PS Swindon is now where the BMW Mini body panels are made.The bodyshell transporter traffic back then was something else and almost all BRS running between, Cowley, Swindon, Coventry, Birmingham, Solihull and Castle Bromwich, criss crossing the country. That is as I remember it, so fading memory an excuse if detail isn’t correct.
oilyHi oily, thanks very much for your information very interesting stuff , i did not realise that psf made fridges at Cowley !
I suppose those trailers at Swindon were for car shells rather then the complete vehicle . I think the BRS Swindon was at Greenbridge , and was almost exclusively for PSF or did they perform other duties ? Once again oily thanks regards keith
Hi Keith. As far as I remember about 95% of the fleet worked for the Pressed Steel contract and were painted light or dark blue. They had 10 Bedford O type shunters in the yard that were replced by the BMC units but the majority on the road were Commers and later the Austins and then the Super Comets and the Ergo cabs. The general haulage fleet was made up of Bristols,Mercurys, the odd ERF,Guy and Foden. There was also a contract fleet of about of about 40 vehicles including Bowyers, Kunzle Cakes, Scribbons biscuits and of coarse Pressed Steel. The semi trailers only carried the car shells as Oxford depot delivered the completed cars. Peter
Heres a few old french car transporters.
2 More from the Kev Brownlee Collection, I had H124 DBW, WES off Edwin Shirley had H123 and my Brother had H125, with Kevin having this one H126
TIDDERSON:
kingswinford kit:
oiltreader:
kingswinford kit:
TIDDERSON:
kingswinford kit:
TIDDERSON:
A couple more from Oxford in the 60’sHi chaps BRS Swindon also had Commers like that . Some of those Leylands had i think Prestcold on thier head boards , would see them occasionally at BRS Bridgend depot . regards keith
A Commer entering Swindon depot.
Inside Swindon. Note health & safety. Changing light bulb on top edge of fork lift!Hi Tidderson thanks for those period shots .Wonderfull stuff!
As i can remember those BMCs with prestcold on them .Was the factory in swindon or Oxford ? once again many thanks keith.Prestcold was the fridge (domestic and industrial) making branch of the Pressed Steel Company, Cowley. Prestcold made up from Pressedsteelcompanyltd. The Pressed Steel Company had factories at Cowley, Swindon, Theale and Swansea, also ■■■■■■■ with Fisher and Ludlow, Castle Bromwich. Domestic fridges were made at Cowley, industrial ones at Theale. I am going back to the 50s and 60s so memory is being pushed, car bodies made at PS Cowley were Morris, Wolsley, MG, Hillman,Humber, Sunbeam and Rolls Royce, and later I believe Rover(SD1) . Both my neighbours, either side worked there, one on the Rolls Royce( that was at the top end corner bypass and Horspath Road, the other on the Rootes Group stuff he was a lead buffer, smoothing out lead filled spot welded seams. A politcal decision opened the Swansea factory(60s?) and fridge production was moved from Cowley. The PS factory in Swindon was at Stratton St Margaret, car bodies were made there for some of the Midlands factories not sure which, later with the BL / Honda tieup the Acclaim shell was pressed at Swindon and completed at Cowley. The then PS Swindon is now where the BMW Mini body panels are made.The bodyshell transporter traffic back then was something else and almost all BRS running between, Cowley, Swindon, Coventry, Birmingham, Solihull and Castle Bromwich, criss crossing the country. That is as I remember it, so fading memory an excuse if detail isn’t correct.
oilyHi oily, thanks very much for your information very interesting stuff , i did not realise that psf made fridges at Cowley !
I suppose those trailers at Swindon were for car shells rather then the complete vehicle . I think the BRS Swindon was at Greenbridge , and was almost exclusively for PSF or did they perform other duties ? Once again oily thanks regards keithHi Keith. As far as I remember about 95% of the fleet worked for the Pressed Steel contract and were painted light or dark blue. They had 10 Bedford O type shunters in the yard that were replced by the BMC units but the majority on the road were Commers and later the Austins and then the Super Comets and the Ergo cabs. The general haulage fleet was made up of Bristols,Mercurys, the odd ERF,Guy and Foden. There was also a contract fleet of about of about 40 vehicles including Bowyers, Kunzle Cakes, Scribbons biscuits and of coarse Pressed Steel. The semi trailers only carried the car shells as Oxford depot delivered the completed cars. Peter
I found this photo in an old BRS magazine taken when the Swindon depot was being built
Hi, Peter, thank you very much for your interesting reply . I think i can remember BRS at the Bowyers works . Also i was interested to know that Swindon had an allocation of Bristols .
Were Scibbons and Kunzle based in that area ? , as i always thought the latter were Brum based . anyway many thanks regards keith
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Hi, Peter, thank you very much for your interesting reply . I think i can remember BRS at the Bowyers works . Also i was interested to know that Swindon had an allocation of Bristols .
Were Scibbons and Kunzle based in that area ? , as i always thought the latter were Brum based . anyway many thanks regards keith
Hi Keith. In the 50’s and 60’s BRS Contracts had over 2400 lorries. A high proportion were 3 ton vans including large fleets for Cadbury, Frys, Mackintosh, Kunzle Cakes, Scribbons Kemp, Bowyers and AEI. They varied from 1 or 2 per depot to 100 or more in the London depots some of which were Contract only. They even had the odd van for Pan-Am and Barclays Bank! In the early 60’s they took over the Grimsby Fish contract and the Austin dropsides arrived everywhere. East Angia had a fleet of 20 tippers working for the British Sugar Corporation, firstly Mammouth Majors and then Bristols. Oxford District had the large fleet of Pressed Steel/Morris artics and South Wales had the fleets of Briton Ferry Steel first Octopus 8 wheelers then Bristol. Hope this helps. Peter
Dug out some more , Len Rogers and Richard Mohr have kindly given me permission to post from their large collections (some transporters) so one or two to be going on with.
oily
