I know this is an old thread but I’ve bought a 1980 delta cab and some chassis bits ,I’ve got a 1970 pax v and a 1972 DB15.5 ,if anyone has any Dennis parts new or second hand I would be interested ,thanks Dan.
Dan Punchard:
I know this is an old thread but I’ve bought a 1980 delta cab and some chassis bits ,I’ve got a 1970 pax v and a 1972 DB15.5 ,if anyone has any Dennis parts new or second hand I would be interested ,thanks Dan.
Have you tried getting some therapy Dan■■? Cheers Dennis. 
Bewick:
Dan Punchard:
I know this is an old thread but I’ve bought a 1980 delta cab and some chassis bits ,I’ve got a 1970 pax v and a 1972 DB15.5 ,if anyone has any Dennis parts new or second hand I would be interested ,thanks Dan.Have you tried getting some therapy Dan■■? Cheers Dennis.
He lives up in the hills Dennis so he needs a hobby. I did a fair bit on Dennis trucks but nothing that modern, I remember going out to a Pax with fuel problems which had been retro-fitted with a Gardner 4LW (originally it had a 5.1 BMC engine) and whoever fitted it had cut a hole in the engine cowling to let the crankcase breather poke through! Bet that was lovely in the cab after a few miles, maybe they provided the driver with a gas mask?
Pete.
windrush:
Bewick:
Dan Punchard:
I know this is an old thread but I’ve bought a 1980 delta cab and some chassis bits ,I’ve got a 1970 pax v and a 1972 DB15.5 ,if anyone has any Dennis parts new or second hand I would be interested ,thanks Dan.Have you tried getting some therapy Dan■■? Cheers Dennis.
He lives up in the hills Dennis so he needs a hobby. I did a fair bit on Dennis trucks but nothing that modern, I remember going out to a Pax with fuel problems which had been retro-fitted with a Gardner 4LW (originally it had a 5.1 BMC engine) and whoever fitted it had cut a hole in the engine cowling to let the crankcase breather poke through! Bet that was lovely in the cab after a few miles, maybe they provided the driver with a gas mask?
Pete.
There’ll be a few sheep about then Pete,won’t they ? so why dosen’t he get his self a pair of them green wellies with the straps on the side 
He’ll have more fun than ■■■■■■■ about with an old Dennis Max or Pax or whatever 
Cheers Dennis.
Originally known as Dennis Brothers Ltd, the company was founded in 1895 by John (1871—1939) and Raymond (1878—1939) Dennis who made Speed King bicycles[1] which they sold from their shop, the Universal Athletic Stores, in Guildford. They made their first motor vehicle in 1898, and in 1899, their first car; though shown at the National Cycle Show, it was never produced or sold.[2] They entered car production around 1900.[3] About this time John Dennis built the Rodboro Buildings, the first purpose-built motor vehicle factory in Britain, to manufacture motorcars in the centre of Guildford.[4] Larger models followed with a 35 hp (26 kW; 35 PS) model in 1906 powered by a White and Poppe engine; this power unit soon fitted to all their models. Commercial vehicle activity was increasing with the first bus being made in 1903 and fire engine in 1908. Cars soon took second place and it is doubtful if any were made after about 1915. In 1913 Dennis moved to a larger factory at Woodbridge, on the outskirts of Guildford. In 1919 Dennis bought White and Poppe and transferred engine production from Coventry to Guildford.
In 1972 the company was acquired by Hestair Group and renamed Hestair Dennis after a few years of financial difficulties. It was sold to Trinity Holdings (formed from a management buyout from Hestair Group) in 1989 and then to Mayflower Corporation in October 1998.
As of 1990s, the company was no longer a single integrated whole, but was three independent businesses which their parent company is Dennis Group plc, namely:
Dennis Fire - manufacturer of fire appliances.
Dennis Bus - manufacturer of buses and other public transport vehicles
Dennis Eagle - manufacturer of dustcarts/refuse lorries (municipal vehicles). This company also incorporated the remains of the Eagle Engineering and Shelvoke and Drewry concerns.
Dennis Group plc also owned Duple Metsec, the bus bodywork builder which usually supplied body kits for assembly overseas.
Mayflower Corporation sold Dennis Eagle in July 1999 and purchased by Ros Roca in 2006. Dennis Bus and Dennis Fire were incorporated into Transbus International (now Alexander Dennis) in 2001.
Courtesy of Wikipedia.
We don’t molest sheep any more Dennis, moved on from that pastime years ago when roping and sheeting died off and there wasn’t the spare bits of rope laying around. Green Wellies have been adopted by ‘hoity toity’ lads and lasses from Carryfast Country so the prices have now gone sky high, that means we poor folk on the Derbyshire Dales can no longer afford them. So, we have to find other amusement’s, I play around restoring old farm machinery and Dan has his lorries to keep him off the streets at night. Some folk get pleasure riding around in a two wheeled cart watching a horses arse bobbing up and down, each to his own I say! 
Pete.
Some folk get pleasure riding around in a two wheeled cart watching a horses arse bobbing up and down, each to his own I say!
PMSL!!! Must be the comment of the year so far.
Are ewe goating me Dennis ?
Dan Punchard:
I know this is an old thread but I’ve bought a 1980 delta cab and some chassis bits ,I’ve got a 1970 pax v and a 1972 DB15.5 ,if anyone has any Dennis parts new or second hand I would be interested ,thanks Dan.
Hi Dan Glad to see there some with good taest, l also own a 1956 Dennis Pax.
You wouldnt know where l would find a spare wheel carrier for it by any chance .
Regards crowbar.
While on the subject of Dennis I believe that Longcliffe Quarries ran one (or more perhaps?) and I wonder if there are any photos of them in existence?
Derek Minter (the motorcycle ace) ran a tipper down in Kent, I remember it featuring in Dennis adverts. The benefit was that they were plated at 15 tonne gross but could carry as much as a 16 tonner. I also have some early Dennis repair information in an early post war book, some had centre point steering with a false stub axle going through the front hub, ingenious, plus cone clutches which ran in oil supplied from the engine’s rear main bearing.
Pete.
Hello all. In 1980 I was working in Iraq installing steelwork in TV studios. Our agents in Baghdad were Foster and Sabbach. Mr Sabbach who was 84yo. was arrested and hung by Saddam Hussein’s police. The story i heard was that a salesman for Dennis Trucks had been caught bribing Ministers in order to win the contract to supply the bin lorries for Baghdad municipal services. Foster and Sabbach were their agents and along with the boss we heard 6 official employees were also executed.
Is anybody who worked for Dennis at that time out there?
Can you confirm this rather unlikely story is true? Over to you guys. Jim.
Dennis are still going strong in our neck of the woods, they make the finest mowers in the land, Here’s a load I delivered to Windsor for a turf care exhibition.
They have also just shipped 25 machines to mow all the pitches for the World Cup. you can see all their products on dennisuk.com
Hi crowbar ,sorry I don’t ,I’ve only recently acquired a 60’s style one my self ,nice collection of lorries you have and workshop too.
crowbar:
Dan Punchard:
I know this is an old thread but I’ve bought a 1980 delta cab and some chassis bits ,I’ve got a 1970 pax v and a 1972 DB15.5 ,if anyone has any Dennis parts new or second hand I would be interested ,thanks Dan.Hi Dan Glad to see there some with good taest, l also own a 1956 Dennis Pax.
You wouldnt know where l would find a spare wheel carrier for it by any chance .
Regards crowbar.
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Hello mr crowbar , could you tell me any history on taj 453 , it looks familiar !
As the title says a rather confused demise has the Dennis name in recent years, the Fire Services of the country (and abroad) have used Dennis vehicles for many years and still do but alas they no longer produce a fire appliance chassis, the last Dennis vehicles we have are 56 registered and by all accounts we only have them because of some arm twisting by the Government to help Dennis to continue manufacturing. The vehicles were past their sell by date in design and seem to have been made up from parts recognisable on other makes, SA, Ford to name a couple.
The drive train was okay, ■■■■■■■■ Alison Auto Box and Spicer rear axle mounted on what seems to be a trailer air suspension unit while the front end retained the old multi leaf spring set up and Foden type steering, all a little dated even when these last appliances were built. The large crew cabs are sturdy enough to stand the rigours of Firefighter driving but seem to be built to the Meccano school of manufacture. Excellent brakes though, discs on the front and drums on the rear. However despite seeming like another old British name sinking into the sunset because of poor sales our latest foreign Johnnie Volvo’s are a disaster and quite easily the worst vehicles this company has produced, one problem after another and some major such as brakes.
So to date the older Dennis motors are edging ahead for reliability but as the saying goes when they are gone they are gone! There is still a body building company with attachment to the old Dennis Brothers, John Dennis Coachbuilders or JDC as they are known who build only bodies for appliances and I believe this John Dennis is a GreatGrandson of one of the original Brothers. We also have a vintage 1954 Dennis with 8 cylinder petrol engine and the build quality shows why this company was in favour for so long with Fire Brigades which it wasn’t unfortunately able to sustain in modern times. Franky.
Dan Punchard:
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You’ve made a tidy job of the rebuild Dan! I recall when I was running my D1000 up and down to London in 1969 a lad I knew from West ■■■■■■■ called Rodney got a new DENNIS artic when he worked for H & L Haulage of Workington,not just sure what it was called,would it have been MAX ? IIRC it had the same ■■■■■■■ V8 as my D1000 so I would think it would have been 28 ton GVW,I don’t know what box or axle it had though?.In 1970 Rod left H & L and started on a new ERF 4 wheeler for my old marra Harry Thompson from Cockermouth when he got his second motor,they ran out of Smith Brothers Whitehaven.Hows that for memory !! Cheers Dennis
Thank you for the compliment ,it’s been about 10 years now and it’s done some heavy work since then .