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On Saturday 26th Feb I attended the Thornycroft Register AGM held at Marston’s Brewery Social Club Burton on Trent. In the Morning we meet at Fred & Jonathan Lawton’s garage to view some of their vintage restorations have a look at my website under the page title Old Lorries to view their latest an Eight wheeler Thornycroft (whoops off topic but worth a visit 
) Down to the nitty gritty, Steve Woodings our parts coordinator took me to look at a couple of ERF’s and I am posting the pictures of them. regards Big Al
Bloody hell Al, an E16!!!
That must be as rare as rocking horse ■■■■.
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Ken.
Quinny:
Bloody hell Al, an E16!!!That must be as rare as rocking horse [zb].
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Ken.
Gardner 6LYT - 15.5litre & either 320 or 350bhp. I’ll leave it to those who suffered them to comment further.
marky:
Quinny:
Bloody hell Al, an E16!!!
That must be as rare as rocking horse [zb].
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Gardner 6LYT - 15.5litre & either 320 or 350bhp. I’ll leave it to those who suffered them to comment further.
Hiya…a chap i know well and is very hand with engines said to me. if the new fangled oils of today
had been about when they built the big Gardner results would have been better for the engine…(this chap
run one for a while).
John
The other E-Series posted by Al is an ex-Eric Vick motor, which (unless I’m mistaken) also had a Gardner in it. Whether it was a 6LYT or not, I don’t know.
heres one i took earlier from tother side-alan(while waiting to tip at co-op across the road) thurrock
Stanfield:
One here which is owned by the owner of Titan Truck Stop.0
Photo taken by my son Mark.
Wheres Titan Truck Stop? (even us oldies need to ask now and again) kevmac47. PS.Love the ERF.
Quinny:
Bloody hell Al, an E16!!!That must be as rare as rocking horse [zb].
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Ken.
ERF E16 6x2 tractor unit wth the legendary 15.5-litre Gardner 6LYT engine.
Reg No C274 ■■■ was operated by S & S Services of Tonbridge Kent.
The vehicle details for C274 ■■■ are:
Date of Liability 01 02 1987
Date of First Registration 01 07 1986
Year of Manufacture 1986
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 15500CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Heavy Oil
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLUE
Regards Paul
Dave the Renegade:
Three of Harold Read’s.
Im sure 1 of their motors used to go into Ideal Standard at Hull every week around 2002/3
One from my album of trucks I used to drive
I had an E`16 for quite a while, unfortunately it had been cut down to about 325, and half of those horses were dead. Still it was the fastest truck on the road; in Germany on the many long uphill no overtaking stretches you could be sure to find me right at the front of the queue. It only let me down once when the alternator broke but after 24 hour parked on a service station a new one had been flown out and I was back on the road…
Here’s one I drove earlier. An ‘A’ Series When parked on the Venlo border between the latest Volvo and Scania all the truck spotters would be around this. Note the nest box sorry sleeper cab above the two spare cylinders
they did buy one or two units off s jones of aldridge,jerry cooke would know more about that !!
One here well past its sell by date unfortunatly.
I think they may have used bits from it when they were building this.
Do i spy a Scammell back-end holding up the rear end?
STRAIGHT EIGHT:
Do i spy a Scammell back-end holding up the rear end?
Certainly looks Leyland ‘group’
What a beauty, & still earning her keep!
