Ford Cargo ~ Carrying the Cargo

[atlas_man]

Atlas express had a lot of these but mostly in white, this is in original green

[geoffo]

robert1952:
Question 2: someone who worked in the great Fordwerken fraternity must know:

a) what country that registration number belongs to

b) what engine / gearbox combination the LHD Cargo pictured below would have had

I used to deliver / collect from Ford factories all over Europe, but I don’t know everything!

Robert

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German reg .K, Köln. (Cologne in English & French for that matter).

Don’t know the answers to the other questions.

[a_ward]

Passed my test in a 2818 ? ■■■■■■■ v8 with 2 speed axle Cargos i drove were a 3228 with the twinsplitter box superb gearbox once you got the hang of it also drove a 1624 again with the L10 ■■■■■■■■ rocket machine but didnt have the twinsplitter box

[cargo_nutter]

My dads unit at Atlas Nottingham-A94MHK was a 2820 Perkins V8 640 with range change box

[goin_quoin]

My first truck

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[cornish_erf]

Pics sent to me

[vantman]

My 1415 tanker,this replaced my X reg Cargo,the first registered Cargo in Kent–

[big_al_st]

Cornish Erf:
Pics sent to me

Narrow front axle on E2220EL for some reason.

[ezydriver]

I took this around 1991 at Midsummer Meadow in Northampton when a fair visited the town. Always had a huge soft spot for the Cargo because I spent all my school holidays in my dad’s from about 1983 til 1996.

[marathon1975]

My cargo before I sold it to roger Hastings

[robroy]

[les_sylphides]

Cummins L10:290 + Fuller 9-sp:

[les_sylphides]

Pulling the racing truck trailer is a LHD 38t Cargo unit with a Cummins L10 250 and 9-sp Fuller box.

EDIT to add: I’ve just dug out the article that pic came from. It was from TRUCK in 1985 and George Bennett shared the driving down to Italy. The outfit grossed 19t and the 250 pulled surprising well. They were able to keep it lit over the Brenner Pass with no trouble. And the cab was roomy, apparently. Just shows how spoiled we’ve become!

[parkroyal2100]

I drove a couple of Cargo rigids for a mob called BDC in NW London in the late 80s - way better in many respects than the ageing D-Series it replaced, I liked the glassy cab except early morning/ late evening when the sun was low. The waggly mirrors annoyed me too. It’s a pity that (in lower GVW models) the engines were an update of the old D-series (Dover?) because when the Merc 814/ 1014 turned up not long after, it showed what the Cargo could have been. Personal opinion etc.

[marathon1975]

Stokes for drums west Bromwich my dad had the A reg artic when it new