An other oldy from Down Under.
Photo years ago from internet 
Salut, Bert
used to have a mate who worked at the tnt cannock depot,and he drove a bedford tk in ipec’s livery and it was spotless
and complete with white wheels it looked really smart. 
Think pink!! a close friend of mine had his f12 painted pink and worked for independent.! i’ll get some photos off him weekend if i can,
Norman Ingram:
Pat I think if you go back to the late 60’s to early 70’s there was a few wagons out of the same yards as BRS at Duston oppersite the pub " Rifle ■■■■" then they went to round spinney.
I remember BRS overland … they had Leyland Marathons and tilts with ‘Northampton to Iran’ on the side.
Imagine driving that route with one of those and no A/C ?
TNT Overniter:
truckerash
Arthur Elliott is still at TNT Northampton,Hes the Depot Manager now.
now that is a turn up for the books Arthur in management
I remember him as a 300% union man with no lee way allowed
Dillon144:
Think pink!! a close friend of mine had his f12 painted pink and worked for independent.! i’ll get some photos off him weekend if i can,
if you scroll through to about page 4 or 5 on this forum you should find an Independent Express post
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Pat Hasler:
Remember IPEC ?
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Hi Pat: Great thread! Me born and bred in Northampton, as a lad I was always at Ipec’s depot to photograph the trucks as they came and went. I lived about a mile away, so straight after school, on me bike and off I went. At first I was not allowed in as it was (still is) a customs clearance depot, so used to wait on the bend just before the gatehouse and snap the trucks there.
Then I got a break via school. Had to do a ‘work experience’ and chose Ipec. The company allowed it and I went ‘inside’ for a whole week. There I met the likes of Johhny Moore snr and his son Johhny Moore jnr and a great guy called Arthur Elliot. Most people there had moved down from Hull where the co was originally based.
It used to be called GELDERS, then IPEC bought it out. There was always a connection with the Dutch co Gelders Spectra, hence the brown and blue livery. (look closely at some of the pics below).
I had a great time on ‘work exp’ and hardly spent any time in the (boring) office, instead I used to go for rides in the trucks! Johhny Moore jnr took me to Paris and Arthur took me to Dublin 
…all I wanted to do was drive a truck!
ARTHUR…JOHNNY…are you out there?
So here are a selection of my photos…enjoy and I hope they bring back a few memories.
One of the first pics I took ‘inside’. Note the DAF 2600, the Maggie (JIM BROOM) and the Leyland Revier yard shunter. This would have been around 1976.
One of my most favourite pics. Arthur Elliot driving, I remember him letting me jump out to take the pic as he carefully came throught the arch. Think it was at Conway(?) on way to Holyhead for the ferry…
That arch is in Conway but its the one home bound. I used it 3 times a week but with a tipper trailer and there was no problem getting through the arc BUT drivers who did’nt know the tight approach could get the headboard into the wall easiley, especially with close riding trailors.Theres a tunnel under Conway now so newer drivers will of missed the experiance.
The photo of the loading bay is top notch plenty going on there
John
Ipec from “Down Under”
Photo years ago from internet.
Salut, Bert
I met Nicky (the Irish Ipec driver) again yesterday in Yonkers, we exchanged email addresses and chatted, I actually took some photos but as I cant be bothered with that photobucket crap they will not be on here unless one of you goes to my Facebook profile and takes them.
Why cant this forum be easier like the other more adavnce one ? … you know what I mean 
Hi Pat,
Just come accross this thread I knew Nicky Butterly quite well as I was one of the IPEC Northampton drivers (Johnny Moore Jnr), say hello to him for me will you cheers.
By the way top hat aka Ray Bugg is still going strong and will retire in a couple of years time .
All the best John
Pat Hasler:
Remember IPEC ? they ran out of East Northampton (cant remember the industrial est) but they did most of Europe with nice yellow DAF 3300 wagon and drag swap bodies. I used to talk to a couple of them … Top Hat ran out to Paris and changed over with the Rome driver then came back, it took him two days.
The other guy I used to talk to was from Dublin and would run to Northampton, this run also took him two days and we would chat now and then…NOW THEN ! … Small world situation here
Lats year I was sitting in the loading office in Yonkers Sugar refinery when in comes this bloke picking up Molasis and sits down, he had an Irish accent and commented on my Brit flag … Turns out its the same guy from IPEC Dublin.
I see him quite a lot now … hows that for coincidence ?
Hi Saw your get pictures from the IPEC days and wondered if you had any more ? My dad Mick work for Gilders , Ipec and Independent express.
I was really hoping you might have a photo of him in his DAF. Also trying to get in touch with his work colleagues if you have details ? Thanks Sean