coomsey:
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Ex Bardon ■■
I think this was the only Leyland 680 engined Foden Bardon had. Cannot recall the reg no.
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This Foden is ex Bardon ONR71F
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nick lambden:
This Foden is ex Bardon ONR71FSent from my FIG-LX1 using Tapatalk
Thanks for that nick .
Only ever drove Gardner Fodens,my mate had one below, for Whitwick quarry, they had 6 but just one with a Gardner in,he rated her
Yes have worked on the Leyland engine ones while in the garage at whitwick . Prone to head gaskets. They were semi tilt cabs .had to take the radiator out. John Mason was the forms.
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nick lambden:
Yes have worked on the Leyland engine ones while in the garage at whitwick . Prone to head gaskets. They were semi tilt cabs .had to take the radiator out. John Mason was the forms.Sent from my FIG-LX1 using Tapatalk
I used to tilt the cab on the Gardner engined S39’s we ran as it made changing the cylinder block so much easier.
Pete.
nick lambden:
Yes have worked on the Leyland engine ones while in the garage at whitwick . Prone to head gaskets. They were semi tilt cabs .had to take the radiator out. John Mason was the forms.Sent from my FIG-LX1 using Tapatalk
My mate Rod Williams in his posh motor, you’ve chance to know him Nick
robinswh:
This is almost identical to the mausdsley plated AEC mark 3 that my late father drove from 1951 to 1964 when it was scrapped 13 years a long life for a tipper flat out at 35 MPH…….was getting obsolete in the new motorway age. Plate number HAY492 . One of a batch of five…….still searching for a picture…can you help me Paul ? This was of course the whitwick granite company.
Been rooting about Wayne but nothing yet
I was at ARC whitwick 1972 for about a year .I can remember a few names not your mate. They had Foden 8 wheeler’s K and L reg 30 ton afew commers 2 stroke AEC 6 wheeler’s.foden half cabs. Then some scammels from Amey roadstone .
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what about my dad Hugh Robinson weighbridge clerk did you know him nick?..Wayne Robinson
Yes I did know him although as I was in the garage did not know him very well. some drivers the Moore’s brothers old man Smith cannot think of his first name .thumper .farmer drove one of the commers. Dennis Baugh. Haywood.The were good times .And of course nasher (Burton) .Wish I had a better memory.
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Coomsey. Re the picture of Bardon Fodens at the far end of the line are the 2 coach built S20 DJU668 and669 then 2 tilt cabs oblong head lights then 2 S21s Mickey mouse one was E reg.I Remember helping to wash and arrange them for the picture.
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nick lambden:
Coomsey. Re the picture of Bardon Fodens at the far end of the line are the 2 coach built S20 DJU668 and669 then 2 tilt cabs oblong head lights then 2 S21s Mickey mouse one was E reg.I Remember helping to wash and arrange them for the picture.Sent from my FIG-LX1 using Tapatalk
Thanks again Nick, always thought it a cracking photo
Thanks Nick , I dont recognise any of the names …my dad stopped driving there in 1966 and went in the weighbridge his last lorry was a four wheel commer two stroke …he did big days eg whitwick scunthorpe bury st edmonds then back to coalville. In 1967 the garage burnt down and was built elsewhere . I dont know why he stayed there all those years when he could have gone to bardon or cliff and got better equipment. I got in a bit of a dispute with hanson only a couple of years ago after my mam died they sent me a letter saying she had been overpaid by 200 quid and expected me to come up with it…I never did its a long way from coalville to western canada. Thanks for the update wayne
I was at Castle rock school until 1967 so he would have come past many times. I remember the lorry’s going past. I worked in the new garage a couple of 100 yards from the quarry.The guy who used to clean up in the garage was always talking about the fire.think his name was Jack Smith?.during my time at Bardon I worked with a mechanic who worked in the old garage Ron Meek. He taught me alot about commer 2stroke engines.
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Ron Meek does ring a bell if its the same guy he was one of the original commer drivers when the large batch of steel bodied 4 wheelers came TNH 265 to TNH 275 I think These came in 1964 . The Ron Meeks I knew was a veteran ww 2 or korea . I was at that fire just passed my test drove my dad up there and he stayed all night I think I picked him up in the morning A few commers were burnt out that night.The 2 stroke was fantastic engine pulled like a train and 18 mpg. Parkin and jones has a couple of 6 wheelers but had to get rid early stability/steering problems the engines were fine.
Yes that is the same man . interesting about the commers .Ron loved them.Smithy used to say how the heat bulged out the head lights. My mate the late Terry Squire’s drove for parkin and Jones.
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nick lambden:
Yes that is the same man . interesting about the commers .Ron loved them.Smithy used to say how the heat bulged out the head lights. My mate the late Terry Squire’s drove for parkin and Jones.Sent from my FIG-LX1 using Tapatalk
Is that the same Parkin and Jones who had a Renault dealership in Alfreton a few years ago, I used to get my Renault 18 parts from them?
Pete.
Yes it is .The Coalville depot become a British Leyland dealership.It now has a Lidl supermarket on it.
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According to ancestry .com Ron passed away in 1998 in Leicester aged 67………I think its the same man Wayne
robinswh:
According to ancestry .com Ron passed away in 1998 in Leicester aged 67………I think its the same man Wayne
I worked with Ron Meek in the late 60s he would have been about 40is then . Definitely had worked in whitwick garage.
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