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An ex-Beck & Pollitzer Leyland Freighter gets a cab repaint and the white stripes treatment on Malta.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
My Dad drove a Comet artic for R Stamp and son , they had two of them on contract to LINPAC at Louth this would have been about 1964 1965 ish .He says they were not too bad for the time . He thinks they were ex Shell Mex Bp units ,they had master switches behind the drivers seat so it sounds like tanker wiring . He says that 8 tons was as much as it wanted but what it wanted and what it got could have been a different story ! Regards Geoff
My old man drove a comet 90 tipper on scrap haulage, it was second hand the number was 837 URF so I don’t know who owned it originally but it was very reliable and stood a lot of abuse weight wise !
Trev_H:
My old man drove a comet 90 tipper on scrap haulage, it was second hand the number was 837 URF so I don’t know who owned it originally but it was very reliable and stood a lot of abuse weight wise !
Hi Trev, Its a Staffs reg which as you know covers a vast area, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Trev_H:
My old man drove a comet 90 tipper on scrap haulage, it was second hand the number was 837 URF so I don’t know who owned it originally but it was very reliable and stood a lot of abuse weight wise !Hi Trev, Its a Staffs reg which as you know covers a vast area, Regards Larry.
Aye thanks for that Larry, it was an even bigger area in those days as it covered a lot towns in the black country which are now classed as West Midlands. I was born in Bilston which was then Staffordshire now West Mids, he also had an old trader RBF which I believe was also Staffs.
Trev_H:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Trev_H:
My old man drove a comet 90 tipper on scrap haulage, it was second hand the number was 837 URF so I don’t know who owned it originally but it was very reliable and stood a lot of abuse weight wise !Hi Trev, Its a Staffs reg which as you know covers a vast area, Regards Larry.
Aye thanks for that Larry, it was an even bigger area in those days as it covered a lot towns in the black country which are now classed as West Midlands. I was born in Bilston which was then Staffordshire now West Mids, he also had an old trader RBF which I believe was also Staffs.
Aye Trev Its a Stoke on Trent reg, Regards Larry.
As fewer of the Ergomatic-cabbed Leyland range remain in use , the C40/T45 models are taking its place on Malta.
This 6 wheeled Constructor loaded with animal feed awaits the ferry to the neighbouring island of Gozo .
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
That is a novel looking sheeting arrangement for an animal feed bulker cwm, probably no need for a proper sheet in Malta where the sun shines most of the time. Looks like an ex BOCM Pauls motor.
Cheers Leyland 600
Leyland600:
That is a novel looking sheeting arrangement for an animal feed bulker cwm, probably no need for a proper sheet in Malta where the sun shines most of the time. Looks like an ex BOCM Pauls motor.
Cheers Leyland 600
Hi “Leyland 600” ,
Good to see you back on here . 
Hope the operation recovery is progressing well.
Aye , the roof (?) of the bulker resembles the “chip box” side-loading design of the old refuse wagons .
Those hungry seagulls will have a struggle to peck holes in that material .
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Another Leyland awaiting the ferry to Gozo was this Freighter carrying a box body on its platform.
No doubt it would be fully loaded , as the Maltese hauliers dont like transporting air pockets` .
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
cattle wagon man:
ramone:
cattle wagon man:
The paintwork was still smelling as new when I photographed this tipper in Malta a few years ago.
Typically- Maltese coachlines are in evident on the cab. Note the locally-made front bumper, and thetwinheadlamps.
The Maltese are very proud of the British-built vehicles. This one is christened " Ave Maria"Cheers, cattle wagon man.
I think that could be an AEC
Hi ramone,
I think you are maybe right.After I posted it on here , I remembered that the chassis and
running gear
were possibly A.E.C., but it was photographed about 3 years ago. I thought that someone would correct me if I were wrong to put this on theLeylandthread.
However,…theres nobbut men` thee knaws that , eh.Cheers, cattle wagon man.
I am the now proud (ish) owner of the Maltese Bison. It was originally a long wheelbase Bison from the UK, it was shortened from the back and the original bogie was replaced with a set of AEC Mammoth Major axles as they’re considered stronger, the chassis had extra flitch plates added down the outside of the original chassis to cope with the 24 ton payload a Maltese 6 legger carries.
Hi “troberts0” ,
Good to hear that news from you.
I can still smell the new paint from the day when I took about 6 photographs of Ave Maria , parked in Qawra.
I can send you copies of the photos if you wish . Have you retained the traditional Maltese livery ?
Looking forward to seeing some photos on here of your purchase.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
cattle wagon man:
Hi “troberts0” ,
Good to hear that news from you.
I can still smell the new paint from the day when I took about 6 photographs ofAve Maria, parked in Qawra.
I can send you copies of the photos if you wish . Have you retained the traditional Maltese livery ?
Looking forward to seeing some photos on here of your purchase.Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Unfortunately I’ve planned to put it back as original as possible and into a livery of a long gone local haulier. I was going to keep the back axles but as it seems to throw up a bit of confusion I’ve set about looking for an original hub reduction bogie. I’d love to see the photos and i’ll get some photos of it in its current state put up.
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troberts0:
cattle wagon man:
Hi “troberts0” ,
Good to hear that news from you.
I can still smell the new paint from the day when I took about 6 photographs ofAve Maria, parked in Qawra.
I can send you copies of the photos if you wish . Have you retained the traditional Maltese livery ?
Looking forward to seeing some photos on here of your purchase.Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Unfortunately I’ve planned to put it back as original as possible and into a livery of a long gone local haulier. I was going to keep the back axles but as it seems to throw up a bit of confusion I’ve set about looking for an original hub reduction bogie. I’d love to see the photos and i’ll get some photos of it in its current state put up.
troberts0:
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cattle wagon man:
Hi “troberts0” ,
Good to hear that news from you.
I can still smell the new paint from the day when I took about 6 photographs ofAve Maria, parked in Qawra.
I can send you copies of the photos if you wish . Have you retained the traditional Maltese livery ?
Looking forward to seeing some photos on here of your purchase.Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Unfortunately I’ve planned to put it back as original as possible and into a livery of a long gone local haulier. I was going to keep the back axles but as it seems to throw up a bit of confusion I’ve set about looking for an original hub reduction bogie. I’d love to see the photos and i’ll get some photos of it in its current state put up.
Hi “troberts0” ,
Drop me a p.m. with your address after the Christmas Festivities , and I`ll send you copies of the Leyland/A.E.C. with pleasure.
After all , this is the purpose of TNUK, - to offer help , etc., when requested.
A shame the Maltese livery is being removed , as it was portrayed in traditional Maltese style. But never mind , the photos can be the
mementos for you and show the before and after alterations. Good Luck with your project.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year . 
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
cattle wagon man:
Hi “troberts0” ,
Drop me a p.m. with your address after the Christmas Festivities , and I`ll send you copies of the Leyland/A.E.C. with pleasure.
After all , this is the purpose of TNUK, - to offer help , etc., when requested.A shame the Maltese livery is being removed , as it was portrayed in traditional Maltese style. But never mind , the photos can be the
mementos for you and show thebeforeandafteralterations. Good Luck with your project.Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year .
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
It looks fabulous as it is. The Maltese love affair with things British, embodied in the care they lavish on their Leylands, Bedfords etc, is worthy of being preserved for posterity, and this Leyland seems to be a fine example of it.
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anorak:cattle wagon man:
Hi “troberts0” ,
Drop me a p.m. with your address after the Christmas Festivities , and I`ll send you copies of the Leyland/A.E.C. with pleasure.
After all , this is the purpose of TNUK, - to offer help , etc., when requested.A shame the Maltese livery is being removed , as it was portrayed in traditional Maltese style. But never mind , the photos can be the
mementos for you and show thebeforeandafteralterations. Good Luck with your project.Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year .
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
It looks fabulous as it is. The Maltese love affair with things British, embodied in the care they lavish on their Leylands, Bedfords etc, is worthy of being preserved for posterity, and this Leyland seems to be a fine example of it.
Agreed, but unfortunately the life long plan was to own a Bison like the one my father drove when I was a kid and put it back into the livery of the firm he worked for, it would be even more interesting to see what it originally looked like before it went to Malta. It was a long wheelbase box van, supposedly owned by the police as it had a heavily plated/protected cab with an air con unit bolted through the roof, though I suspect it could have been Securicour. The armoured cab was changed with a civilian cab from a Buffalo, then obviously shortened etc to be converted to a tipper. The purpose of buying a vehicle from Malta was the fact any work needed would require purely nuts and bolts, I’d never be in a position unfortunately to start stripping cabs, welding, fabricating, rebuilding engines which would likely be the case if I bought a Bison still lurking in the UK. It’s a strange balance as I’ve had many people look at it and say it’s not original, it’s not a Bison, it’s an AEC, it’s not genuine etc and via Facebook I’ve been bombarded by islanders begging me to keep at as a Maltese truck. As any Leyland enthusiast knows, there’s a lot of heritage on Malta that’s being purely cut up so I think whatever I do to it’s good it’s being saved and hopefully more people buy some of the vehicles back, , it’ll never be purely original now, the flitch plates etc are all Maltese, they wont be changed but some of the alterations need to be changed as it simply wouldn’t pass a UK MOT with them. It sits back on it’s original registration of DPK 610W if there are any photos of it. I’ll keep you all up to date and hope everyone has a good Christmas 
