Hi all the sun must have gone to my head and I put my hands up as I forgot,todays letter is “P” for Pegaso so get digging the pics out and while your at it tomorrows letter is “Q” and I have found one which you will find difficult it is Qualter hall & co.known as QH est. in 1961 and still there today making Hydrostatically driven load carrying vehicles for the mining industry,so definitely a prize if you find a pic of one of them,cheers Buzzer.
I first saw this cab in a front garden near Velez Malaga when I passed by to load at Trapiche for Ralph Davies at about 1992. It was still there in 2003 when we moved here just up the road!
pete 359:
nilocekyd:
pete 359:
Hi all,
I always look in on this thread and have enjoyed it’s content for years.i have a question,the southern bulk Volvo? Where were this company based please and who owned it? Seems familiar to me somehow?were they connected to j.c. Dean from Salisbury? Or am I just getting confused
Regards andrew.Pete,
Southern Bulk Traffic were from Alton.
archive.commercialmotor.com/arti … thern-bulk
some links to other mentions.
JC Dean may have done some work for them but you might be thinking of his trucks when painted yellow and blue (Kenneth Wilson livery)
or J&J transport in which he was a partner.Colin.
Hi Colin,
Thanks for the info.you are right.the yellow and blue was Kenneth Wilson,Jason dean has given me photos of their 88’s from years ago.Regards andrew.
Hi Andrew, maybe you could post some, the only one I have is from the rear so mostly trailer. My father used to drive them for John and would love a photo.
regards Colin.
sorry i called you pete in previous post.
MaggieD:
HiWell done Colin, I see Charlie still hasn’t been down to paint Jims fence
Is it “P” day today ?
Gerbil is that your BMW 2002 parked next to the FL7 ?
Regards
Richard
Ah the first leftie I played with ! Wasn’t the nickname us drivers gave it the pigs arse ! Had some fun get used to the handlebars on the wrong side !
pete 359:
nilocekyd:
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Colin.
Hi all,
I always look in on this thread and have enjoyed it’s content for years.i have a question,the southern bulk Volvo? Where were this company based please and who owned it? Seems familiar to me somehow?were they connected to j.c. Dean from Salisbury? Or am I just getting confused
Regards andrew.
Hi pete359 Southern bulk was run by E.J.Thomas which then turned into Southern Bulk, a friend of mine Derek Miller worked for them as a subbie for many years.His brother in law Duggy aka “Carrot” drove Derek’s GUY big J ex Philips Electrical for quite a few years,no sleeper cab mind until a second hand F88 was purchased from D.J.Light from Bath,hope this clears the fog a bit,cheers Buzzer.
Todays letter is Q.Quest 80 was formed in 1979 in Telford to develop lorries and buses for the South African Sugar Corporation.The company is now oiwned by the Quest Motor Corporation of Zimbabwe.The company assembles Leyland Lorries.Regards Charlie
Hi all, yes that was my bmw parked in the yard rich wish i had kept it but never mind. I also drove for E.J.Thomas and was a subby nice man mr thomas but when the son came back from bumming around the world and sort off took over it was not so good.Summer is here at last, soon be august boys.
Hi Jim
Happy birthday now you are 21 you can drive lorries.
Cheers Rich
charlie one:
Todays letter is Q.Quest 80 was formed in 1979 in Telford to develop lorries and buses for the South African Sugar Corporation.The company is now oiwned by the Quest Motor Corporation of Zimbabwe.The company assembles Leyland Lorries.Regards Charlie
Quest 80
another Q is Jeffrey Quad, American truck manufacturer
Colin.
nilocekyd:
pete 359:
nilocekyd:
pete 359:
Hi all,
I always look in on this thread and have enjoyed it’s content for years.i have a question,the southern bulk Volvo? Where were this company based please and who owned it? Seems familiar to me somehow?were they connected to j.c. Dean from Salisbury? Or am I just getting confused
Regards andrew.Pete,
Southern Bulk Traffic were from Alton.
archive.commercialmotor.com/arti … thern-bulk
some links to other mentions.
JC Dean may have done some work for them but you might be thinking of his trucks when painted yellow and blue (Kenneth Wilson livery)
or J&J transport in which he was a partner.Colin.
Hi Colin,
Thanks for the info.you are right.the yellow and blue was Kenneth Wilson,Jason dean has given me photos of their 88’s from years ago.Regards andrew.Hi Andrew, maybe you could post some, the only one I have is from the rear so mostly trailer. My father used to drive them for John and would love a photo.
regards Colin.
sorry i called you pete in previous post.
Hi Colin,
No problem with the name mistake, my avatar can be confusing Hope these few are ok? I have a few old ones of j.c. Dean,not really a Southampton based company,let me know if you want them on here also.
Regards andrew.
Hi Andrew
The Green ones were J&J Transport
& the Yellow & Green 88 on the end of the line up is Brian Snellgars (Holmere Transport)
Cheers Rich
Thanks Andrew great pictures.
As he started in Lockerly, which has a Soton postcode, I’m sure the followers/posters on this thread won’t mind.
Colin.
tribsa:
Hi Andrew
The Green ones were J&J Transport
& the Yellow & Green 88 on the end of the line up is Brian Snellgars (Holmere Transport)
Cheers Rich
Talking of J&J does anyone know if the other John, (Blodwynn), is still about?
tribsa:
Hi Jim
Happy birthday now you are 21 you can drive lorries.
Cheers Rich
Hi Tribsa thanks for that dunno if I wanna drive em the rule book has changed a lot since the good old days Rich
Regards Jimmer
Hi jako
How are you
Firstly I am late posting todays letter as it seems every now and then TNUK is hard to get up on the computer so here goes,todays letter is “R” for Renault so over to you Richard for the pics.
And it is nice to see some very early pics of J.C.Dean so many thanks to Pete359 for posting them,definitely a Mary Hopkin moment there and don’t they take you back into the world we all started in,cheers Buzzer.
Buzzer:
Firstly I am late posting todays letter as it seems every now and then TNUK is hard to get up on the computer so here goes,todays letter is “R” for Renault so over to you Richard for the pics.And it is nice to see some very early pics of J.C.Dean so many thanks to Pete359 for posting them,definitely a Mary Hopkin moment there and don’t they take you back into the world we all started in,cheers Buzzer.
Hi John,
I think the site was down for a few hours today, here’s a couple of pics.
Regards
Richard
