Come on where are Charlie and Tir Original when we need them??
Where is this you two?
RegardsPat
Hi, is there any prizes if we guess the village Pat ? To be honest mate it could be anywhere on the French side of the Alps. I’ll have a stab tough 'cause I showed it to my wife and without saying anything she guessed the same as me. It looks like the little village after you leave Lanslebourg and climb Cenis on the French side. It always looked as if it were deserted and hadn’t any inhabitants. The only safe bet is, that I am wrong !
Hi Nobby I knew you wouldn’t let me down spot on and welcome back!!
Not too tired are you after all that work!!!
Pat
Well Pat I’m glad that I got it right and didn’t have to feel a prat. Dont you think it strange that even my wife guessed it and drivers couldn’t ? She reckoned the reason that she knew it was because we went up one evening in a electrical storm and it was the first time we had seen anybody. It was so spectacular that they were all outside to see the lightning show.
By the way when I left work last night, I was talking to an ex: Cawthorn Sinclair driver and he reminded me of a company called Brown and Star from Southampton. Remember them ?
Has anyone on this thread mentioned ‘Comptons’ by any chance? Only I was trying to remember where we bought this Scania 111 many years ago - late 80’s I think 
The name of Compton cropped up and I think they had a big yard near Poole which I’m sure is where it came from - anyone remember the Motor 
Yes I certainly can remember this unit and others much like it. The man of the original comany was Cecil Compton, from as you say Poole. He was part of the company called FCF which was Flowers Compton & Furnell. This company later ceased to trade and they each went their own way and did their own thing.
The transport was later taken on by his son Mark I think but I will stop there because I dont know enough about them. Well certainly not as much as others on here who are more qualified to give you their history.
Mark / Cecil Comptons yard was at Thrush Road Upper Parkstone ,Poole.
Yes Mark Compton ran the transport mainly traction to Europe up until a few years ago had a lot of Volvos early on then had an auction sold vitually everything then went on to Scanias then had another auction again sold most of it then started back with Volvos this time FH’s.
He still has the yard at Thrush Rd Manningsheath Poole also has a yard at Longham
Here is a ex Sea Route Ferry Scania that I sold him and then bought back again a bit later!
Ragrds Pat
Pat
If I remember he used to sell all the trucks before August as there was no work in August. I thought the yard at Longham belonged to Kenny Flower ( no s)
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Pat
If I remember he used to sell all the trucks before August as there was no work in August. I thought the yard at Longham belonged to Kenny Flower ( no s)
No the yard I am talking about is on the left after the turn off for the cafe just past Ringwood there is an old derelict house on the site! Sorry but Longham is the only name that sprung to mind!
Yes Ken Flowers has got a yard just before Longham Bridge behind his bungalow opposite where there used to be a transport cafe and an Aston Martin dealer/collector.
Regards Pat
anything to do with , “Phillips” of Parkstone ■■?
No Richard, Phillips was a different company altogether. They owned various sand and gravel pits around Dorset, running a fleet of tippers. Later they went into general haulage and obviously skip lorries as their quarries were back-filled.One of the sons( Mike Phillips) decided to get into continental transport and became a subby for Jameson Europa, late 60’, early 70’s. On the demise of Jamies, he took on the transpot manager (Roy Gover) and opened an office in Oxford Street, Southampton, thus becoming a self sufficient international haulier. This is how things carried on until the death of Mr. E.F.Phillips (Snr).
Soon after this the company was split up and sold. They had some good drivers and some of them although from Poole came to work for Southampton companies.
By the way Richard I’ve sent you a PM.
ainacs:
Hi MJMI don’t recall it but the old brain is not what it used to be and yes if it had the EFH reg I would pesume that I must have registered it at Portsmouth, but I used to buy and sell to Peter Gilder at Stow in the Wold and I think that he had some dealings with good old Brian Palmer.
Incidentally I bought a Scania, which I’ve only just found out on this forum, had apparently been on the Herald of Free Enterprise when it sank! So that must have come from Mr Palmer I never knew and we had no problem with it either!! Small world isn’t it??
This was it, someone on the ‘Woolpit’ thread said it!
Regards Pat
Thanks Pat
Old Brian Palmer - Commercial Motors greatest friend!!!
Not sure about B500. We had an ex Danish 142 from Palmer that he converted to a 6x2. Its reg was B485 RDX!!! But I’m sure we had it before the Herald went down (don’t quote me) - I’ll dig out some pics.
We did have one from Palmer that we found out was on the Herald. It was an R112 6x2 - reg C222 KFR. Turned out to be a complete dog - was never right but he tucked us up. That was, I think, the last one we had off him. I’ll go through my pics and see what I can find.
All the best
Found a pic of my second Scania 110 EDM137J from about 1979 which had a ten speed spliter box I bought it off a Brian Oliver from Rochdale it was originally a daycab he had a sleeper conversion done by Unity I think.
I fitted extra headlamps from a Guy I think as the original Scania ones were not that good!!I made up the 110 badge originally had 110 Super on the grill!
Regards Pat
Hi Pat.Cracking pictures of some great motors.All have great skins on them.I looked very carefully and could not find any rubbish and have come to the conclusion that either you spent a small fortune on tyres or you only had one set and kept moving them from one lorry to to another. Only kidding you understand. You notice I call them lorries because that is what they are 
Thanks Charlie as they were going all over Europe did not want problems with tyres although they always carried spare wheels on the rear carrier!
Here are three more lorries for you taken at the same time around 1980
A 110 140 and 111.
Regards Pat
Pat, those old Scanias of yours do look well mate, my question is what’s the best one they ever made?
Let me get in quick.I’ve had a 110 super 111 140 and a141.Naturally the 141 was the best performer but the old 110 had in my opinion the best cab layout.Two fixed bunks with removable mattresses and a very good solid wardrobe which I found to be really handy to hang my flares and large collar shirts in. At that time (1970) I was known as a master of sartorial elegance.Gone completely downhill since
I was talking to an old M/E man in Dover years ago & he reckoned the 110/111 better than the V8s as the lower torque made them less likely to get stuck in the snow or bury themselves in the sand, made sense but it could be that he never got a chance to drive a proper Scania 
BTW Charlie I hear Cheese Cloth shirts are back in fashion for the summer so you could be ‘down with the kids’ again dude 
I’ve had some great Scania’s
This is the best 110 I’ve had went everwhere in Europe and the splitter box meant it was very quick away from a start, quicker that the 111 that was over 8 years newer!!
Here again with the first 110 I bought a K reg. Charlie I know what you mean about the flares look at these!!!
This was agood old 140 bought from Devon Trendale heavy Haulage Dave Phillips I think.
This I think was the best 141 I’ve had ran like adream sold it to a man in Northern Ireland
The only new truck I have ever had a 1982 388bhp 142pictured with my first V8 a K reg 140
But the best has to be this double drive 143 still going stong special types up to 85 tons gross!
Not had a 4 series so can’t comment on them!
Regards Pat