A bit of a long shot here but does anyone know of a good uk spec cab for sale for a RC2? Or any contact details for classic truck breakers who may be able to source one.
That story about Gerry was very moving and an illustration of life’s iniquities. If he’d had a decent lawyer things might have been very different.
Does anyone remember a guy in the seventies with a Road Commander bearing the name ‘outlaw’?
I can’t remember his name but I took him on his first ‘makee learn’ trip to Turkey on OHS.
Just remembered his surname was Maxwell. Somewhere I’ve got a photo of him next to his Mack on OHS which I’ll post later.
Here’s a picture of Mr. Maxwell standing next to my GMC.
Stephen Baines is selling a White RC up at ingleton, N Yorks. Think its advertised in the classic truck mags
Hi there, here are a couple of pics i took at south mimms service area about 1986 1987 ish, behind the scania dealer was a yard we worked from, i think the truck was working for southern transport who had FIATS or was it IVECO ■■ I live in BRAINTREE and i see mr NASH and his lovely wrecker truck, and it sounds good too !! sad story of his sums up uk govenment dos’nt it ■■
Cold Up North:
Stephen Baines is selling a White RC up at ingleton, N Yorks. Think its advertised in the classic truck mags
I must try and find it,do you have any contact details or know what mags its in.I searched google there but no joy.
BIGRIG1:
Cold Up North:
Stephen Baines is selling a White RC up at ingleton, N Yorks. Think its advertised in the classic truck magsI must try and find it,do you have any contact details or know what mags its in.I searched google there but no joy.
Don’t know if it’s still there or what you are looking for, but there was a R/H drive White RC2 advertised in the October Heritage Commercials mag’ in N Lancs, £2000, Tel. 01524 241994.
Regards Chris
Thats the one.
Cold Up North:
Thats the one.
Great minds think alike 
Definatly worth a call in the morning,really looking a good cab,for a restoration,But will def take a full wagon for parts if its all reasonably good,
Hi folks
i’ve been real slack and havn’t been on here for ages 
great to see you guys putting more & more White pics up. I ran one through the 80’s the right hand spec and loved it, just wondered if anybody wanting me to post any pics an “keep em comming”
These are old the ones you took to the chemist to process 
so gotta figure how to get those sort of pics up on here - cant be that hard!
Cheers
Glen
glen1:
Hi folksi’ve been real slack and havn’t been on here for ages
These are old the ones you took to the chemist to process
Cheers
Glen
i’d like to see em mate
gaz
O.K. gaz will do 
i’ll dig em out will bring back some great (and not so great 
as we we know in trucking) memories for me / all.
Came here to Oz early 90’s and have never seen one real ‘gud en’ like you used to in U.K. Europe & States, here there all Kenworth…Kenworth…Kenworth…Mack…Volvo…Scania.
Mention the name White and you get this look 
followed by Ohhh…yeah i remember em
Glen
Here’s my old gal. Geneva Show Model White Commander 2 Swiss reg. I used to do Swiss-Portugal-Hamburg-Swiss with that & it broke down every trip. They took me off a nice DAF wagon+drag to drive that & after a few trips I jacked in rather than drive it. In those days there were v.few M/ways in Spain & none in Portugal so they were hopeless on the old mountain tracks. Most uncomfortable international rig I have ever driven.
Only good for sleeping in.
glen1:
Hi folksi’ve been real slack and havn’t been on here for ages
These are old the ones you took to the chemist to process
Cheers
Glen
Scan 'em.
This is what you want for M?E work. Comfortable,Reliable,& Powerful! Started at the touch of the button @ -34C & would pull up icey slopes where aritics had given up. Forget the old USA boneshakers,they only look good from across the road!
Never forget the mighty…
glen1:
O.K. gaz will doCame here to Oz early 90’s and have never seen one real ‘gud en’ like you used to in U.K. Europe & States, here there all Kenworth…Kenworth…Kenworth…Mack…Volvo…Scania.
Mention the name White and you get this look
Glen
cool cheers glen,
gaz
adr:
I know its a Freightliner, but White were merged with them in the States so its the closest thread on here. Pictured in BP garage at Milton/Didcot Oxon A34 a couple of months ago! Couldn’t get round the front for a better angle.
Hi adr,
I don’t think Freightliner merged with White in the States, it was Volvo that took them over. The first Whites produced in the USA after the Volvo takeover had the Volvo “diagonal stripe” on the radiator grille. I don’t know if this has been covered anywhere else on this forum, but I’m sure this is the case
Regards
Iain
Geez Harry that’s one beaut looking White shame it was so unreliable, looks like it had a ■■■■■■■ in her did it! Mine had 3406 Cat 325bhp and was the most reliable truck i have ever had / drove.
harry:
Forget the old USA boneshakers,they only look good from across the road!
I bought a cab air bag suspension kit from the states and it made it as comfy as any Euro gear (at the time) and the best heater
o.k here goes with a few old pics, i hope they turn out o.k. i have only ever up-loaded digital before.
Brand new - first day she was delivered down from Newcastle
Original paint job never lasted many years (the ally cabs from White wasn’t properly acid prepped like Kenworth / Petes ect) so she had several spray jobs as you’ll see
Cheers
Glen
glen; This one was probably a lemon. It had a 350 ■■■■■■■ & airbags on the rear. That snap was the end of a round trip ,Swiss-Portugal-Swiss & I had driven home with a faulty alternator, you could only get spares in Swiss.The next trip was Swiss -Portugal-Hamburg-Basel & in Porto the valve on the n/s airbag went & I had to limp back to Swiss where they cannibalised a new White to replace my faulty valve. On those Portuguese old mountain tracks it was hard to keep on the road ,the front wheels used to feather off to the side on any rough ground. The air-ride seat was the same system as a bicycle pump -one weight fits all! If you went over a bump the seat bounced your head on the roof. In parts of Spain -Palencia, I used to have to stand up to drive across the ruts or I would have held all the traffic up. At times I thought the windscreen was going to fall out with the terrible front suspension. At the back of the cab was a small compressor to lift the cab but no lock on it. So if someone played a trick while you were sleeping the cab could tilt right over. The wheel studs were hollow,to save weight so in Germany the fitter tore it right off because he was undoing it the wrong way.On a motorway,fully freighted ,she was great & the old Jake Brake worked a treat but once you got out of France in the old days It was hard going with that truck.
One thing I will ask you -did you ever drop down into Hi-Range crawler? It goes in like butter but it was fingers crossed the first time I did it.