This Atkinson used to transport Atkins’ restored and preserved1934 Foden S-Type DG6,NG 6631,FINDONIAN. Painted in a light brown,with red,dark brown and white relief,livery this Foden pulled a matching a 4-wheeler Drawbar Trailer:-
Both this Foden lorry and its trailer have high-sided bodies complete with conveyer belt-type floors!
In 2006 it was sold at an auction for £41,475!
In one of the latest historic commercial vehicle magazines,Atkins advertise their circa 1932-34 Foden 4-wheeler lorry,complete with it’s Dorman diesel engine!
What I would like to know,please,is what became of the Atkinson transporter? Do Atkins still own it?,or is it now preserved by somebody else?
Another photograph of the Atkinson Searcher,Q966 AVO:-
Bewick:
Wasn’t the last MkII Atky an 8 wheeler? I seem to recall seeing an internal shot at Walton-le Dale of the last MkII off the line,obviously I stand corrected but I’m not immagining seeing the shot!! Cheers Dennis.
It is still about - owned by MacCready’s in Stoke - although in need of another restoration
It sure is a shot to bring “a tear to the eye” of the very last MKII off the Walton-le-Dale line,and just look at the avalanche of “■■■■■■ coming on behind!! However,whilst this was definitely the last “MKII” off the line there will,of course,have been “a last” MKII tractor unit off the line as well and while I am not prepared to enter into that argument I could,quite reasonably, claim to be a contender for the accolade by having purchased two brand new MKII Tractor units in September 1975 at Bewick Transport,unfortunately I can’t produce their chassis Nos. but their Reg Nos. were MEC 290P & MEC 291P.They most certainly would have been among the last MKII’s built because apart from the 220■■■■■■■ engines they had completely different drive lines which I put down to the factory cleaning up their MKII component inventory prior to the introduction the “Seddon Atkinson” offerings.So “bugger it” in order to spice up the thread and solicit a reaction I will claim that these two Borderers were,in fact,the last two off the line at Walton-le-Dale !! I’m not sure which one was the last but one of them surely was !! Cheers Bewick.
P H Antell from Shillingstone in Dorset operated this reputedly the last Atkinson Borderer to be built.Now owned
by David Edwards ( Director ) of M A Evans Ltd of Knighton,Radnorshire.
Bewick:
And here’s a shot of it’s sister,hard at work!!
That’s an interesting photo is the load an internal load ? cans with corner boards and ropes
sorry Dennis but Atkinson just couldn’t let a ■■■■■■■ be the last Mk2 tractor unit it had to be the Great Gardner 8lxb
and Waugh’s got that KFT 511P.
Life seems just a little unfair at times Dennis . It seems that your Borderers are not candidates after all , the last one would seem to be the one now in the livery of M A Evans , & just a little salt for the wound , they are also said to have had a Guy Big J 8LXB Tractor Unit
Casual Observer:
Life seems just a little unfair at times Dennis . It seems that your Borderers are not candidates after all , the last one would seem to be the one now in the livery of M A Evans , & just a little salt for the wound , they are also said to have had a Guy Big J 8LXB Tractor Unit
Wey! Hey! away we go again “CO”,this M.A.Evans outfit seem to be in at the “death/kill” of any motor that has a dubious provenance !! How many motors did this firm operate by the way and did they purchase the Atky “new”?,did they operate nationally or just around their local area ? Oh! and what was the chassis No. of this very last Borderer tractor they ran ? The 8 wheeler has it’s chassis no. quite clearly chalked on the bumper so I would expect the M.A. Evans chassis No. to be consecutive,or at least very close!My claim still stands until disproved by cast iron proof,so over to you,shall I hold my breath ? No don’t answer that “CO” !! Cheers Dennis.
P H Antell from Shillingstone in Dorset operated this reputedly the last Atkinson Borderer to be built.Now owned
by David Edwards ( Director ) of M A Evans Ltd of Knighton,Radnorshire.
Bewick:
And here’s a shot of it’s sister,hard at work!!
That’s an interesting photo is the load an internal load ? cans with corner boards and ropes
sorry Dennis but Atkinson just couldn’t let a ■■■■■■■ be the last Mk2 tractor unit it had to be the Great Gardner 8lxb
and Waugh’s got that KFT 511P.
I love a riot “Bri”,what makes you think that there was a Gardner engine available for the last Atky tractor ? AND,M.A.Evans claim to have the last one so how can a small insignificant operator like Waughs have been favoured over that larger outfit !!! I doubt if there were numerous 8LXB engines laying about waiting to be “stuffed” into the last run of Atky Borderer tractors,more like they used ■■■■■■■ engines as they needed all their Gardner allocation for their launch of the Sed/Atk,don’t forget that the Redmonds had waited for a long while to wipe the name of Atkinson from the the list of British HGV manufactures !! And there would be no way would they have sqandered 8LXB engines on what had effectively become a “Dodo”,the 8 wheeler chassis,yes,as the 180LXB engine was declining in popularity because of the 6BHP requirement so those engines were more readily available at the time.However,that is only my opinion based on first hand knowledge I had at the time but no doubt some of the “sages” on the site will correct me ! : Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
And here’s a shot of it’s sister,hard at work!!
That’s an interesting photo is the load an internal load ? cans with corner boards and ropes
sorry Dennis but Atkinson just couldn’t let a ■■■■■■■ be the last Mk2 tractor unit it had to be the Great Gardner 8lxb
and Waugh’s got that KFT 511P.
The shot of the Bewick Atky was taken somewhere in the South East waiting to tip at,more than likely,a Sainsbury or may-be a Tesco RDC,all the Libby loads we hauled were corner boarded and roped first then sheeted,roped and fly sheeted,we never had a wet claim in the many years we carried Libby/Nestle products from the Milnthorpe factory! Cheers Dennis.
P H Antell from Shillingstone in Dorset operated this reputedly the last Atkinson Borderer to be built.Now owned
by David Edwards ( Director ) of M A Evans Ltd of Knighton,Radnorshire.
Casual Observer:
Life seems just a little unfair at times Dennis . It seems that your Borderers are not candidates after all , the last one would seem to be the one now in the livery of M A Evans , & just a little salt for the wound , they are also said to have had a Guy Big J 8LXB Tractor Unit
Wey! Hey! away we go again “CO”,this M.A.Evans outfit seem to be in at the “death/kill” of any motor that has a dubious provenance !! How many motors did this firm operate by the way and did they purchase the Atky “new”?,did they operate nationally or just around their local area ? Oh! and what was the chassis No. of this very last Borderer tractor they ran ? The 8 wheeler has it’s chassis no. quite clearly chalked on the bumper so I would expect the M.A. Evans chassis No. to be consecutive,or at least very close!My claim still stands until disproved by cast iron proof,so over to you,shall I hold my breath ? No don’t answer that “CO” !! Cheers Dennis.
Casual Observer:
Life seems just a little unfair at times Dennis . It seems that your Borderers are not candidates after all , the last one would seem to be the one now in the livery of M A Evans , & just a little salt for the wound , they are also said to have had a Guy Big J 8LXB Tractor Unit
Wey! Hey! away we go again “CO”,this M.A.Evans outfit seem to be in at the “death/kill” of any motor that has a dubious provenance !! How many motors did this firm operate by the way and did they purchase the Atky “new”?,did they operate nationally or just around their local area ? Oh! and what was the chassis No. of this very last Borderer tractor they ran ? The 8 wheeler has it’s chassis no. quite clearly chalked on the bumper so I would expect the M.A. Evans chassis No. to be consecutive,or at least very close!My claim still stands until disproved by cast iron proof,so over to you,shall I hold my breath ? No don’t answer that “CO” !! Cheers Dennis.
Chassis No: FC.29939
Date first registered in the UK 01/08/1975
Fair enough “fryske” so one of ours must have been FC.29940,now I wonder which one?,and ours were registered October 1975 !The plot thickens,Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
And here’s a shot of it’s sister,hard at work!!
That’s an interesting photo is the load an internal load ? cans with corner boards and ropes
sorry Dennis but Atkinson just couldn’t let a ■■■■■■■ be the last Mk2 tractor unit it had to be the Great Gardner 8lxb
and Waugh’s got that KFT 511P.
“Bri” if you prove that KFT511P is Chassis No 29940,I’m ■■■■■■■ “toast” on this thread !! Now howay Bonny Lad you wouldn’t be that cruel to a “Makem” would you ? You would ! Well you are a right rotten ■■■■■■■■ really are,I’ll have to get Larry to have a “word” with you eh! Cheers Dennis.
I’ll away and kip in the Air Raid shelter to-night and may-be resurface Sunday to check the thread,it could be hotter than Timbukktu has been when I next log on ! Then again,may-be not,nurse might have dispensed a stronger “draught” to keep the “proles” quiet ! Cheerio for now,pip pip,Bewick.
fryske:
Actually - found it in a post by Marky on another thread:
marky:
I’ve managed to find the pictures I was on about earlier, and here’s the wagon in question - with the 400s following it down the line. The chassis number 29941 can be seen chalked on the bumper.
Hi Folks,
Dennis probably had that first Seddon Atkinson tractor unit he bought from
K.Fell reg no NHG 920P.
Cheers Malc.
fryske:
Actually - found it in a post by Marky on another thread:
marky:
I’ve managed to find the pictures I was on about earlier, and here’s the wagon in question - with the 400s following it down the line. The chassis number 29941 can be seen chalked on the bumper.
Hi Folks,
Dennis probably had that first Seddon Atkinson tractor unit he bought from
K.Fell reg no NHG 920P.
Cheers Malc.
There were some N-plate examples out there, though
