The engine options for the Dodge LAD cabbed lorry were Perkins 6.305 & later 1962 the 6.354 also Leyland 0.350 or 0.375 which was fitted to the 9ton range with 10 stud hubs,the AEC engine was at the time only available in the 6 wheeler versions with the Albion rear end & transmission if my memory is correct. 
I would go for the 6.305 in the photo above only because of the style of the grill fitted, this was the grill Dodge fitted before the 6.354 engine came out in 61/62.Only my opinion though 
hi rof,last talking to george fogarty about 8 years ago,his other brother brian who did building with him is still kicking I think he is in insurance game in Blackburn.
An Hinchliffe Albion Riever on Bridge Street in Ramsbottom during the annual rose queen parade during the 1960’s
Stanfield:
The engine options for the Dodge LAD cabbed lorry were Perkins 6.305 & later 1962 the 6.354 also Leyland 0.350 or 0.375 which was fitted to the 9ton range with 10 stud hubs,the AEC engine was at the time only available in the 6 wheeler versions with the Albion rear end & transmission if my memory is correct.
I bought the Dodge Truck NCB 348 new from Joe Ainsworth & Co, Montague Street, Blackburn. in 1958, it had a Perkins 6.354 engine 5 speed gearbox and Eaton 2 Speed Axle the flat and paint work was completed by KB Coachbuilders in Darwen.
dpickup15:
Stanfield:
The engine options for the Dodge LAD cabbed lorry were Perkins 6.305 & later 1962 the 6.354 also Leyland 0.350 or 0.375 which was fitted to the 9ton range with 10 stud hubs,the AEC engine was at the time only available in the 6 wheeler versions with the Albion rear end & transmission if my memory is correct.I bought the Dodge Truck NCB 348 new from Joe Ainsworth & Co, Montague Street, Blackburn. in 1958, it had a Perkins 6.354 engine 5 speed gearbox and Eaton 2 Speed Axle the flat and paint work was completed by KB Coachbuilders in Darwen.
Thanks for the info on the Dodge “dpickup”,not often someone comes on the TN from all those years ago and can claim to have bought a motor new! What kind of traffic did you carry and where to ? I’m not being nosey,just interested,Cheers Bewick.
shirtbox2003:
hi rof,last talking to george fogarty about 8 years ago,his other brother brian who did building with him is still kicking I think he is in insurance game in Blackburn.
Thanks, matey.
Bewick:
dpickup15:
Stanfield:
The engine options for the Dodge LAD cabbed lorry were Perkins 6.305 & later 1962 the 6.354 also Leyland 0.350 or 0.375 which was fitted to the 9ton range with 10 stud hubs,the AEC engine was at the time only available in the 6 wheeler versions with the Albion rear end & transmission if my memory is correct.I bought the Dodge Truck NCB 348 new from Joe Ainsworth & Co, Montague Street, Blackburn. in 1958, it had a Perkins 6.354 engine 5 speed gearbox and Eaton 2 Speed Axle the flat and paint work was completed by KB Coachbuilders in Darwen.
Thanks for the info on the Dodge “dpickup”,not often someone comes on the TN from all those years ago and can claim to have bought a motor new! What kind of traffic did you carry and where to ? I’m not being nosey,just interested,Cheers Bewick.
Hi, matey. Thanks for the brilliant info. Can you remember whose gearbox was in that Dodge?
And don’t say, “Mine, 'cos I paid for it!”.
Hi dpickup Thanks for the info from (55 years ago) brilliant and welcome to trucknet,have you any more photos if so can you please add them to this thread,cheers.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Aye the Westermans were nice people , The son was called ■■■■ & the old man Jim, I used to deliver bacon to Blackburn , one of the drops was Tattersals, Peter Street, Arkrights,Ayton & Hunters , Collins Ltd. all good drops, then to Bull Hill Cafe, for a breakfast, it was free If you were loading back off them, happy days 50/60s. Regards Larry
Sorry the names are wrong way round, father was ■■■■ and son Jim, they were related to Jepsons based at Nova Scotia Mills in Blackburn, they finished in transport and started Swan Bearings , I think made a lot of money, last I heard about Jim he was living in the Isle of Man.
Retired Old ■■■■:
Bewick:
dpickup15:
Stanfield:
The engine options for the Dodge LAD cabbed lorry were Perkins 6.305 & later 1962 the 6.354 also Leyland 0.350 or 0.375 which was fitted to the 9ton range with 10 stud hubs,the AEC engine was at the time only available in the 6 wheeler versions with the Albion rear end & transmission if my memory is correct.I bought the Dodge Truck NCB 348 new from Joe Ainsworth & Co, Montague Street, Blackburn. in 1958, it had a Perkins 6.354 engine 5 speed gearbox and Eaton 2 Speed Axle the flat and paint work was completed by KB Coachbuilders in Darwen.
Thanks for the info on the Dodge “dpickup”,not often someone comes on the TN from all those years ago and can claim to have bought a motor new! What kind of traffic did you carry and where to ? I’m not being nosey,just interested,Cheers Bewick.
Hi, matey. Thanks for the brilliant info. Can you remember whose gearbox was in that Dodge?
And don’t say, “Mine, 'cos I paid for it!”.
Hello Mr Dennis Smith, we met at the Crofters on the A6, I own the Sam Longson S21 Foden Tipper 830 WNU.
The gearbox in the Dodge I thought was a Dodge Box but I could be wrong, the picture I posted came from Librapix along with my other trucks. When I ran the Dodge I worked for Star Paper, British Northrop, Thomas Fox Potatoe Merchants, & Duttons Brewery Blackburn
shirtbox2003:
hi stanfield,what truck is the mort and taylor from Blackburn,never heard of them but hill st was where the dog track used to be. now Tesco. regards, jack preston. p.c was it a maudsley?
Sorry have not seen the picture, but Mort & Taylor were based at Hill St. there was another company called Hardman & Gillibrand based near Lloyd Bros. on Bennington St, I think they all disappeared due to nationalisation, I remember my pal Fred Brindle’s father drove for both companies during the middle 1940’s the BRS took over Lloyd Bros. and their garage was the Blackburn Depot. for BRS.
Another name which springs to mined is Harold Cartmell, I posted some pictures of Harold’s AEC’s on Librapix he is now 91 years of age and if anybody wants some history he is the man.
thanks dpickup15.i know the brs depot in Blackburn,my late father jack preston worked across the road as foreman coachpainter at Blackburn motor bodies now a church.he was made redundant when the firm closed down in I think 1968. 
shirtbox2003:
thanks dpickup15.i know the brs depot in Blackburn,my late father jack preston worked across the road as foreman coachpainter at Blackburn motor bodies now a church.he was made redundant when the firm closed down in I think 1968.
Hello again, a pal of mine was Bill Weatherburn he was a signwriter at Motorbodies, did your father live in Little Harwood just a thought. david pickup
Hi dpickup Bill Weatherburne and my late father Jack Preston worked together at Motor Bodies, my father was born in Little Harwood he served his apprentiship at the Blackburn Corporation bus depot then after ww2 lived near the Blackburn Infirmary. Is Bill still around,he lived in Mellor for years?
Hi stansfield ,I don’t think Suttons were ever in Blackburn. 
shirtbox2003:
Hi stansfield ,I don’t think Suttons were ever in Blackburn.
Who mentioned anything about Blackburn the threads about Northwest truck companys Take a look at the begining 
pete smith:
A north west company took at leyland museum 1987,looks just right,ta,Pete
hiya,
Have driven this one.
thanks harry, long retired.