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Fresh out the paint-shop by the look of it!
Nice shot of the Big J,I wonder what engine it had under the bonnet (it won’t have been an 8LXB!).And it looks like the tank has 8 comps.How many different grades would it have carried at one time? Cheers Dennis.
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Lovely old GUY for the heating oil/small garages/ farms etc!It looks like that Guy has an Italian Cesci steer axle fitted.This conversion was ahead of it’s time when it appeared in the mid 60’s and wasn’t really a roaring success because of the difficulties encountered in locking the axle when reversing.But the idea was excellent,all the same, for improving the payloads of 4 wheelers.Cheers Bewick.
Hi Bewick, I did think it was quite a forward thinking idea on a wagon from that date, haven’t seen it on many wagons around then! Regards Chris
Hiya Chris,There was a tipper operator near us,Ernie Moore of Nether Kellet who had those axles on Dennis’s and Dodges if I re-call and this would be in the late 60’s early 70’s. They just needed more development work and they would have been winners but as with a lot of inovations in their infancy there is always “teething” problems before success is finally achieved! Curtainsider trailers are another inovation that had a slow start!! Cheers Dennis.
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Fresh out the paint-shop by the look of it!Nice shot of the Big J,I wonder what engine it had under the bonnet (it won’t have been an 8LXB!).And it looks like the tank has 8 comps.How many different grades would it have carried at one time? Cheers Dennis.
Doesn’t say what engine it had, article just says that Regent bought a large batch of AEC Mandators, but had a few GUY’s in there, just for comparrison maybe? Trying to think back to when I went with Dad, 2 star/4 star/diesel/gas oil could be carried together. When I was on Flitwick Oil/Esso, you could carry Regular Kerosene with diesel/gas oil but not with any grade of petrol!
Regards Chris
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Lovely old GUY for the heating oil/small garages/ farms etc!It looks like that Guy has an Italian Cesci steer axle fitted.This conversion was ahead of it’s time when it appeared in the mid 60’s and wasn’t really a roaring success because of the difficulties encountered in locking the axle when reversing.But the idea was excellent,all the same, for improving the payloads of 4 wheelers.Cheers Bewick.
Hi Bewick, I did think it was quite a forward thinking idea on a wagon from that date, haven’t seen it on many wagons around then! Regards Chris
Hiya Chris,There was a tipper operator near us,Ernie Moore of Nether Kellet who had those axles on Dennis’s and Dodges if I re-call and this would be in the late 60’s early 70’s. They just needed more development work and they would have been winners but as with a lot of inovations in their infancy there is always “teething” problems before success is finally achieved! Curtainsider trailers are another inovation that had a slow start!! Cheers Dennis.
Hi Dennis, maybe like a lot of ideas teething problems cost money in developement for the builder, but also in down-time on a wagon not out earning its keep, maybe the fuel companies could afford a bit more down-time because of their higher profit margins!
Regards Chris
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Lovely old GUY for the heating oil/small garages/ farms etc!It looks like that Guy has an Italian Cesci steer axle fitted.This conversion was ahead of it’s time when it appeared in the mid 60’s and wasn’t really a roaring success because of the difficulties encountered in locking the axle when reversing.But the idea was excellent,all the same, for improving the payloads of 4 wheelers.Cheers Bewick.
Hi Bewick, I did think it was quite a forward thinking idea on a wagon from that date, haven’t seen it on many wagons around then! Regards Chris
Hiya Chris,There was a tipper operator near us,Ernie Moore of Nether Kellet who had those axles on Dennis’s and Dodges if I re-call and this would be in the late 60’s early 70’s. They just needed more development work and they would have been winners but as with a lot of inovations in their infancy there is always “teething” problems before success is finally achieved! Curtainsider trailers are another inovation that had a slow start!! Cheers Dennis.
Hi Dennis, maybe like a lot of ideas teething problems cost money in developement for the builder, but also in down-time on a wagon not out earning its keep, maybe the fuel companies could afford a bit more down-time because of their higher profit margins! Regards Chris
Your dead right there Chris! In the more “enlightened” times of yesteryear the running costs of an own account oil company fleet were incidental to the profit margins they were achieving year on year! But how times have changed!!! Cheers Dennis.
An “atmospheric” original oil company photo,
One of the reasons the oil companies sold out to contractors was to save capital on replacing ageing kit
But I do agree, in my humble opinion, these style of photos are the best
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An “atmospheric” original oil company photo,One of the reasons the oil companies sold out to contractors was to save capital on replacing ageing kit
But I do agree, in my humble opinion, these style of photos are the best
And the fact that fuel tanker wages became as high as what the tanker drivers got 
Someone has gone to a lot of trouble on this old garage site. An amazing collection of memorabilia from days gone by.
One or two more here Malc
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Certainly wouldn’t win any beauty contests!
And it looks like it could have experienced cooling problems with a lack of a grille? Cheers Dennis.
And this was a smart motor in it’s day,AEC MK3 Mammoth Major TGU 387,3600 gall tank.
A E Evans bought this very motor and others like it secondhand.
A Graham Edge photo.
Another long gone livery.
I know I have put this on another thread but as there is only the garage sign on here I will put it on
cheers Johnnie
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Certainly wouldn’t win any beauty contests!And it looks like it could have experienced cooling problems with a lack of a grille? Cheers Dennis.
Hi Dennis, it must have been a fine mesh grill mustn’t it, that can’t quite be seen cos of the angle of the photo, otherwise you are bang on!
Regards Chris
