ive got the 500 v8 4x2 mate the 142 will be making an appearence at gaydon this year dans letting me take it.but ive got the new interior to refit yet.me and ben are hopefully doin some truckshows together this year he,s a sound lad and that 620 is mint 
You got the 500 then did ya mate, when did you start? Bens a sound lad, went out with him before Xmas and he ending up crashing on me sofa, after a heavy nights lapdancing 
mushroomman:
Carl:
has anyone got any more pics of thors trucks i work for terry swinson and his son and one of terrys first motors was an ex thor f88Have a word with The Flying Foden, he has got I.M.H.O. some really amazing old Thor pictures by courtesy of Phil Bunch.
Come on Jeff, share them with the world, they are I believe some of the best Middle Eastern photo’s of British trucks taken in the 1970s. I am always going back to look at the ones that you sent me and thanks again Jeff.
sorry Steve i had forgotten all about this thread .i will have to upload the ones i have . will try tomorrow . hope your keeping well and still enjoying the good life . not had any luck at find Alan’s whereabouts yet
cheers Jeff
at the risk of repeating meself i will put all the pics i have of thor transport
courtesy of bunchy
top pics thanks for posting them mate
Carl:
top pics thanks for posting them mate
no problems carl glad you enjoy them 
That queue is nearly as long as the ones on the Dock Road Liverpool in the 60s 
Good stuff flying foden,thanks.
the flying foden:
Out of interest, any of you M/E guys know anything about the Scania wagon and drag in the back ground?
Never seen that outfit before on any of the previous pics, postings or threads!!
With “London” written on the front half and what I presume to be “Middle East” written on the triler it must have been a regular on the run!!
An O/D maybe??
Cheers, bullitt.
The following for willie roadstar (Ant) promised a long time ago
Thats Lee hanging on to the mirror
the flying foden:
mushroomman:
Carl:
has anyone got any more pics of thors trucks i work for terry swinson and his son and one of terrys first motors was an ex thor f88Have a word with The Flying Foden, he has got I.M.H.O. some really amazing old Thor pictures by courtesy of Phil Bunch.
Come on Jeff, share them with the world, they are I believe some of the best Middle Eastern photo’s of British trucks taken in the 1970s. I am always going back to look at the ones that you sent me and thanks again Jeff.sorry Steve i had forgotten all about this thread .i will have to upload the ones i have . will try tomorrow . hope your keeping well and still enjoying the good life . not had any luck at find Alan’s whereabouts yet
cheers Jeff
Thanks for sharing those Jeff, I thought that there were more than those but it’s probably that I kept looking at them over and over again. It might be a good idea to show the couple of photos with all the drivers on, maybe Phil could put a few names to the faces.
I wonder Jeff if it would be possible if any of " The Stoke Lads ’ reading this could contact the local newspaper, is it The Sentinal ( or is that still going ) and see if they could reprint that story about Alan and Les taking that twenty ton of copper to India in the 70s, they must have it the archives.
Let’s hope Ant or somebody can pick up the challenge. 
Best regards Steve.
Rob Campbell:
Hi Rob, I presume that this photo was taken in West Germany in the 80s ?.
Can you tell me who the driver is in the photo and do you know who was driving the Dow Freight Scania ?. and which service area it is.
Regards Steve.
Steve The Beresford driver in the photo is Jack Kelly who I was lucky to go away with several times in the early eighties as a Truck mad youngster. Don’t know who the Dow driver was sorry I just took the pic before we set off .Your right it is Germany as we were on route to RAF Laarbruch but not sure where although we did stop at Frechen a few times could it be there??
mushroomman:
Rob Campbell:
Hi Rob, I presume that this photo was taken in West Germany in the 80s ?.
Can you tell me who the driver is in the photo and do you know who was driving the Dow Freight Scania ?. and which service area it is.
Regards Steve.
It looks like old ‘Pop’ to me ;used to do Swiss regular ,reload Hangartner.
to be honest Steve thought there was more but can’t find them on my PC or laptop so god knows what i have done with them 
.i will post the group shots later .i asked Phil who they were and he said just aload of drivers .which is about rite for Phil 
.i think he is trying to get some pics of Barry Morgan from his Morgan overland days will ask him next time i speak to him if he had any luck . cheers Jeff
any body else who knows who is on the pic feel free to tell us all
the on on the far right i think is ray Gould
these are the only other two i can find steve .
Jeff, I have still got them on my Outlook Express if you want me to send them to you on e-mail then I can do. I dont know how to transfer photo’s from e-mail to Trucknet so I hope that somebody can help me.
Next time you speak to Phil can you ask him if a Barry Longden worked for Morgan Overland. I think that Barry once told me that he worked for a Barry Morgan, is this the same company ? I think that he also worked for Jameisons from Machester doing Iran in the 70s.
Best regards Steve.
P.S.
That last photo looks like The Harem Hotel in Istanbul where The Old Fellers used to get the ferry across before the bridge was built.
yeh it is the harem hotel steve .can you email me the pics steve if you dont mind . have to put them some place safe this time
Mushroomman
> Thanks for sharing those Jeff, I thought that there were more than those but it’s probably that I kept looking at them over and over again. It might be a good idea to show the couple of photos with all the drivers on, maybe Phil could put a few names to the faces.
> I wonder Jeff if it would be possible if any of " The Stoke Lads ’ reading this could contact the local newspaper, is it The Sentinal ( or is that still going ) and see if they could reprint that story about Alan and Les taking that twenty ton of copper to India in the 70s, they must have it the archives.
> Let’s hope Ant or somebody can pick up the challenge. [/i][/b]
>
> Do you know roughly when this article was done ■■ and some better details and I’ll see what I can dig out at the local library or across at the sentinel !!
>
> Regards
> Ant
Hi Ant, I was sat with Alan Morrey in the queue on the Bulgarian side of Kapicule back in 1980 and he told me the story.
It was some time in the 1970s and Alan was driving for Thor Transport, he phoned the office on his way back from Austria and was asked if he could do a turn around in Dover. Alan asked where to and he was told we are not sure yet the job has not yet been finalized. He told them that he had no clean clothes left and they said go to the launderette in Dover and we will pick up the bill.
Alan phoned again when he got to Dover to ask where he was going and was told that he was double manning in a Volvo F88 to take 20 ton of copper to some place in India. Apparently, the load would of taken to long to go by sea and could not go by air as the copper could of interferred with the planes navigational equipment.
Les Parkinson went down to Dover with another driver who took over Alans motor, and I think Alan and Les set off to Brussels to get some visas.
I wont finish the rest of the story as it might spoil it , just in case you can come up the printed article.
Bestbooties did mention that there was a story printed about it years ago in The Sentinal but Alan didn’t mention anything about a reporter going with them which I would of thought was unlikely.Lets hope that Jeff can get some thing out of Phil Bunch about it.
Good luck with the search Ant.
Best regards Steve.
mushroomman:
Hi Ant, I was sat with Alan Morrey in the queue on the Bulgarian side of Kapicule back in 1980 and he told me the story.
It was some time in the 1970s and Alan was driving for Thor Transport, he phoned the office on his way back from Austria and was asked if he could do a turn around in Dover. Alan asked where to and he was told we are not sure yet the job has not yet been finalized. He told them that he had no clean clothes left and they said go to the launderette in Dover and we will pick up the bill.
Alan phoned again when he got to Dover to ask where he was going and was told that he was double manning in a Volvo F88 to take 20 ton of copper to some place in India. Apparently, the load would of taken to long to go by sea and could not go by air as the copper could of interferred with the planes navigational equipment.
Les Parkinson went down to Dover with another driver who took over Alans motor, and I think Alan and Les set off to Brussels to get some visas.
I wont finish the rest of the story as it might spoil it , just in case you can come up the printed article.
Bestbooties did mention that there was a story printed about it years ago in The Sentinal but Alan didn’t mention anything about a reporter going with them which I would of thought was unlikely.Lets hope that Jeff can get some thing out of Phil Bunch about it.
Good luck with the search Ant.
Best regards Steve.
Steve,
That gives me something to go on, I’ll see what I can find out.
Regards
Ant