Hi Larry, Recorded as a Sunbeam S7 chassis No 70024 new January 1949. H39/31R (39 seats upstairs, 31 below rear entrance) I spent an afternoon at a farm park chatting to an old Geordie coach driver who had started his career as a points boy at working the points for the tram tracks, then becoming a conductor on the trolleybuses, he told of getting in the cab with the driver on the 4 wheelers and holding the handbrake on with all his might while the driver applied full power before letting go casing the bus to do a wheelie. These high jinks occurred late at night when leaving deserted terminus’s
Cheers, Leyland 600…
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Bobby Durham’s KV cabbed ERFs always looked plain but purposeful and up to the job.
Cheers Leyland 600.
tyneside:
rigsby:
Not like you to make a mistake Tyneside , the van with trailer is a Ford .OOPS !! Thanks for pointing that one out
Tyneside
Those 400e vans were badged as both Ford and Thames if you enlarge the picture that one looks like its a Thames badge but definitely not a commer
dazcapri:
tyneside:
rigsby:
Not like you to make a mistake Tyneside , the van with trailer is a Ford .OOPS !! Thanks for pointing that one out
Tyneside
Those 400e vans were badged as both Ford and Thames if you enlarge the picture that one looks like its a Thames badge but definitely not a commer
One we had the same. I had the ‘Pleasure’ of driving when I was 17. 3 speed column change and vacuum windscreen wipers that went off when you travelled up hill. When the Transit came they seemed to have come from a different Century. Note the ‘A’ Licence next to the tax disc. Even so small restricted by licencing system
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The Police had some 400E vans with the six pot Zephyr engine in them, they went well.
Pete.
windrush:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^The Police had some 400E vans with the six pot Zephyr engine in them, they went well.
Pete.
I bet those were fun to drive , without a lot of weight in the back they were “skittish “ . If you could stop them in a straight line on a wet road you were doing well . The pickup version was the worst .
Yes I think this is a Lynx. Yes I mentioned the wheel chocks but did not know they had a long handle for placement but it does make sense no one wants to get down on their knees to push a chock in behind a bus rear wheel with low panelwork making access difficult.
Cheers, Leyland 600
Larry this ERF with the flush radiator grill must have been fitted with a Gardner 4LW hence no need for a projecting radiator . My mate,s father had an identical model operating on livestock haulage here in ■■■■■■■■
Cheers Leyland 600
Yes It would have been a Gardner Engine A 4 LW As you said But It may have had the 4 LK In, They were popular with four wheelers in those days, Fantastic on MPG, Take care & stay safe, Regards Larry,
Lawrence Dunbar:
Yes It would have been a Gardner Engine A 4 LW As you said But It may have had the 4 LK In, They were popular with four wheelers in those days, Fantastic on MPG, Take care & stay safe, Regards Larry,
IIRC Its a 1946 Gateshead Reg,Regards Larry.
Well IIRC This atkis of Cawthorns who ran several of these, Would have the Gardner 150, Coupled to the good old David Brown 6 speed box Giving the best MPG One as a haulier could wish for, Of course this is my humbled oppinion as I had Gardner engines in my Fodens when I was an owner driver, Regards Larry.
The Parsons Leyland is a Lynx, introduced in 1937, although the GTN reg no dates the Parsons four wheeler between July 1938 to March 1939. The Lynx or DZ to give the model number was a semi forward control model, you can see the front axle set back from the normal control position. Andrews Liver Salts also ran some GTN Reg Lynx four wheelers, 5 Tonners so able to travel at the higher 30mph limit. The Lynx name is stamped into the space at the bottom of the radiator just above the number plate. There was a Lynx tractor unit available too. Franky.
