oiltreader:
Dipster:
pyewacket947v:
21 June 1986
Filton Airfield
Bristol
Eng… Looks like a BMC FJ being used in some sort of fire
training exercises,or maybe thats where they toast
their marshmallows.!!I think it is a bit later than an FJ. The front panel is one used towards the end of the Bathgate cab’s use. Always sad to see vehicles being maltreated though!
A Laird I would say.
Oily
Dipster/Oily Yes you could well be right, though the picture does not show the prominent headlight housing on the later FJs , also if the vehicle as been subjected to extreme temperatures, as appears, then the front panel could have buckled, then a distant well buried memory seems to recall the angled 4 headlight layout on the 1st model FJ…
Not that it matters of course, its exercise for the old grey matter, Stay safe Gentlemen! `
windrush:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^One of the ‘Pink Pigs’ (a six wheeler) was heading towards Mansfield on monday afternoon when I was heading home from Sleaford, you can’t move around here without seeing a Punchard or three and I think they are trying for World Dominance?
Happen a good job that Bewick Transport packed up when they did, the Punchard empire would soon have swallowed them up and then employed ROF (because he works very cheaply!) to sort out their sheeting and roping!
Pete.
Looks like a bit of a “Rogues Gallery” to me and who’s that tagged on the end of the list ■■ 
Didn’t realise he had an Op licence 
A quality Rig seen on the motorway
Punchy Dan:
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A quality Rig seen on the motorway
Can’t make out if there was a Driver at the wheel Dan’l so was it “square wheeled” and the Driver was up on the bridge taking the shot ? 
Dipster:
Lawrence Dunbar:
These two photos are a Jaguar fitted with a Gardner 4 LK Engine, It ran on fresh air as the saying goes, Most likley the only one ever produced, Regards Larry.Does this car still exist?
Yes, Its in the motor museum at Newby Bridge.Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
These two photos are a Jaguar fitted with a Gardner 4 LK Engine, It ran on fresh air as the saying goes, Most likley the only one ever produced, Regards Larry.
Lawrence . My Great aunt was Hughie Gardner Sec for 20 +yrs and from what she said the Gardner Family Regularly had the engines taken out of there new cars and Gardner put in there place , Jags and I,m sure a lagonda not sure what types .
windrush:
oiltreader:
Thanks to pyewacket947v, lurpak, servo88, Dennis Javelin, Lawrence Dunbar and windrush for the pics
With regard to Gardner diesel engined cars this from Wikipedia:-
“During the 1930s a number of LW-series engines (usually 4LWs, but occasionally 6LWs) were installed in large luxury cars including Lagondas, Bentleys and Rolls-Royces. The Gardner engine’s reliability and economy (tests showed that even a two-ton Bentley could achieve 30 miles per gallon of fuel while having a top speed of 80 mph), coupled to its remarkable refinement and smooth running abilities, made it the only suitable compression-ignition engine at the time”
OilyI believe there was just one 6LK engine made, that was installed in a sports car (an Invicta maybe?) that a Gardner family member owned. Gingerfold will know for certain. I have seen a few Land Rovers with 4LK’s installed. One local chap had a Jaguar saloon that he fitted a four cylinder Perkins engine into, it was noisier than a Gardner though.
Pete.
I had a 1939 Packard 8 which had a Perkins P6 fitted in it, plenty of room but there was no cooling fan fitted, it was not thought to be necessary. In general it wasn’t, but once caught in slow moving traffic on the North Circular, because of the lack of ram air, it kept overheating so I had to pull over every now and then to let it cool down.
Another drawback was the strange 3 speed gearbox with overdrive. Once in overdrive it could not be dropped out till the speed had come down somewhat and on some hills that speed was too low for the 3rd gear that it dropped into requiring a rapid further change down to 2nd.
Apart from that, I enjoyed every minute of it and it was in absolutely mint condition.
It was converted with an engine from a Derbyshire Stone tipper which had come to grief by a Nottingham bus driver who I chased all over town to make him an offer. He accepted £ 75 at £ 5 per week.
My parting from it came near Troyes in France as a mate and I were on our way to Benidorm. The backend seized up and it was eventually delivered back to me where, losing interest, I sold it on for a pittance. 
oiltreader:
Thanks to pyewacket947v, lurpak, servo88, Dennis Javelin, Lawrence Dunbar and windrush for the pics
With regard to Gardner diesel engined cars this from Wikipedia:-
“During the 1930s a number of LW-series engines (usually 4LWs, but occasionally 6LWs) were installed in large luxury cars including Lagondas, Bentleys and Rolls-Royces. The Gardner engine’s reliability and economy (tests showed that even a two-ton Bentley could achieve 30 miles per gallon of fuel while having a top speed of 80 mph), coupled to its remarkable refinement and smooth running abilities, made it the only suitable compression-ignition engine at the time”
Oily
Fred Chappell had a fitter who put a Gardner in an ex Royal Daimler…successfully .
A Brakes DAF delivering food products to shops in the Pedestrian Zone in Standishgate, Wigan. 3/11/2020. Ray Smyth.
Lawrence Dunbar:
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Lovely old car and DM ,Flintshire reg ,thank you Trevor
Ray Smyth:
A Brakes DAF delivering food products to shops in the Pedestrian Zone in Standishgate, Wigan. 3/11/2020. Ray Smyth.
Was the Ribble bus station stands opposite,all those years ago i seem to remember ? thank you Trevor