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oiltreader:
Just come across James Dean Art no not that one, this chap is from ■■■■■■■ and a brilliant artist, this is some of his work(with his permission). He draws for living and can be found on ebay(greetings cards etc) alternatively google James Dean Art.
OilyHi Oily,
Thanks for sharing those drawings.Outstanding artwork.
Regards Andrew.
Yes indeed what an extraordinary talent and, especially the first 2, a real blast from the past for me. The view from a Mk1 Atki (though I doubt his ■■■■ would stay in that position long 
), a Mandator to the right and of course the iconic B61 from P&S. The cafe I knew of course, but based in Nottingham. my normal route to the north was east of that and I only stopped there on the rare occasions I loaded myself from Glasgow to Bristol or S.Wales or in the opposite direction. Great memories though. 
Spardo
Good morning
Re: the superb James Dean artwork of the MK 1 Atki that for me brought back lots of memories.
I note the electric wipers which I thought were far better than the awful air wipers that followed later. Iirc some were cable operated by a control on the cab bulkhead and some by a control on the wiper motor itself.
I also remember rain coming down the inside of the windscreen and somehow getting into the tray in front of the passenger seat.
Good old days ?.
Regards, Allan.
oiltreader:
Just come across James Dean Art no not that one, this chap is from ■■■■■■■ and a brilliant artist, this is some of his work(with his permission). He draws for living and can be found on ebay(greetings cards etc) alternatively google James Dean Art.
Oily
Those pencil drawings are amazing,the attention to detail is phenomenal,even down to the “Headlight” magazine in the drawing of the Mk1 Atkinson,astonishing details,well found Oily!
David
Jacobs factory at Long Lane, Aintree, has produced biscuits and crackers for over 100 years.
The Jacobs Leyland is marked as a Leyland Hippo, would that be a 4 wheel drawbar vehicle ?.
Just half a mile away was the enormous Hartleys jam and marmalade factory. Click pictures.
Ray.
Ray Smyth wrote; Jacobs factory at Long Lane, Aintree, has produced biscuits and crackers for over 100 years.
The Jacobs Leyland is marked as a Leyland Hippo, would that be a 4 wheel drawbar vehicle ?.
Just half a mile away was the enormous Hartleys jam and marmalade factory.
The Leyland Hippo was a six wheel rigid, it was the Beaver that was used for Drawbar haulage. Franky.
Thanks to Buzzer, Star down under and Ray Smyth for the photos
Oily
Sdu posted a ad pic with a Brockway here’s another one from Australia.
These are 2 paintings that Gary Brookfield did for me for my Dads birthday in August
Buzzer
Buzzer:
Buzzer
You didn’t tell us about that one, David! 
I note the electric wipers which I thought were far better than the awful air wipers that followed later.
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Although it’s of little consequence , my only experience concerning air wipers is this :-
As far as I can recall , the only vehicle that I ever drove that was equipped with air wipers …
( assuming of course that those bloody barmy vacuum wipers aren’t included of course ) , were fitted to an S21 “ Mickey Mouse “ Fodden .
Despite other drivers’ experiences to the contrary , I actually found them to be superior to electric wipers , Inasmuch as the speed of the sweep of the wipers could be controlled infinetissibly …. ( I very much doubt if this word actually exists ) ; whereas with electric wipers , the only options were either, intermittent , slow , fast ,… or ramming speed .
I’ve always felt the same Eddie, except that with a bit of wear in the cylinder, very slow just wasted air, as the wiper didn’t move. My OCD would kick in if my son was with me, as his side was “as new” and it was impossible to get the wipers in sync or even operating at the same speed.
You trying to teach us your personal language again Eddie? 
How about infinitessimally, would that serve perhaps? I had a Volvo Bubble that had excellent electric wipers to which that adverb could be justly applied. Wish I had it in my car now. 
Thanks to MrSteel for the mention of the Atki wipers. I preferred the electric ones myself but if my memory serves the best thing about the air ones was that there was a little lever which allowed you to operate it (not the passenger one obviously) by hand as required in light rain for instance. I had a 1939 Packard 8 car and they were wild, the faster you went the slower they wiped, and no manual control, bizarre.
@Gazsa, more great pictures but is the scale of the Mk 2 correct, surely they weren’t that much lower than the SedAks, were they? I am prepared to stand corrected though. BTW, remind me which cafe that is. 
@SDU, Now you know that can’t have been me, As far as Buntine was concerned, sleepers did not exist in my day. The first one I saw was a cabover Mack which a former Buntine driver, then OD, proudly drove into the depot for a visit. We all gathered round it in awe. I think his name was Gary. 
I wonder how they pulled that out, brute force with several units or body trucks as we did once with Kevin’s last trailer. Noel’s double drive pulling at the front with George’s double drive body truck attached to the trailer chassis dragging it upright. Or did they unload it? In Kevin’s case most of the cows had unloaded themselves through the top.
I knew it wasn’t you David, wrong trailers, but you know how it is, never let a chance go by.
A mate’s got photos of his R Model in a similar predicament, in the Channel Country.
After using a detour for months, during roadworks, my mate arrived as the roadworkers were knocking off. They were rolling the 44 gallon drums (no witches’ hats or namby pamby traffic controllers beck then) off to the side, and offered him the honour of being the first to drive on the reformed, gravel road. Less than a road train length in, the left side sunk to the axles.
His photo shows two graders towing from the front, with a dozer keeping the front trailer upright and the water truck doing the same for the back trailer. A very lucky fellow, half an hour later there would have been nobody to help him.
Buzzer:
Buzzer
XK150, possibly one of Jaguar’s prettiest?
essexpete:
Buzzer:
BuzzerXK150, possibly one of Jaguar’s prettiest?
I wouldn’t knock it back, but I’ve always rather fancied a 120.