and a pic, the Bristol Freighter used for the car ferrying.
Oily
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1960 I I think it was, I`d a Ford 100E Prefect, and a girlfriend, (now wife), whom I wished to impress. So I took her to Paris, via Lydd, and Le Touquet and Silver City.
She was terrified! Not helped by the access door to the car bay blowing open in mid flight, and a Morris Oxford, straining at the tie downs, trying to join us on the upright passenger seats. Or the deafening noise of the engines, as we trundled at what seemed not much more than mast hight over the sea!
But the view of Le Touquet as we skimmed into land still stays with me…as does the pain from long nails, powered by fear, being driven into my arm!
Or the annoyance of my girlfriend, when sightseeing around Paris, included the industrial supberbs and the works of Bernard, FAR, and Willeme!..still at nearly 50 years years of marriage she has got used to it…I think!
Great tale Saviem - those were the days and it obviously worked on your girlfriend!
Changing the subject slightly but I posted this on another thread last year - I remember well frosty mornings sitting in an H or J registered ERF, shivering and then being fog bound in white smoke as the Gardner finally spluttered into life
Driver David Machin recalls a pyrotechnic cold start, “I used to lift off the interior bonnet (a pain if you had a lot of kit with you) remove the air intake hose and light a piece of rag or rolled up paper. Press the starter with one hand, let the fire be drawn into engine and it would usually start up straight away. The trick was to have a good battery and not let go of the key until she fired!”
Funny how things get to you…but they did to me, and even at four score and ten, (plus a good bit), they still do!
Cheerio for now.
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Oh dear!!!Sorry oily, that should read Three score years and ten, (plus a good bit),…probably the good bit makes my maths so bad!!
Cheerio for now…and this morning I really feel those years!!!
This DAF XF artic was parked on the roadside close to where I live last weekend.
Considering the weather was dull that morning , the whole outfit shone.
I don`t know what the special trailer is used for, or the load (weights ? ) it was carrying.
Maybe someone on here will know .
Hi CWM, These are counterbalance weights set up around the base or on board the very large heavy lift mobile cranes used these days. The crane drives to the site and the weights follow on one or sometimes two other wagons.
Cheers Leyland 600
Leyland600:
Hi CWM, These are counterbalance weights set up around the base or on board the very large heavy lift mobile cranes used these days. The crane drives to the site and the weights follow on one or sometimes two other wagons.
Cheers Leyland 600
Hi “Leyland 600” ,
Thanks (again ) for the explanation , re: weights , etc.
Im not too high up` on knowledge of cranes .
I know there are no wagons in this pic’, although you can just make out a couple of vans in the showroom! This pic just took my eye because it’s something you rarely see nowadays, a proper old-fashioned garage, where you could buy a vehicle, get it serviced & buy its fuel all from the same place .
Aye old Geo.Patterson from Stobcross Street Balliaton Glasgow , Ive loaded back off him many times in the 50/60s era , I used to load at Beardmores at Park Head X regular for Parsons at Heaton Works Newcastle, His Macks were a familier site on the old A 6 heading south in ■■■■■■■■■■■ Happy long gone days Eh Regards Larry.
, thanks to Graham Richardson and Ben Sutherland.
, the ability to improvise/adapt & overcome, fantastic 
) for the explanation , re: weights , etc.
