scania 142 8x4 1986 still in dayly use coming from the first ferry of two to my home isle
Adverts from the early 1950s, the Albion Reiver ad is from Australia, yet as shown it is a John Robertson of Inverness wagon.
oily
oiltreader:
Some Scammell conversions from Malta, 1965 Highwayman unit becomes water tanker.
oily
Hi oily that is a Handyman the Highwayman was a bonneted wagon and more basic 
cheers Johnnie 
Easier to remember as the split slanting windscreens of the bonneted version look like a Highwaymans mask (■■■■ Turpin), they were not termed a Highwayman until this model came out so the look may have lead to the name although there is no confirmation of this, unless someone knows different. Cheers Franky.
I will go along with what you say FD, Names have to come from somewhere, & that sounds right to me, it fits like a glove, Regards Larry.
Franky they were driven by by some right bandits and outlaws so it could have been if the cap fitted 
cheers Johnnie
sammyopisite:
Franky they were driven by by some right bandits and outlaws
cheers Johnnie
Oi 
My logsheets were always correct. If I got stopped I always had a correct one handy.
Spardo:
sammyopisite:
Franky they were driven by by some right bandits and outlaws
cheers JohnnieOi
My logsheets were always correct. If I got stopped I always had a correct one handy.
David so were mine as I always needed to replace the original one each time I stopped as they got mucky but the ones handed in were usually done at the weekend and PERFECT
cheers Johnnie
sammyopisite:
oiltreader:
Some Scammell conversions from Malta, 1965 Highwayman unit becomes water tanker.
oilyHi oily that is a Handyman the Highwayman was a bonneted wagon and more basic
cheers Johnnie
I hold my hands up 
My mistake copying text. My knowledge of Scammell types is limited, my lorry driving past was mostly Leyland, AEC, Commer and Bedford in that order. On buses Leyland, AEC and Guy, coaches AEC and Leyland.
Preference on lorries would be Leyland, on city buses, AEC pre-selector by a long chalk, armchair driving that was.
oily
This pic from America got me digging as to why the trucks are rh drive. The place is Anacostia, District of Columbia. In 1910 it was still under previous legislation of the British , this was changed in 1920 and driving on the right became law.
oily
More from the same source. Top. The Diamond T is Kurt Johannsen who was a road train pioneer and is loaded with railway wagons on route between Katherine and Alice Springs, stopped at a place called Tea Tree, date 1947. Middle. Leyland NT 1946, I would guess the other truck is an International put me right Spardo (and what is Bill Ellis driving).
Bottom. Driver Bill Ellis setting out from Darwin on the 1000 mile trek to Alice Springs.
oily
sammyopisite:
Spardo:
sammyopisite:
Franky they were driven by by some right bandits and outlaws
cheers JohnnieOi
My logsheets were always correct. If I got stopped I always had a correct one handy.
David so were mine as I always needed to replace the original one each time I stopped as they got mucky
cheers Johnnie
I never filled my log book in as I was always losing me pen. Anyroad they couldn’t do you for falsifying if there were no entries.
Where does it say logbooks been to the pub all day again
cheers Johnnie
oiltreader:
More from the same source. Top. The Diamond T is Kurt Johannsen who was a road train pioneer and is loaded with railway wagons on route between Katherine and Alice Springs, stopped at a place called Tea Tree, date 1947. Middle. Leyland NT 1946, I would guess the other truck is an International put me right Spardo (and what is Bill Ellis driving).
Bottom. Driver Bill Ellis setting out from Darwin on the 1000 mile trek to Alice Springs.
oily
I think you’ll find that Johanssen’s train is parked at Ti Tree, a couple of hundred kms north of The Alice.
Hard to see but I reckon you’re right about the Inter, but what about Bill Ellis? By the state of him I reckon he’s spent all night under the truck
As to what motor it is, a bit puzzling. It has the look of a later model than would have been found in 1950, it even has an ashtray and there seems to be some roof lining. No clues apart from all the switches and knobs which definitely have a Yankee look about them.
A twin stick I see. Not sure what there was at that time apart from the Foden, but it certainly doesn’t look like one of those.
I wonder if someone has got the date wrong? 