Congratulations, David! Or should I say: Mabrouk! Robert
Thanks to Lawrence Dunbar and kevmac47 for the pics the info on the White mentions an ‘unditching roller’ made me curious, this pic with the roller.
Oily
Dead right there Cliff. Nice one.
David
The good/bad old days Eh ■■■■ Gordon Brown & his cronies who have tried very hard to put hard working hauliers & their very hard working drivers out of a job, Regards Larry.
David Miller:
Dead right there Cliff. Nice one.David
I’ll second that, David. Firstly, because Cliff always presented his motors well and secondly because I not only liked those old 95s a lot, but I would have loved one with a ■■■■■■■ 500 in. Unfortunately, they didn’t come with Fuller 'boxes to match. You could have a flat-top DAF 95 with a 13-speed Fuller in it in Belgium (Tip-top had one) but not with a Space-cab. Robert
As I mentioned in the north east thread I have some photo’s of some American trucks and was at a loss as to which thread I should post them onto until Kevmac 47 mentioned this would be a good site, as I mentioned in the previous post my wife met a dutch teacher on holiday a few years before I got involved with her and she has kept in contact with her all these years when I got together with the wife and we got married Ava came over to our wedding, Ava is divorced and spends a lot of time travelling when she found out I had a soft spot for trucks she mentioned she would take some photo’s for me of trucks from other country’s so here are a selection of some American trucks she took a few years ago.regards prattman.
prattman:
As I mentioned in the north east thread I have some photo’s of some American trucks and was at a loss as to which thread I should post them onto until Kevmac 47 mentioned this would be a good site, as I mentioned in the previous post my wife met a dutch teacher on holiday a few years before I got involved with her and she has kept in contact with her all these years when I got together with the wife and we got married Ava came over to our wedding, Ava is divorced and spends a lot of time travelling when she found out I had a soft spot for trucks she mentioned she would take some photo’s for me of trucks from other country’s so here are a selection of some American trucks she took a few years ago.regards prattman.
Hi prattman, nice lot , all welcome on here, like it says in my first post “if it has driven wheels and carries or pulls a load, let us see it” no matter where its from.
Oily
Thanks to Cliff Luxton, kevmac47 and Lawrence Dunbar for the pics
now then when I came across this, I thought Dennis, it isn’t and without googling any ideas, here’s a clue it is powered by a 4.3litre 6 cyl Saurer diesel engine.
Oily
oiltreader:
Thanks to Cliff Luxton, kevmac47 and Lawrence Dunbar for the picsnow then when I came across this, I thought Dennis, it isn’t and without googling any ideas, here’s a clue it is powered by a 4.3litre 6 cyl Saurer diesel engine.
Oily
Looks like a Dennis, however Morris Commercial used the Saurer diesel in the NVO and FVO ranges (I still have a workshop manual!) and their own range of diesels were developed from them.
Pete.
I would tend to agree with Pete. We tend to forget that Morris was not only in the business of making small & medium weight lorries, but in the past turned out some quite decent heavy stuff. I remember driving an ex-army Morris which I think had started life as some sort of heavy tractor before some enterprising blacksmith turned it into a breakdown lorry. It had a Saurer engine coupled to a two-stick 8-speed gearbox. Crawler gave about two miles a fortnight, but it’s four-wheel-drive meant that we never failed to heave the stricken vehicle away!
windrush:
oiltreader:
Thanks to Cliff Luxton, kevmac47 and Lawrence Dunbar for the picsnow then when I came across this, I thought Dennis, it isn’t and without googling any ideas, here’s a clue it is powered by a 4.3litre 6 cyl Saurer diesel engine.
OilyLooks like a Dennis, however Morris Commercial used the Saurer diesel in the NVO and FVO ranges (I still have a workshop manual!) and their own range of diesels were developed from them.
Pete.
Morris FV en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_FV
Oily
Retired Old ■■■■:
I would tend to agree with Pete. We tend to forget that Morris was not only in the business of making small & medium weight lorries, but in the past turned out some quite decent heavy stuff. I remember driving an ex-army Morris which I think had started life as some sort of heavy tractor before some enterprising blacksmith turned it into a breakdown lorry. It had a Saurer engine coupled to a two-stick 8-speed gearbox. Crawler gave about two miles a fortnight, but it’s four-wheel-drive meant that we never failed to heave the stricken vehicle away!
One like this only joking, I know the type you mean, something like a MOD Morris CDSW, see if I can find a pic, anyway back to Ade’s photo, if I remember rightly this came back from a life in Canada and is/was for sale here dvca.co.uk/vehicles-for-auct … -Lorry3990.
Oily
Thought so Oily, a few years since I worked on one though! They were known for the engine running backwards on startup!
Pete.
We had a Morris Commercial Quad as a breakdown truck when I worked for a BMC dealer in Reading, four cylinder sidevalve petrol. Then an ex Auxilary Fire Service NVS arrived, six pot overhead valve engine and inward folding doors. That was as flat as a ■■■■ until it reached around 25 mph, then a BANG and flash of flame came from the carb and it took off like a Greyhound from out of the traps! When the firm was taken over they were presumably scrapped and an AEC Matador and Ausin Gypsy were purchased.
Pete.