Jazzandy:
Ex London Transport RT!
Yes Stevo’s bought a lot and sold some on
Hi ROF being a Bristol a Gardner 5HLW would be a good guess but the answer is definitly not a Gardner, a 4 cylinder is a clue.
Cheers Leyland 600.
Jazzandy:
Ex London Transport RT!
I think all Stevo’s buses were ex somewhere or other!
Steve
Leyland600:
Hi ROF being a Bristol a Gardner 5HLW would be a good guess but the answer is definitly not a Gardner, a 4 cylinder is a clue.
Cheers Leyland 600.
Possibly the Albion Claymore engine?
Pete.
windrush:
Leyland600:
Hi ROF being a Bristol a Gardner 5HLW would be a good guess but the answer is definitly not a Gardner, a 4 cylinder is a clue.
Cheers Leyland 600.Possibly the Albion Claymore engine?
Pete.
Or a Bristol Bulldog engine perhaps ■■, Just a guess, Regards Larry.
windrush:
Leyland600:
Hi ROF being a Bristol a Gardner 5HLW would be a good guess but the answer is definitly not a Gardner, a 4 cylinder is a clue.
Cheers Leyland 600.Possibly the Albion Claymore engine?
Pete.
I think it was an 8HLXB engine 
Ste46:
Jazzandy:
Ex London Transport RT!I think all Stevo’s buses were ex somewhere or other!
Steve
Not arf.I’ve got a few pics of their motors but they aren’t mine so I don’t want to put them on although I have a couple of a restored one.
Marjorie Nelson was Marjorie Stevenson and was the first conductress.Here is a photo of her badge
Tony
Bewick:
windrush:
Leyland600:
Hi ROF being a Bristol a Gardner 5HLW would be a good guess but the answer is definitly not a Gardner, a 4 cylinder is a clue.
Cheers Leyland 600.Possibly the Albion Claymore engine?
Pete.
I think it was an 8HLXB engine
Now why didn’t I think of that? Must be slipping!
Having teased us, I hope Leyland600 will put us out of our misery? As a former apprentice spanner-thrower for the company, I only came across 5LWs and 5HLWs at our depot.
whisperingsmith:
Buses not Trucks, but they did look and sound great at yesterday’s Vintage Running Day out of Penzance Bus Station
Seeing that ex LT RT reminds me that some of them are literally falling to bits underneath that nice shiny paintwork.
Hello Oiltreader
I was in paying the papers and due to a combination o ma bad hearing and about four folk aw talkin I thought Chuck said did you get the Truck Trader I don’t get it says I, no says Chuck did you see Oiltreader he was looking for you yesterday.
We were at Dumfries for a while yesterday. But sorry I missed you we could have had a right auld natter If you are still in the area give us a call 19 QUEENS ROAD SANQUHAR DG4 6LD 0165950424. Eddie.
Some more photos of J.H.Allen.Note the Derham 6 wheeler which has Hilcrete on the sides which was part of Hilton Gravel.Dennis Derham formed a co. called Derham and Allen until they were taken over by B.R.S. I think Mr Derham had a co. making wheelbarrows in Manchester.Young Doug is in the four wheel Morris Commercial
Back to the little motors and the good sign writing.The sign writer is the late Doug Kinnerley and apart from being a good tradesman was a hell of a nice bloke
Yes windrush you are quite right the 4 cylinder Albion horizontal version of the EN 286 engine as fitted to thousands of Chieftains etc .
Cheers Leyland 600
Leyland600:
Yes windrush you are quite right the 4 cylinder Albion horizontal version of the EN 286 engine as fitted to thousands of Chieftains etc .
Cheers Leyland 600
Well there’s a turn up,a little Albion 4cyl in a bus,what gearbox would have been installed ? Cheers Bewick.
Hi Bewick, just checked the engine details which was the EN250H not the 286 as stated, David Brown 5speed syncromesh box with 5th as overdrive, Kirkstall front axle and BMC rear axle and diff. Very economical little buses ideal for country routes.
You asked how many motors Stampers of Dearham ran, speaking to Harry T’s nephew Ken this evening (he inherited that twin steer Leyland after Harry) ■■■■ ran 12 to 15 wagons comprising AEC Albion Atkinson, ERF, and Leyland mostly six and eight wheelers on livestock and BOCM animal feeds from Manchester and Selby. He tells me that he visited his aunt Annie who is 82 today.
Cheers Leyland 600
Leyland600:
Hi Bewick, just checked the engine details which was the EN250H not the 286 as stated, David Brown 5speed syncromesh box with 5th as overdrive, Kirkstall front axle and BMC rear axle and diff. Very economical little buses ideal for country routes.
You asked how many motors Stampers of Dearham ran, speaking to Harry T’s nephew Ken this evening (he inherited that twin steer Leyland after Harry) ■■■■ ran 12 to 15 wagons comprising AEC Albion Atkinson, ERF, and Leyland mostly six and eight wheelers on livestock and BOCM animal feeds from Manchester and Selby. He tells me that he visited his aunt Annie who is 82 today.
Cheers Leyland 600
Well thanks for the info, 600, it really was a mixed bag, that one! I was relief driver on an LAD-cabbed Chieftain in the mid 60s. It was a super little lorry to drive, but when I went to bed every night I still had that four pot thumping in my ears. Mind you, it wouldn’t have been so bad for that bus driver- he was sitting about twenty feet from the noise.
Hi ROF I have driven lots of buses and coaches during my transport career but mostly Leylands with 0/600 or 0/680 engines plus a good few Gardner and Leyland powered Bristols plus an odd AEC or two which were always bearable and enjoyable to drive. I drove a new LAD cabbed Clydesdale with a 400 engine in 1962 on livestock, long hours, long journeys but no regulations worth mentioning to worry about.Young, keen and some might say daft !!
Cheers, Leyland 600.