Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[rigsby]

oiltreader:
This one to cheer a grumpy old man
youtube.com/watch?v=U0vmA4NYoTM
Oily

i would have got a whack with a stick when my uncle was teaching me " get your foot away from the clutch pedal when you’re not using it ". bad habit . dave

[retired_old_fart]

I was struggling to with-hold a comment about that, Dave, but seeing as you’ve mentioned it, that would have been a hanging offence when I was a lad! Or at least a crack across my left knee with the cab brush!

[grumpy_old_man]

oiltreader:
This one to cheer a grumpy old man
youtube.com/watch?v=U0vmA4NYoTM
Oily

Thank you…happy days. AEC’s…for real men

I know you can’t (and shouldn’t) stop progress, but I’ll take a 50/60/70’s motor against all the modern Euro motors. A driver needs to “feel” a motor, the modern ones with air sprung cabs, auto boxes, etc, etc, just don’t do it for me.
Note the mechanical air pressure indicator just below the speedo…STOP.
Re the foot on the clutch. It was a hanging offence when I wor a lad. Only last weekend I had to have stern words with my “newly qualified driver” granddaughter. She past her test first, time, bought a little car and insured it and he granddad has left her in no doubt that she must NOT, EVER, rest her foot on the clutch pedal.

Mr cav551 posted a Youtube clip earlier “A nice selection”. I thought it was a fabulous 6 minutes. I urge you all to have a look at proper lorry driving.

[leyland600]

Hi Oily, that is a fabulous You Tube clip of Steve Mayle’s AEC Mandator, pity about the foot on the clutch as others have commented.I sold Steve a CAV U6 starter for this wagon about 2 years ago.
Cheers, Leyland 600.

[oiltreader]

grumpy old man:

oiltreader:
This one to cheer a grumpy old man
youtube.com/watch?v=U0vmA4NYoTM
Oily

Thank you…happy days. AEC’s…for real men

I know you can’t (and shouldn’t) stop progress, but I’ll take a 50/60/70’s motor against all the modern Euro motors. A driver needs to “feel” a motor, the modern ones with air sprung cabs, auto boxes, etc, etc, just don’t do it for me.
Note the mechanical air pressure indicator just below the speedo…STOP.
Re the foot on the clutch. It was a hanging offence when I wor a lad. Only last weekend I had to have stern words with my “newly qualified driver” granddaughter. She past her test first, time, bought a little car and insured it and he granddad has left her in no doubt that she must NOT, EVER, rest her foot on the clutch pedal.

Mr cav551 posted a Youtube clip earlier “A nice selection”. I thought it was a fabulous 6 minutes. I urge you all to have a look at proper lorry driving.

The open road, a beautiful day, an able machine, an engine that’s singing a tune, what more could a man with diesel in his veins wish for
Oily

[oiltreader]

Larry’s Tipple No 114
Oily

[rigsby]

Leyland600:
Hi Oily, that is a fabulous You Tube clip of Steve Mayle’s AEC Mandator, pity about the foot on the clutch as others have commented.I sold Steve a CAV U6 starter for this wagon about 2 years ago.
Cheers, Leyland 600.

don’t suppose you’ll have a spare clutch in stock ? lol

[oiltreader]

This is really worth a watch, it’s an Australian ABC TV programme, namely Four Corners dealing in current affairs and investigative journalism into malpractice, this particular episode is dealing with the pressure on OZ truckers by number crunchers to take unbelievable risks. It lasts 45 mins, stick with it, if only for the profound statement near the end and offered by the widow of a young husband/motorist killed by a fatigued truck driver.
youtube.com/watch?v=wer9KLT8y-o
Oily

[cliff_luxton]

Me and my mate in Rungis Paris meat market 1975,.76.

[servo88]

Hi Oily a wagon a car & bus in Tow Law a few year ago. O & a van thrown in for good measure, regards Gordon

[servo88]

[leyland600]

Hi Servo, it is a United Bristol LS with Eastern Coachworks body one of many operated by United Automobile Services of Darlington spanning an area from Harrogate across to Scarborough in the east , with services throughout Co Durham and Northumberland up to Berwick on Tweed and across to Carlisle with services to remote areas to the north east of the city.
Cheers, Leyland 600.

[kevmac47]

servo88:
0Hi Oily a wagon a car & bus in Tow Law a few year ago. O & a van thrown in for good measure, regards Gordon

That Ford Consul takes me back Gordon, my first car was a 1959 Consul. Cost me £100, the wipers got slower the faster you drove!!! Brilliant in the rain. ( Reg. No. 585KTN.) Regards Kev

[servo88]

Cheers for that info guys my dad drove bus,s before he went on the wagons. The company was Baldwin & Barlows from Tow Law. Here,s a one of theirs. regards Gordon

[servo88]

[grumpy_old_man]

servo88:
0

Ah, memories.
In the late 50’s I managed to break a halfshaft on one of those little Austins in Darlington, 2;30pm, Sunday afternoon. No boy racer stuff, waiting at the traffic lights, eased the clutch, it never moved. Hmn. the soon to be Mrs GOM chirps “why are you swearing my love”?
A bit of head scratching, a couple of phone calls and an old guy (garage owner) turned out and sheer luck, he had an old halfshaft that fit. Home in Dewsbury by 20:00hrs. Whew.
Kev mentions the Ford Consul, I rented one of those to go on honeymoon, June 1960.
3 speed column gearchange, bench seats front and back.

[oiltreader]

kevmac47:

servo88:
Hi Oily a wagon a car & bus in Tow Law a few year ago. O & a van thrown in for good measure, regards Gordon

That Ford Consul takes me back Gordon, my first car was a 1959 Consul. Cost me £100, the wipers got slower the faster you drove!!! Brilliant in the rain. ( Reg. No. 585KTN.) Regards Kev

Also put me in gear to have a look for this probably about 1965/66, off white colour. later had it two toned, bottom half red with replacement side chrome trim and diagonal to front wheel arch
Oily

[servo88]

[oiltreader]

Thanks to servo88 for the pics , I note the Austin A40 has an Edinburgh reg.
Wolsingsham eh, went there 2007 to do a pre arranged campervan buy with Robsons, shook hands on a part exchange deal, which they later reneged on, wanting more money, bah humbug no deal.
Going back quite a bit here is some more connection with H D Ward steamscenes.org.uk/archive/d … wolsingham

This from the HCVS 2012 Tyne Tees Run.
Oily

[kevmac47]

oiltreader:
Thanks to servo88 for the pics , I note the Austin A40 has an Edinburgh reg.
Wolsingsham eh, went there 2007 to do a pre arranged campervan buy with Robsons, shook hands on a part exchange deal, which they later reneged on, wanting more money, bah humbug no deal.
Going back quite a bit here is some more connection with H D Ward steamscenes.org.uk/archive/d … wolsingham

This from the HCVS 2012 Tyne Tees Run.
Oily

Oily, the Foden is owned by John Gornall, he restored it over a number of years. He ran his own haulage company for many years, before retiring. Regards Kev.