Tankers it is, courtesy of Richard Says.
Oily
Who knows what model of AEC this Pilkington motor is.? A match box with two glass marbles for the correct answer. (If I can find them)
Cheers, Leyland 600.
Leyland600:
Who knows what model of AEC this Pilkington motor is.? A match box with two glass marbles for the correct answer. (If I can find them)
Cheers, Leyland 600.
It’s a Regal single deck bus chassis, of which Pilkington’s had several. The low chassis allowed them to carry tall packing cases of sheet glass. AEC Regals were also a popular choice with several furniture manufacturers, again for their low chassis.
Who can identify the location of this photo?
oiltreader:
rastone:
HRS:
Ah Ha !!! One of yours “Oiltreader”
Could the GLASS WORKS be the clue ■■? HarveyEven railway tankers had those and they would be easier to wash out than metal.Oili I don’t thing stainless would be about then would it.
Tony
I was thinking back to my early days Tony and the milk churn collection from farms ,were the churns stainless steel? no, I read that they were galvanised iron and with regard to bulk transport, stainless steel tanks were introduced mid 1940s in the USA.
Oily
Some farmers used to take their milk down to the local station or dairy.Some of the old milkmen delivering to households had a churn in the back of the van and poured the milk in a bucket with a measure hanging on the rim to ladle it out into the customers milk jug.These churns are beginning to get scarce and garden centres can ask a lot of money out of them.There were some farmers used to hammer the churns in the bottom to get the full price as a normal one.
Tony
Birkenhead
Hi gingerfold yes thats right, as for the location I guess its St Helens works, One of my former drivers is an ex Pilingtons man I am sure he will know. On the subject of AEC Regals being used as a goods vehicle, R.J. Murray and Son had a Regal bought new fitted with a livestock container circa 1953. An acquaintance from Racks near Dumfries has this ex Nottingham Corporation Regent III /Park Royal bodied No 178 then ex Limmer & Trinidad seen at Brough last Easter.
Cheers Leyland 600.
re glass lined tanks.Anybody know how they made them
Tony
rastone:
re glass lined tanks.Anybody know how they made themTony
Bit like the old thermos flasks with the cork lids, very fragile broke a few of them in me time Buzzer.
oiltreader:
rastone:
HRS:
Ah Ha !!! One of yours “Oiltreader”
Could the GLASS WORKS be the clue ■■? HarveyEven railway tankers had those and they would be easier to wash out than metal.Oili I don’t thing stainless would be about then would it.
Tony
I was thinking back to my early days Tony and the milk churn collection from farms ,were the churns stainless steel? no, I read that they were galvanised iron and with regard to bulk transport, stainless steel tanks were introduced mid 1940s in the USA.
Oily
Until the 1950s milk churns were generally made from hot galvanised mild steel, made for example at the CWS Tinplate Works, Birtley, Co Durham. But just before the churns (technically milk cans) were phased out they started to appear in spun aluminium.
Thanks to gingerfold, rastone, Pennineman, Leyland600, Buzzer and lurpak for the pics 
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Oily
One good turn deserves an other 
oiltreader:
Thanks to gingerfold, rastone, Pennineman, Leyland600, Buzzer and lurpak for the pics
Oily
One good turn deserves an other
Thanks for that.I don’t know what went wrong there and tried to put it right.I was going to have another go tonight
Tony
Great shots Oily keep them rolling , Regards Larry.
oiltreader:
From OZ, thanks to Dan Lloyd.
Oily
Those Ozzie Ford pictures are a treat,the sheeting is a great job,driver should be proud of his/her efforts,
Dennis would also approve,not that that matters!!!lol,lol.
David