Brand new out the paint shop 1979 Buzzer
Buzzer:
Brand new out the paint shop 1979 Buzzer
Not wishing to âteach me Granny how to â â â â eggsâ Mate but you are about 4 years out of date ( possibly 10 years judging by the illuminated headboard!) The SED ATK was launched in late '75 when production of the 32/4 and Borderer finished. I also note that the 32/4 in the shot was shod on 1000x20 tyres so I would put the date as late 60âs possibly 1970. Just my opinion, pity the No. plate wasnât visible ! Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
Buzzer:
Brand new out the paint shop 1979 BuzzerNot wishing to âteach me Granny how to â â â â eggsâ Mate but you are about 4 years out of date ( possibly 10 years judging by the illuminated headboard!) The SED ATK was launched in late '75 when production of the 32/4 and Borderer finished. I also note that the 32/4 in the shot was shod on 1000x20 tyres so I would put the date as late 60âs possibly 1970. Just my opinion, pity the No. plate wasnât visible ! Cheers Dennis.
Just testing you Dennis it was 1969 actually on an H reg so you are correct but your sharp eye did not spot the 8 cylinder gardner sticking out the back which the box obscured your vision, whoa, whoa, 
only kidding mate cheers Buzzer
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Buzzer:
My contributions for today Buzzer.
Great Ashworths photo Buzzer
oiltreader:
Thanks to Buzzer, Spardo, stevejones and remy for the pics
OilyTimber
Nice pictures Oily, but just a thought, are timber hauliers exempted from side guards? Perhaps something to do with getting them ripped off on rough forest tracks? Must admit I havenât noticed here, must keep my eyes open for them next time Iâm out.
I donât really know on which thread I should put this picture, but there it is. Will any of you know more about this chinese six? Canât see clearly the manufacturerâs logo; not AEC though, and it looks LHD, and not a British registration eitherâŚ
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Itâs a Maudslay
Thanks!
Froggy55:
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I donât really know on which thread I should put this picture, but there it is. Will any of you know more about this chinese six? Canât see clearly the manufacturerâs logo; not AEC though, and it looks LHD, and not a British registration eitherâŚ
But at least he feels ok. 
windrush:
The exhaust brakes on our Rolls engined ones were OK, not brilliant, but many I drove had the foot button clogged up with [zb] as their drivers never used them anyway. I kept mine clean and lubricated and used it all the time, a shame that our two â â â â â â â 250 engined ones had to have them disconnected from new though.Pete.
on my L10 250 c series , the plate fell off the spigot , so i had full exhaust brake come on at 60 mph on the m1 , once iâd got the cab up on the hard shoulder i dismantled it and threw the plate over the hedge , reassembled it , cab down and then went to retrieve the plate from the field . put it all back together later , but it did it again a few months later , this time in the middle of Market Harborough.
Spardo:
Froggy55:
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I donât really know on which thread I should put this picture, but there it is. Will any of you know more about this chinese six? Canât see clearly the manufacturerâs logo; not AEC though, and it looks LHD, and not a British registration eitherâŚBut at least he feels ok.
Indeed, but why in French? Were any Maudslay sold on the Continent?
Bewick:
Buzzer:
Brand new out the paint shop 1979 BuzzerNot wishing to âteach me Granny how to â â â â eggsâ Mate but you are about 4 years out of date ( possibly 10 years judging by the illuminated headboard!) The SED ATK was launched in late '75 when production of the 32/4 and Borderer finished. I also note that the 32/4 in the shot was shod on 1000x20 tyres so I would put the date as late 60âs possibly 1970. Just my opinion, pity the No. plate wasnât visible ! Cheers Dennis.
Good morning Dennis, The plastic rear wings have me a little confused, not that it takes much these days. Harvey
Spardo:
remy:
0This is a good comparison pic form the internet.Especially when parked alongside a dusty old Pete, only marginally better looking than the villain truck in âDuelâ. I bet the Yanks appreciate the extra driving position height too, which is probably why so many of them hark back with nostalgia to the COE days.
But I also bet that, if they stopped to think for a minute, they wouldnât want to swap their sleeper compartment.
I remember reading somewhere that in the early days of the Magnum one was taken over there as a demo for some reason, perhaps a tie up with Mack, and a driver was asked what he thought of the cab and his reply was âgreat, but Iâd love to see the sleeper versionâ.
Also, re the import rules, that is Canada and I think they are easier there, possibly 10 or 11 years?
Regarding the AE that was driven around in the US, wasnât that a long distance diary article? Iâve read it some time ago, canât remember in which content it was or if I even have it in the first place⌠maybe Dean has got sommat in his vast archives?
HRS:
Bewick:
Buzzer:
Brand new out the paint shop 1979 BuzzerNot wishing to âteach me Granny how to â â â â eggsâ Mate but you are about 4 years out of date ( possibly 10 years judging by the illuminated headboard!) The SED ATK was launched in late '75 when production of the 32/4 and Borderer finished. I also note that the 32/4 in the shot was shod on 1000x20 tyres so I would put the date as late 60âs possibly 1970. Just my opinion, pity the No. plate wasnât visible ! Cheers Dennis.
Good morning Dennis, The plastic rear wings have me a little confused, not that it takes much these days. Harvey
Hiya Harvey,
Well plastic rear wings were more popular than full rubber because of the cost. But our favourite rear wing was steel with a rubber edge. The rubber edge was immune to fork truck damage and lasted the life of the unit. Cheers Dennis.
Hi Froggy, Maudslay at least tried to sell chassis into Europe. Here are some photos I was given by the Maudslay Company back in 1954-5 when as a teenage lorry & bus enthusiast I wrote and asked for information about their products. According to pencil statements written on the back of the two show stands one was the Geneva motor show and the other the Barcelona motor show in the early 1950s.
Cheers, Leyland 600.
Most interesting indeed! The truck I posted is obviously brand new, and the picture may have been taken on the premises of its coachbuilder, perhaps on the continent, though I doubt chinese sixes were ever popular in French-speaking countries; maybe Belgium. The only French-registered one I ever saw was the famous Volvo F 12 specially made for Transports STG; strangely with no sleeper.
