Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 2)

Mine in 1959.
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I had one of those, probably bought for a fiver, most of mine were in those days, but first day out with my mate Pete in the passenger seat we couldn’t work out what was causing the infernal rattling noise.

Narrowed down to the front left wheel and removed the hubcap…to find all but 2 of the wheel nuts completely unattached. :open_mouth:
Soon sorted. :wink:

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Ta. I shoulda guessed two-tone paint = Zodiac.

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A fine example of a Motor Panels of Coventry cab!

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Same cab as the Seddon one a few posts back? Post no 819.

Can’t for the life of me remember what type of box it was in the Maggie Deutz.
Deffo a range change, dont think it was an Eaton Fuller, in fact it may have been a syncro box…possibly their own box.

Well nearly! The Seddon is the Mk3 cab which is basically the same as the Guy Big-J cab. It is narrower than the Mk4 cab enjoyed by the FTF. The ERF European had the tall version of the Mk4 cab, as did the Scammell Crusader and the French Mack.

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It’s only now you’ve mentioned it but that ERF is so like a Scammell. Were Motor Panels an independent company or part of a bigger group?

See this thread by gardner_120:

From the above thread, a CM artilce

As driven by NZ JAMIE I believe.

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I note with much amusement how much I contributed to that thread in my various guises! :rofl:

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Few pics from a little show in Grindleton Lancs this weekend

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Also had a lovely run out in my pals fh, remembed to take a pic 20 years after i had a spell driving it…

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Just for old times sake, one our old friend Bewick aka Dennis who cannot be assed with this new website, Buzzer
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A Cityrama touring bus on the Place de la Concorde c. 1960. First bus is a Somua OP 5; other one in the far is a Chausson.

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And the expected Citreon, Renault, Peugeot and Fiat, but is the silver sedan in the right foreground, to the right of the white Renault Dauphine, a Chev Covair?