That was halibut liver oil capsules, They came a bit later 
Iâd have thought your bones would be the very opposite of overbrittle, positively overbendy in fact with all that liquid inside you. 
At my secondary school on the first day it was obligatory. Those who could not drink milk were asked to put their hands up. The form master went round them all in turn to demand their reasons. He was a Geordy with a fierce countenance and a broad accent and he glared at Foster who said, in a very posh voice âwell sir, I am afraid that if I drink milk, I get very sickâ. There was no answer to that. 
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I used to buy a tin of strawberry flavoured Nesquick and stir a teaspoon of that into the milk with a straw. That certainly took the edge off it on a hot day. That was when I was in the 6th form!
I used to drive one of those Fiat rigids.
Mine was the model down from the 16 tonner in the pic.
It had a ratchet handbrake, not an air one, I went to pay on the old âRampâ truck park at Bishopgate E.London one night, and the bloody thing stuck on causing a massive queue behind me until my call out arrivedâŚ
I got a lot of stick that night both friendly and unfriendly from other drivers, even the Old Bill tirmed up to see what was causing the congestion in the surrounding streets, but I was a young fearless lad and it didnt fuss me.
In the pub afterwards I got a big cheer when I walked in anywayâŚand a lot more stickâŚ
It also had a foot width behind the seats, which was a âsleeper cabâ compared to my previous TK.
Only problem was the back of the cab was not insulated. but bear metal which caused condensationâŚand a wet sleeping bag in morning.
I remember delivering to Vauxhall Bedford when they were developing the TK replacement, the TL.
A guy came from an office, and asked me if he could look in my cab, then he went and got his mate, they were interested in the roof lining and the zip type attatchment and how clever they thought it was.
They then told me they were interior trim designers, and I often wondered if they did actually go on to copy the design from my old Fiat.
It also had those bloody awful old Continental type spoke wheels which were ****s for slackening off.
In fact I nearly lost one on the M6 one night and spent the night in the Fiat dealership at Walsall.
Later on I did holiday relief in a couple of the 16 tonner models, one with a full sleeper conversion,.which was a different ball game to my old full time one.
Good old trucks in their day
Trilex wheels? 
Youâre right, my mitsake.
Whatever the motor of that Leyland 6 wheeler was Iâd doubt that it would have been an RT bus engine.
But to be fair AEC motors were ok in trucks by the standards and weight expectations of their day.
Ah youâve moved the goal posts
Spider hubs, Trilex was a unique type but spider rims were available in more normal type of two and three piece type, as well as 22.5 tubeless.
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Not sure of the technical name mate, but they were something like this.
And this was just like the model of Fiat I had,.a 130.I think they were
âŚalthough mine was a rigid.
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Put your gloves on then. 
I donât think the re-make of Hell drivers got made did it ? Supposedly a producer had a haulage firm lined up and it was going to be released about 2015.
There are quite a few firmâs drivers (including mine) trying to emulate it if not re.make it as far as I can see. .
Not just tipper outfits either.
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Nope I was definitely referring to the Eastern Counties Leyland and just donât put the AEC bus motor in a 30 + tonner itâll be fine.Iâm sure thatâs what I said.
Although race engine guarantee might apply for Mammoth and drag.We can guarantee it will start and be quick and it will blow up.But we canât guarantee the time scale between.
Should also have said V8.
At least youâre consistent with the utter crap you contribute.
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