Hi, Dean,
Re: your query about liveries and headboards- it was (and still is, for those lucky enough to find themselves a decent long-term contract). Have a glance through Bewick’s thread and you will see what I mean.
Had one of these for a while on quarry work n rated it for a 6whlr, they all seemed to have a nasty tendency to want to go straight on around bends. Good warm cab with plenty visibility 6sp box with splitter on top 3 and went well. Anybody know bhp of the engine?
coomsey:
0Had one of these for a while on quarry work n rated it for a 6whlr, they all seemed to have a nasty tendency to want to go straight on around bends. Good warm cab with plenty visibility 6sp box with splitter on top 3 and went well. Anybody know bhp of the engine?
They were very popular with od’s up our way as well, usually ex tossmac vehicles but still did a lot of work. 17 tonne payload at 24 tonne gross was pretty good back then, and most six wheelers tend to go straight on around corners (especially in the wet) so not exclusive to those. Don’t know the engine bhp, they were a Leyland 400 with a blower fitted I believe but they got under my feet a lot and I only had a Gardner 201 powered Sed Ak 400! 
Pete.
Just playing catch up been away since last week.
UPG 107M finished up with a fair ground operator based at Hyde until it was scrapped in 1993.
windrush:
coomsey:
Had one of these for a while on quarry work n rated it for a 6whlr, they all seemed to have a nasty tendency to want to go straight on around bends. Good warm cab with plenty visibility 6sp box with splitter on top 3 and went well. Anybody know bhp of the engine?They were very popular with od’s up our way as well, usually ex tossmac vehicles but still did a lot of work. 17 tonne payload at 24 tonne gross was pretty good back then, and most six wheelers tend to go straight on around corners (especially in the wet) so not exclusive to those. Don’t know the engine bhp, they were a Leyland 400 with a blower fitted I believe but they got under my feet a lot and I only had a Gardner 201 powered Sed Ak 400!
Pete.
Strange Pete in me head they ate Gardners for dinner. Never knew bhp somebody will. Were they a Bison with different cab? Mine in the photo as you said ex Tarmac they must have bought a good few cheers Paul
Leyland Comet Reg No FPR 593 new in February 1953 is still on the road today after being saved for preservation.
Lovatts from Middlewich.
Eric Morrey was the owner, all his work was from British Salt in Middlewich. I worked there for a while in the 70’s, nice steady job, apart from all the handball of sacks of salt,some drops you had to unload by yourself,kept you fit mind.
All his wagons were second or third hand, never bought a new one!
Pete
Think this is ‘Cee n Cee’ Paul,they operated a chain of early supermarkets in the Stoke and South Cheshire area.
Pete
coomsey:
Had one of these for a while on quarry work n rated it for a 6whlr, they all seemed to have a nasty tendency to want to go straight on around bends. Good warm cab with plenty visibility 6sp box with splitter on top 3 and went well. Anybody know bhp of the engine?
windrush:
coomsey:
Had one of these for a while on quarry work n rated it for a 6whlr, they all seemed to have a nasty tendency to want to go straight on around bends. Good warm cab with plenty visibility 6sp box with splitter on top 3 and went well. Anybody know bhp of the engine?They were very popular with od’s up our way as well, usually ex tossmac vehicles but still did a lot of work. 17 tonne payload at 24 tonne gross was pretty good back then, and most six wheelers tend to go straight on around corners (especially in the wet) so not exclusive to those. Don’t know the engine bhp, they were a Leyland 400 with a blower fitted I believe but they got under my feet a lot and I only had a Gardner 201 powered Sed Ak 400!
Pete.
Well Paul and Peter found this bit in a commercial motor mag 1979 and it looks like the 150 or 170 bhp !
Carryfast:
HRS:
Hi “Carryfast”.
Think you have it spoy on. I remember ****** years ago driving into Southampton “new” docks and seeing a sea of French cars that hammered the british market, they were not good and a lot spent time on thier roof arround the country but caused harm to the british mark, they were called the Renault Dophine, if I have spelt it right. HarveyAlmost it’s spelt Dauphine.It was a rear engined heap and I can remember my old Dad getting hold of one for virtually scrap value in around '72.He said when he’d fixed it up he was going to use it to replace his old 1960 Herald that he used a cheap runabout in the day and I said he must be mad.
But I reckon he was just having a laugh at my expense and it was then flogged on as usual in the trade after fixing it’s leaking cylinder liners.
He then replaced the Herald with a nice old '65 Triumph 2,000 the following year.I liked it enough to buy myself a '70 Mk2 2.5 a few years later when I started driving.
Thanks for your comments “Carryfast” 
Retired Old ■■■■:
Hi, Dean,
Re: your query about liveries and headboards- it was (and still is, for those lucky enough to find themselves a decent long-term contract). Have a glance through Bewick’s thread and you will see what I mean.
Thinking about it “ROF” i can now remember one of my grandads trucks having a headboard with one
of there customers on it ! 
moomooland:
Just playing catch up been away since last week.
1UPG 107M finished up with a fair ground operator based at Hyde until it was scrapped in 1993.
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Well spotted Paul !
coomsey:
windrush:
coomsey:
1Had one of these for a while on quarry work n rated it for a 6whlr, they all seemed to have a nasty tendency to want to go straight on around bends. Good warm cab with plenty visibility 6sp box with splitter on top 3 and went well. Anybody know bhp of the engine?They were very popular with od’s up our way as well, usually ex tossmac vehicles but still did a lot of work. 17 tonne payload at 24 tonne gross was pretty good back then, and most six wheelers tend to go straight on around corners (especially in the wet) so not exclusive to those. Don’t know the engine bhp, they were a Leyland 400 with a blower fitted I believe but they got under my feet a lot and I only had a Gardner 201 powered Sed Ak 400!
Pete.
Strange Pete in me head they ate Gardners for dinner. Never knew bhp somebody will. Were they a Bison with different cab? Mine in the photo as you said ex Tarmac they must have bought a good few cheers Paul
Thanks “coomsey” nice pic !
moomooland:
1Leyland Comet Reg No FPR 593 new in February 1953 is still on the road today after being saved for preservation.
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Well spotted again chap ! You are getting good at this ! 
petecud:
Lovatts from Middlewich.
Eric Morrey was the owner, all his work was from British Salt in Middlewich. I worked there for a while in the 70’s, nice steady job, apart from all the handball of sacks of salt,some drops you had to unload by yourself,kept you fit mind.
All his wagons were second or third hand, never bought a new one!
Pete
Thanks for your comments Pete !
petecud:
Think this is ‘Cee n Cee’ Paul,they operated a chain of early supermarkets in the Stoke and South Cheshire area.
Pete
Ok thanks for that Pete !
Cee & Cee had quite a number of supermarkets in Staffordshire and Cheshire.
Here’s Cee & Cee prices in 1973 and you could shop until late on a Friday
DEANB:
coomsey:
1Had one of these for a while on quarry work n rated it for a 6whlr, they all seemed to have a nasty tendency to want to go straight on around bends. Good warm cab with plenty visibility 6sp box with splitter on top 3 and went well. Anybody know bhp of the engine?windrush:
coomsey:
1Had one of these for a while on quarry work n rated it for a 6whlr, they all seemed to have a nasty tendency to want to go straight on around bends. Good warm cab with plenty visibility 6sp box with splitter on top 3 and went well. Anybody know bhp of the engine?They were very popular with od’s up our way as well, usually ex tossmac vehicles but still did a lot of work. 17 tonne payload at 24 tonne gross was pretty good back then, and most six wheelers tend to go straight on around corners (especially in the wet) so not exclusive to those. Don’t know the engine bhp, they were a Leyland 400 with a blower fitted I believe but they got under my feet a lot and I only had a Gardner 201 powered Sed Ak 400!
Pete.
What had been the Albion Reiver became the Leyland Reiver with 170 bhp from the 410 engine ( originally the long serving 400 series engine with a tubocharger whose origins dated back to 1959)
Well Paul and Peter found this bit in a commercial motor mag 1979 and it looks like the 150 or 170 bhp !
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moomooland:
Cee & Cee had a supermarket in Newcastle under Lyme.
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Here’s Cee & Cee prices in 1973.
Don’t forget you could shop late on a Friday
Put that in your pipe and smoke it ‘ALDI’ !! 
Anyone recognise who the half cab Foden belonged to ■■ Found one in yellow below,but dont know if
its the same company ■■?
Advert for half cab Foden.
DEANB:
Hoveringham truck and advert.1
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Wagon and pup from Dene Quarry, Cromford. Pulled in at Stonedge (Stanage) just off the Matlock-Chesterfield road.
Pete.
Not sure if that helps Dean my old gal 73 L reg. Boss put me on it when first driver couldn’t work out box pattern n mine was in for a 5 gallon refurb. One or two noses put out cos I jumped the new lorry queue, as if it were my fault! Anyway given strict instruction not to use splitter cos it was faulty, sod that messed about n found 9 gears could it have been 10 ? On the strength of that left me on her n first driver never recognized my existence from then on, soft sod .
So to the point was there a 9sp box?
Red hot summer of 76had sister of this nights down to M Keynes a God send could reach both windows a luxury! Much teeth gnashing in full cab do I carry on sweating /freezing or hard shoulder it
coomsey:
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Red hot summer of 76had sister of this nights down to M Keynes a God send could reach both windows a luxury! Much teeth gnashing in full cab do I carry on sweating /freezing or hard shoulder it
Which engine did these half cabs have in them “Coomsey” ? Cheers Dennis.