Used to see these coach/bus chassis going down the motorway all the time years ago !
The drivers always wrapped up with goggles on !! 
Is it illegal now 
I havent seen one for a long time 
DEANB:
Used to see these coach/bus chassis going down the motorway all the time years ago !The drivers always wrapped up with goggles on !!
Is it illegal now
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They used to take them to diss to a coach works we used to take the heater motors from delanair
DEANB:
Used to see these coach/bus chassis going down the motorway all the time years ago !The drivers always wrapped up with goggles on !!
Is it illegal now
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Late 80’s, we used to ‘wrap up and put goggles on’ when we had a contract to move these bus chassis from Dennis at Guildford to Plaxton Coach bodies at Blackpool! What a horrible job that was, even the seat was a temporary one,no more than an orange box with a bit of padding, luckily I only drew the short straw once, usually drove the car to get the lads down to Guildford.
Not very long after, this was banned and we moved them on step frame trailers which were modified to carry 2 chassis at once.
Incidentally, our yard was next door to ‘CRS’ Sandbach, (F88 pictured on previous page)/
pete
I often thought what a bloody cold job that was.But in a half type motor the Ford E83 W chassis was delivered without the rear bulkhead.
Some manufactures used to ■■■■■■■■ the rear wings on the on the chashiss i.e. Austin and Ford and probably others.
Tony
smallcoal:
DEANB:
Used to see these coach/bus chassis going down the motorway all the time years ago !The drivers always wrapped up with goggles on !!
Is it illegal now
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They used to take them to diss to a coach works we used to take the heater motors from delanair
Cheers John ! 
petecud:
DEANB:
Used to see these coach/bus chassis going down the motorway all the time years ago !The drivers always wrapped up with goggles on !!
Is it illegal now
0
Late 80’s, we used to ‘wrap up and put goggles on’ when we had a contract to move these bus chassis from Dennis at Guildford to Plaxton Coach bodies at Blackpool! What a horrible job that was, even the seat was a temporary one,no more than an orange box with a bit of padding, luckily I only drew the short straw once, usually drove the car to get the lads down to Guildford.
Not very long after, this was banned and we moved them on step frame trailers which were modified to carry 2 chassis at once.
Incidentally, our yard was next door to ‘CRS’ Sandbach, (F88 pictured on previous page)/
pete
Cheers Pete, i thought they must have banned it !
rastone:
I often thought what a bloody cold job that was.But in a half type motor the Ford E83 W chassis was delivered without the rear bulkhead.Some manufactures used to ■■■■■■■■ the rear wings on the on the chashiss i.e. Austin and Ford and probably others.
Tony
Agree Tony, must ave been nippy ! Thanks for the input.
Great stuff on here .Trent Wharfage were also on the River Trent near Scunthorpe ,Gunness wharf perhaps. I used to run from there and others along the Trent . Stand to be corrected about Gunness
Gunness, Thats a blast from the past I can remember the running Brown coloured Big J Guys in the 60/70s From Gunness Wharf Nr Scunthorpe, Plus IIRC They were taken over by Otis Transport Ltd in the 90s, I may be wrong but Im open to any kind remarks on this issue, Regards Larry.
brandsbybank:
Great stuff on here .Trent Wharfage were also on the River Trent near Scunthorpe ,Gunness wharf perhaps. I used to run from there and others along the Trent . Stand to be corrected about Gunness
Thanks “brandsbybank” for your comments ! They seemed to have a pretty mixed fleet !
Heres one of there ERF’s.
Thanks for the info on the S83s Dean, I loved seeing them wagons when I was a nipper. The cab was so huge and imposing! 
BTW here’s a follow on pic to the Alan Kendrick Octo from last week: First the octopus pic you posted and the Reiver he had before that.
And shortly after Alan had the Octopus another High Peak haulier followed suit and bought an Octo; Jimmy Hearson and here’s the one he had:
BonkeyDollocks:
Thanks for the info on the S83s Dean, I loved seeing them wagons when I was a nipper. The cab was so huge and imposing!BTW here’s a follow on pic to the Alan Kendrick Octo from last week: First the octopus pic you posted and the Reiver he had before that.
And shortly after Alan had the Octopus another High Peak haulier followed suit and bought an Octo; Jimmy Hearson and here’s the one he had:
I had one on Butterley bricks nice tool, 9sp Fuller good pulling engine warm cab n exhaust growling at your right ear. Shame it were a bag ■■■■■
DEANB:
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Some great Spiers motors there Dean , TGU 205M was owned by Graham (Gingerfold) ,theres a V8 amongst them too. The photo with the SAs in must have been near the end of Spiers existence , they moved to 38 tons and bought some ERFs too I think . They must have been the last firm to run AECs on a large scale , Im not sure how many they ran but I saw them regularly on the M65 heading towards Keighley in West Yorks. Always a great sight to see.
Referring to the Foden half cabs a few pages back they must have been a pig to drive in that little glass bubble cab.
And some bright spark at Foden had the audacity to call it ‘A new concept in cab design’
And some bright spark at Foden had the audacity to call it ‘A new concept in cab design’
BonkeyDollocks:
Thanks for the info on the S83s Dean, I loved seeing them wagons when I was a nipper. The cab was so huge and imposing!BTW here’s a follow on pic to the Alan Kendrick Octo from last week: First the octopus pic you posted and the Reiver he had before that.
And shortly after Alan had the Octopus another High Peak haulier followed suit and bought an Octo; Jimmy Hearson and here’s the one he had:
Cheers “BonkeyDollocks” thanks for the input and photos,keep them coming !
coomsey:
BonkeyDollocks:
Thanks for the info on the S83s Dean, I loved seeing them wagons when I was a nipper. The cab was so huge and imposing!BTW here’s a follow on pic to the Alan Kendrick Octo from last week: First the octopus pic you posted and the Reiver he had before that.
And shortly after Alan had the Octopus another High Peak haulier followed suit and bought an Octo; Jimmy Hearson and here’s the one he had:
I had one on Butterley bricks nice tool, 9sp Fuller good pulling engine warm cab n exhaust growling at your right ear. Shame it were a bag [zb]
Thanks Paul,not too impressed with the octopus then chap !
ramone:
DEANB:
Some AEC’s for “gingerfold”8
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Some great Spiers motors there Dean , TGU 205M was owned by Graham (Gingerfold) ,there
s a V8 amongst them too. The photo with the SAs in must have been near the end of Spiers existence , they moved to 38 tons and bought some ERFs too I think . They must have been the last firm to run AECs on a large scale , Im not sure how many they ran but I saw them regularly on the M65 heading towards Keighley in West Yorks. Always a great sight to see.
I did not know Graham drove for them but remember he liked them ! Thanks for the input, Ramone !
moomooland:
0Referring to the Foden half cabs a few pages back they must have been a pig to drive in that little glass bubble cab.
And some bright spark at Foden had the audacity to call it ‘A new concept in cab design’
Yes i agree Paul, with reference to it being a “new concept in cab design” as “coomsey” rightly pointed out
yesterday one of the designers was obviously a cocaine addict ! 
Lawrence Dunbar:
Gunness, Thats a blast from the past I can remember the running Brown coloured Big J Guys in the 60/70s From Gunness Wharf Nr Scunthorpe, Plus IIRC They were taken over by Otis Transport Ltd in the 90s, I may be wrong but Im open to any kind remarks on this issue, Regards Larry.
Thanks for the comment Larry, i had a look and good as gold Paul had a pic of a Guy big J
of Gunness !
Some pics.
Spoiling “240 Gardner” today, alot of Borderers about !
But lets start with an F88 !
Allports Borderer.
Dyfed Sludge disposal F86 (nice name !)
Darby’s transport,Borderer. Is that a factory spec sleeper or conversion ■■?
Tom Hughes DAF 2800
Elliotts transport Borderer.
leyland bulker,anyone recognise it ■■?
Anyone recognise the Ford Transcontinental ■■?
Rossiter & James defender ?
Another bloody Borderer ! George Read.
Brilliant pictures there Dean love to see the old Atki’s in action.
Only had half cab for a month but I might have preferred it to full cabs, I’ve said before most motors why would I roam about in the passenger side? Somewhere for me flask snap n ■■■■, different story when having nights out obviously. Had ten years on dumpers all half cabs no problem.
Octopus Dean, cracking motor to drive however left her ticking over to fetch me tickets brick yard S Wales came back she’d stopped n shed engine oil. Next engine 4am A38Longbridge shed her oil n ceased. Next engine not sure I moved on gaffer were wondering what I was getting up to, the two sisters of running like sewing machines. Thought it was me at the time then found out about the headless wonders reliability probs n felt a bit better
moomooland:
0Referring to the Foden half cabs a few pages back they must have been a pig to drive in that little glass bubble cab.
And some bright spark at Foden had the audacity to call it ‘A new concept in cab design’
You couldn’t take them to trading standards for the advert though moomooland. Didn’t mind her ,sleeper version were a bit tight mind.
moomooland:
Brilliant pictures there Dean love to see the old Atki’s in action.
Dyfed sludge had a yard on the old road between Carmarthen and Crosshands.
There seemed to be always road works on it and vehicle incidents.
Wagons parked up trying to straighten out a load of shamrock irish peat that had settled and moved.
Love these time warp photos.
Dai