PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

[dipster]

Juddian:

windrush:

pete smith:

oiltreader:
“What make is the red shed ■■”
Hillman Avenger would be my guess Dean.
Oily
Done a google and find it is Chrysler Avenger '76 onwards simoncars.co.uk/chrysler/avengerc.html

Chrysler Alpine fitted with a Simca 1200 engine that sounded like a bag of spanners being shook up, a horrible short stroke unit with a crappy gearbox and linkage to suit, plus they were rot boxes. The company I worked for had a couple of them in the wonderful Apricot colour they did!

We had a few of them as staff cars when Tilcon ran Ballidon quarry, they made more noise than the Rolls engined Fodens! We also had some of the smaller Talbot Samba’s with the engine layed ‘flat on its back’ and they were no better.

Pete.

French were good at laying engines on their sides, once had to perform an oil change on a Renault 14, 1.4 engine as i recall, engine slanted back with the oil filter on top, no way to remove said filter without all the oil within gushing out into all the nooks and crannies, brilliant.

As I recall (without checking) I think the Renault 14 used an engine bought in from Peugeot-Talbot. Indeed similar to that used in the Talbot Samba mentioned earlier in this thread. Not a partcularly successful or long-lived (in the sense of use in many models) engine.

[arcdaz]

DEANB:
“finbarot” How about this for a hardworking Foden. Cleansing Group who i think were from Botley.

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RMC Bison
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Spanish Dodge heading for Truckline.

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Elliotts Foden.

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Anyone recognise the ERF tipper seen here between Poole and Ferndown ?

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E.F.Phillips DAF. What make is the red shed ■■

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Tidy Shell ERF tanker.

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Judds Transport Scanias,from Hazelbury Bryan. Sold out a few years ago,think Gregorys bought them ?

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Anyone recognise the Leyland bulker ■■?

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Abels removal Volvo.

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Brilliant Selection of pictures here Dean Abels removal are a regular scene on our roads running a nice fleet of Daf trucks.Have a great weekend Dean Paul & Mark Daz

[deanb]

finbarot:
Hi Dean
the CSG Foden looks a beast. Drinkwaters fitted the roo-bar bumpers to their Dumpmasters to stop the damage to the front as the wagon has to go up tight to the bin to hook onto it.The extra air flow on the grill should keep the 180 a bit cooler in the summer tho

Proper pic of a working truck Tony.

oiltreader:
“What make is the red shed ■■”
Hillman Avenger would be my guess Dean.
Oily
Done a google and find it is Chrysler Avenger '76 onwards simoncars.co.uk/chrysler/avengerc.html

Cheers Oily.

pete smith:
“oiltreader” “What make is the red shed ■■”
Hillman Avenger would be my guess Dean.
Oily
Done a google and find it is Chrysler Avenger '76 onwards simoncars.co.uk/chrysler/avengerc.html

Chrysler Alpine fitted with a Simca 1200 engine that sounded like a bag of spanners being shook up, a horrible short stroke unit with a crappy gearbox and linkage to suit, plus they were rot boxes. The company I worked for had a couple of them in the wonderful Apricot colour they did!

You have confirmed what i remember about them being shed’s Pete,although it sounds like it may have been even
worse than a Marina.

windrush:
We had a few of them as staff cars when Tilcon ran Ballidon quarry, they made more noise than the Rolls engined Fodens! We also had some of the smaller Talbot Samba’s with the engine layed ‘flat on its back’ and they were no better.

Pete.

More noise than the Rolls engined Fodens, Classic Pete !

Kempston:
Judds did a lot of work for Canvins from Bedford, the bodies are painted up in Canvin International colours. Canvins sold out to N R Evans.

Thanks for the pic and info “Kempston”

kenfig bill:
Hello Dean ,many thanks for the Rosser Pontlliw article …we both enjoyed reading …the old man adds that some of those Mandators were ex Texaco .
…and way back in time they had a few that were ex George Morris Pontyberem …
I can just remember Rossers hauling tinplate in and out of Swansea docks …happy days …lol …Geraint

Glad you liked that Geraint,will pop some more steel haulage stuff on tomorrow or Sunday.

Juddian:
French were good at laying engines on their sides, once had to perform an oil change on a Renault 14, 1.4 engine as i recall, engine slanted back with the oil filter on top, no way to remove said filter without all the oil within gushing out into all the nooks and crannies, brilliant.

There were some dodgy motors back then Juddian.

The French did make some good cars mind,the old 205,405,406 diesels were great cars with bullet proof engines !

Dipster:
“Juddian”

French were good at laying engines on their sides, once had to perform an oil change on a Renault 14, 1.4 engine as i recall, engine slanted back with the oil filter on top, no way to remove said filter without all the oil within gushing out into all the nooks and crannies, brilliant.

As I recall (without checking) I think the Renault 14 used an engine bought in from Peugeot-Talbot. Indeed similar to that used in the Talbot Samba mentioned earlier in this thread. Not a partcularly successful or long-lived (in the sense of use in many models) engine.

You forget all these names till someone mentions them “Dipster”

ArcDaz:
“DEANB”
Brilliant Selection of pictures here Dean Abels removal are a regular scene on our roads running a nice fleet of Daf trucks.Have a great weekend Dean Paul & Mark Daz

Cheers Daz and you ! Here’s a bit about Abels.

Click on pages twice to read.

[deanb]

Aluminium and steel haulage.

Heres some specialist trailers for steel haulage.

Scammell.

The Northern Trailer Company.

Highway Trailers.

Welford Truck bodies.

Crane Fruehauf.

Taskers trailers.

Hoy trailers.

Task.

[deanb]

The Aluminium Corporation.

Foden.

Click on pages twice to read.

[deanb]

One of Cullimores Fodens.

Dont remember having a Chep motor on before,anyone know where they are based ?

Anyone recognise the DAF ■■

Hill’s MAN.

Vitacress ERF

W & S Recycling roll on roll off DAF.

Pete Allsopp Volvo. Owner driver or company ?

John Raymond Iveco.

Heavy haulage Foden of Mansbridge. Anyone know where they are based ?

Not had a Beesley Fuel Services motor on before,anyone know where they are based ■■

[jshepguis]

Dean the CHEP vehicle will be the nationwide pallet delivery service all them blue coloured pallets you see everywhere. Don’t know if they are contract vehicles or where their main base is. Were at the start GKN CHEP (Guest,Keen Nettlefold) Someone else will give you more information i’m sure.

[arcdaz]

DEANB:

finbarot:
Hi Dean
the CSG Foden looks a beast. Drinkwaters fitted the roo-bar bumpers to their Dumpmasters to stop the damage to the front as the wagon has to go up tight to the bin to hook onto it.The extra air flow on the grill should keep the 180 a bit cooler in the summer tho

Proper pic of a working truck Tony.

oiltreader:
“What make is the red shed ■■”
Hillman Avenger would be my guess Dean.
Oily
Done a google and find it is Chrysler Avenger '76 onwards simoncars.co.uk/chrysler/avengerc.html

Cheers Oily.

pete smith:
“oiltreader” “What make is the red shed ■■”
Hillman Avenger would be my guess Dean.
Oily
Done a google and find it is Chrysler Avenger '76 onwards simoncars.co.uk/chrysler/avengerc.html

Chrysler Alpine fitted with a Simca 1200 engine that sounded like a bag of spanners being shook up, a horrible short stroke unit with a crappy gearbox and linkage to suit, plus they were rot boxes. The company I worked for had a couple of them in the wonderful Apricot colour they did!

You have confirmed what i remember about them being shed’s Pete,although it sounds like it may have been even
worse than a Marina.

windrush:
We had a few of them as staff cars when Tilcon ran Ballidon quarry, they made more noise than the Rolls engined Fodens! We also had some of the smaller Talbot Samba’s with the engine layed ‘flat on its back’ and they were no better.

Pete.

More noise than the Rolls engined Fodens, Classic Pete !

Kempston:
Judds did a lot of work for Canvins from Bedford, the bodies are painted up in Canvin International colours. Canvins sold out to N R Evans.

Thanks for the pic and info “Kempston”

kenfig bill:
Hello Dean ,many thanks for the Rosser Pontlliw article …we both enjoyed reading …the old man adds that some of those Mandators were ex Texaco .
…and way back in time they had a few that were ex George Morris Pontyberem …
I can just remember Rossers hauling tinplate in and out of Swansea docks …happy days …lol …Geraint

Glad you liked that Geraint,will pop some more steel haulage stuff on tomorrow or Sunday.

Juddian:
French were good at laying engines on their sides, once had to perform an oil change on a Renault 14, 1.4 engine as i recall, engine slanted back with the oil filter on top, no way to remove said filter without all the oil within gushing out into all the nooks and crannies, brilliant.

There were some dodgy motors back then Juddian.

The French did make some good cars mind,the old 205,405,406 diesels were great cars with bullet proof engines !

Dipster:
“Juddian”

French were good at laying engines on their sides, once had to perform an oil change on a Renault 14, 1.4 engine as i recall, engine slanted back with the oil filter on top, no way to remove said filter without all the oil within gushing out into all the nooks and crannies, brilliant.

As I recall (without checking) I think the Renault 14 used an engine bought in from Peugeot-Talbot. Indeed similar to that used in the Talbot Samba mentioned earlier in this thread. Not a partcularly successful or long-lived (in the sense of use in many models) engine.

You forget all these names till someone mentions them “Dipster”

ArcDaz:
“DEANB”
Brilliant Selection of pictures here Dean Abels removal are a regular scene on our roads running a nice fleet of Daf trucks.Have a great weekend Dean Paul & Mark Daz

Great Articles of Abels removal and a good read up too about company Many Thanks Dean for todays posting on this thread looking foward to see more pics etc etc will catch up soom Daz
Cheers Daz and you ! Here’s a bit about Abels.

Click on pages twice to read.

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[5thwheel]

Juddian:

windrush:

pete smith:

oiltreader:
“What make is the red shed ■■”
Hillman Avenger would be my guess Dean.
Oily
Done a google and find it is Chrysler Avenger '76 onwards simoncars.co.uk/chrysler/avengerc.html

Chrysler Alpine fitted with a Simca 1200 engine that sounded like a bag of spanners being shook up, a horrible short stroke unit with a crappy gearbox and linkage to suit, plus they were rot boxes. The company I worked for had a couple of them in the wonderful Apricot colour they did!

We had a few of them as staff cars when Tilcon ran Ballidon quarry, they made more noise than the Rolls engined Fodens! We also had some of the smaller Talbot Samba’s with the engine layed ‘flat on its back’ and they were no better.

Pete.

French were good at laying engines on their sides, once had to perform an oil change on a Renault 14, 1.4 engine as i recall, engine slanted back with the oil filter on top, no way to remove said filter without all the oil within gushing out into all the nooks and crannies, brilliant.

I drive a 5 series 2 ltr BMW, I started carrying out an oil change last year myself,the “stealers” raised their prices,and what an easy treat,the oil filter is like you said on the top,but the difference is as I unscrewed the filter can the oil within the can dropped back into the sump without any spill whatsoever,new filter fitted into the can screwed back onto the engine,job sorted!

[pv83]

Coming back to the Leyland DAF/Ginaf question Dean, apparently it’s still earning it’s keep! Pic courtesy of JZ Priest.

[mrsteel]

Dean B
Hi, interesting to see the photos of the coil carriers.
As a young man in the late sixties I was employed as a shunter by John Raymond working alongside my father at Port Talbot steelworks. I remember a Pitt coil carrier being brought to the works accompanied by a few ’ suits ’ being put in a loading bay and loaded with iirc about 60 tons ( in old money ).
JR was also there and he must have been impressed because it ended up as JR 26 in the expanding fleet.
Great memories, thanks, Regards Allanj

[smallcoal]

pv83:
Coming back to the Leyland DAF/Ginaf question Dean, apparently it’s still earning it’s keep! Pic courtesy of JZ Priest.

The loco on there is tata port talbots engine ,how you keeping dean not been on as busy in work and late finish

[pete_smith]

Morning Dean,
Beesley’s are from Oldbury, West Midlands

[parkroyal2100]

DEANB:
Here’s a bit about Abels.

Click on pages twice to read.

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Hiya Dean

If you haven’t already done so, would you mind posting those Abels scans on the removals thread? Thanks champ.

BTW their DAFs I remember well, always very well turned out.

[erf-ngc-european]

ParkRoyal2100:

DEANB:
Here’s a bit about Abels.

Click on pages twice to read.

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Hiya Dean

If you haven’t already done so, would you mind posting those Abels scans on the removals thread? Thanks champ.

BTW their DAFs I remember well, always very well turned out.

You can save him the trouble, ParkRoyal! Pics get shuffled round these threads all the time. Simply right click on the pics you want to move, click on ‘save image’ to SAVE them to your computer; then upload them to the Removals thread in the normal way from your laptop/computer using the Reply button in bottom left hand corner.

[parkroyal2100]

ERF-NGC-European:

ParkRoyal2100:

DEANB:
Here’s a bit about Abels.

Click on pages twice to read.

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Hiya Dean

If you haven’t already done so, would you mind posting those Abels scans on the removals thread? Thanks champ.

BTW their DAFs I remember well, always very well turned out.

You can save him the trouble, ParkRoyal! Pics get shuffled round these threads all the time. Simply right click on the pics you want to move, click on ‘save image’ to SAVE them to your computer; then upload them to the Removals thread in the normal way from your laptop/computer using the Reply button in bottom left hand corner.

it’s not that I mean to create work for others, but Dean B’s scans aren’t mine and I’d rather ask first, that’s all.

[deanb]

jshepguis:
Dean the CHEP vehicle will be the nationwide pallet delivery service all them blue coloured pallets you see everywhere. Don’t know if they are contract vehicles or where their main base is. Were at the start GKN CHEP (Guest,Keen Nettlefold) Someone else will give you more information i’m sure.

Thanks for the info chap.

Daz, Glad you enjoyed the Abels article.

5thwheel:
“Juddian”

French were good at laying engines on their sides, once had to perform an oil change on a Renault 14, 1.4 engine as i recall, engine slanted back with the oil filter on top, no way to remove said filter without all the oil within gushing out into all the nooks and crannies, brilliant.

I drive a 5 series 2 ltr BMW, I started carrying out an oil change last year myself,the “stealers” raised their prices,and what an easy treat,the oil filter is like you said on the top,but the difference is as I unscrewed the filter can the oil within the can dropped back into the sump without any spill whatsoever,new filter fitted into the can screwed back onto the engine,job sorted!

pv83:
Coming back to the Leyland DAF/Ginaf question Dean, apparently it’s still earning it’s keep! Pic courtesy of JZ Priest.

Makes sense to keep running it Patrick if its not giving you loads of problems.Thanks for the pics.
What would it cost to replace that motor ? £200/250,000 ■■

Mrsteel:
Dean B
Hi, interesting to see the photos of the coil carriers.
As a young man in the late sixties I was employed as a shunter by John Raymond working alongside my father at Port Talbot steelworks. I remember a Pitt coil carrier being brought to the works accompanied by a few ’ suits ’ being put in a loading bay and loaded with iirc about 60 tons ( in old money ).
JR was also there and he must have been impressed because it ended up as JR 26 in the expanding fleet.
Great memories, thanks, Regards Allanj

Glad you like the steel trailer adverts Allan. Will pop some more steel stuff on this week.

smallcoal:
"pv83"Coming back to the Leyland DAF/Ginaf question Dean, apparently it’s still earning it’s keep! Pic courtesy of JZ Priest.
The loco on there is tata port talbots engine ,how you keeping dean not been on as busy in work and late finish

Thanks for the info on the engine John.

pete smith:
Morning Dean,
Beesley’s are from Oldbury, West Midlands

Thanks for the info Pete.

ParkRoyal2100:
“DEANB”

Here’s a bit about Abels.

Hiya Dean

If you haven’t already done so, would you mind posting those Abels scans on the removals thread? Thanks champ.

BTW their DAFs I remember well, always very well turned out.

Posted it on the removal thread ages ago,back on page 34 chap.

[juddian]

5thwheel:

[/quote]
I drive a 5 series 2 ltr BMW, I started carrying out an oil change last year myself,the “stealers” raised their prices,and what an easy treat,the oil filter is like you said on the top,but the difference is as I unscrewed the filter can the oil within the can dropped back into the sump without any spill whatsoever,new filter fitted into the can screwed back onto the engine,job sorted!
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Toyota have a similar sensible solution, at least on their larger 4x4s, upside down large oil filter sits in a shallow cup design, at the bottom of which is a small hole and that goes into a small bore pipe which ends close to the drain plug (through which hole you can inspect the oil pick, hows that for thoughtful engineering ) so, release the filter a couple of turns and the oil within goes straight down into your drain can…obviously sucking the oil out through the dipstick was never envisaged in that design and nor should it be imho.

As Dipster noted and reminded me, i recall seeing that Renault 14 engine in other similar sized Peugeots of the period, would it also have been that engine used in the base versions as recent as Citroen BX 1.4?

[deanb]

Popped some stuff on about Mould’s back on page 357,but here some more about them.

Click on pages twice to read.

[deanb]

Daz, Routeman.

Click on pages twice to read.