jshepguis:
Hi Dean great to see you back at last we all have missed you. The Atkinson Silver Knight as far as i know is still around in the nice Barrett livery and a photo of it working in CM Varleys livery from Darlington.
Thanks Mark. 
I do like the colour scheme of Varleys and it looks a pretty decent size sleeper for an Atkinson. 
Dieselcowboy:
Classic looking DAF 2800 seen here heading into Poole. Cant read the name on the door,anyone recognise the motor ■■
The Daf is one of Location Freight’s trucks, can’t remember where they were based though
Thanks for the name,dont think i have heard of them before.
Dorset:
Hi Dean
The Borderer that Buzzer posted is ex John Coakes from Corfe Mullen. It was bought by a lad called Craig Farrant for show.
Beacon hills F7 and Guy ran together and Fred Eaton inherited both when he took over the transport from Beacon Hill. The Volvo was sprayed up Eaton blue but the Guy didn’t do anymore.
The crane on the Volvo was removable and it could be converted into an 8 wheel flat.
There is a picture on here of the Guy in Beacon Hill brown
You certainly have a good memory Rob. Talking of John Coakes i wonder how hes doing these days ? I assume he still lives on the lane and he
used to have some trucks he showed at rallies like the Marathon.Posted an article about him on page 403 that may intrest you.
Seem to remember you worked at Beacon Hill. I only went up there as a kid in my grandads motors so dont know much about there fleet
as they were normally out delivering. How many trucks did they operate ?
Heres the Guy in brown.
mushroomman:
Hi Dean, reference the Chilton’s Transport photos.
I remember Gavin Smith mentioning that he worked Chilton’s Transport out of Bow back in the eighties. I thought that he had posted a couple of photos on the Astran/Middle East thread many years ago, which have now disappeared because of Photobucket.
After a bit of a search, I came up with this.
Re: Gardner ENGINES
Postby GS OVERLAND » Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:08 am
My first full time driving job with Chilton Transport of Bow, London blessed me with a Seddon Aktinson with a 240 Gardner in it. It smoked a bit 
and used to “surge” on tick over, I can still hear it now !! almost 30 years on…but it used to pull those loads of reels and steel tube alright.! I remember the steering lock was better one way than the other, dont know if that had anything to do with the set up or the fitter !! I used to have to stand up to get it on full right hand lock.
Then after a while I got promoted to a Marathon 2.
Here is a picture of the old ■■■■■■■ my first trip to Oxford. Those were the days, eh lads.
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Thanks for the info “mushroomman” Talking of steering locks i had a Bedford TL which had no power steering and in tight spots it
certainly gave the arms a workout. 
Did you drive for Dow Freight from memory ■■?
Dow Freight Ford Transcon on the A40 Ross-on-Wye.
Here’s a few clippings on Dow Freight.
Click on pages twice to read.
Advert from 1976.
Froggy55:
“DEANB” Pitter Brothers also run the Iveco/Magirus Deutz dealership in Southampton.
Magirus Deutz road test from 1978.
Interesting to see what was the fuel consumption of trucks 45 years ago!
“Froggy55” Yes always intresting reading. Without doubt in the 1970s the DAF 2800 nearly always returned the best fuel consumption
on road tests,but would nearly always be the slowest around the test track. However it was a well known fact that DAF would set the
truck up specially for roadtests… I imagine the normal 2800s were on a a par with everything else at the time.
