hiya carna no i worked for JA WILKINSON HATFIELD PEVEREL
mother trucker:
S J BECKWITH CHELMSFORD ran a few,a lot of them had a home made sleeper pod on them copied of the original .they were made from fibre glass cast in a mould and done in there own workshop done by a chap called PETER cant rember his second name who worked for them on a self employed basis
The chap’s name was Peter Jordan, i knew him as a family friend since i was about 8 years old, many a time i have helped him repair his truck in his back garden. I bought my first car off of Peter too, a Ford 105E, brush painted as one would expect where Peter had been involved.
A very nice chap who could turn his hand to most anything and who never had a bad word to say about anything.
When Beckwith’s finally left their yard in Broomfield they relocated in Cordons Farm, Cressing, Braintree, which is where my workshop was located.
Steve.
I remember Scammell winter mornings!!!
Check this out:
youtube.com/watch?v=7C57Dzu4 … re=related
Thanks to Bigriggordy for this:
Left my camera in the truck,but I’ll put a couple up at the weekend of the Coombe Valley Transport Crusader that I took this morning in the Autohof at Gr.Mackenstedt near Bremen this morning.
It was pulling a low-loader on which was a Scania 141,Italian,trilex wheels and all.
It was parked there along with H.E.Payne’s F88 and ASG 141.Also a Volvo XC-90 on Swedish plates with Eurowheels.com written on the side.
stevecook:
Was it this one?
If so he’s the guy who started this:
facebook.com/?ref=home#!/gro … 856&ref=ts
Be glad to see your photos.
Yup,that’s the one and that’s the 141 on the back too.
Oh yeah! Ross Foods ran quite a few Crusaders out of their Fakenham depot which I used to shunt on and off the loading bay at Smedley’s in Faversham.
saw these 2 at onslow park steam n transport show at the weekend
hi m & c steve
peter was the only man i knew who could weld anything including water
had this one for about six months from brs truck rental snw799r & my brother had 798r-sorry to see them go when i got a marathon-alan
KW:
Left my camera in the truck,but I’ll put a couple up at the weekend of the Coombe Valley Transport Crusader that I took this morning in the Autohof at Gr.Mackenstedt near Bremen this morning.
It was pulling a low-loader on which was a Scania 141,Italian,trilex wheels and all.It was parked there along with H.E.Payne’s F88 and ASG 141.Also a Volvo XC-90 on Swedish plates with Eurowheels.com written on the side.
hiya,that was me,should of come over an said hello,just got home,had been to the nordic trophy in sweden.
hello everyone,i would post pix on here but no matter what i do it wont have it,anyway thats my Coombe Valley Crusader,its an ex royal engineers which i stripped down and made into a civvy type machine,Coombe Valley ran some 4x2 models in the late 70’s and early 80’s my dad had one in 78 when i was 4 year old,from that day i set eyes on one ive been obsessed,a real lorry,always gets a lot of attention wherever i go,will be off up to Scotland later this month aswell.
Have been as far as Torreveca in spain,Prauge,hour south of Budapest,Asti in Italy,Isle o Skye,Mantorp park in Sweden and just got back from Jankoping in Sweden for the Nordic Trophy again.
This lorry is somewhat molycodled and is 100% reliable,i do all my own maintainance,repairs and all the upgrades.
My dream machine.
Also as Steve cook says,The Scammell crusader appreciation society is on facebook or try googlein it and y can see more pics.
Hi Propa Lorry. I have just spent the last hour looking for some photos i have of Coombe Valleys Scammell Crusaders. Unfortuanatly i cant find them but i will look again later. I only have a couple, but their mixed in with about a thousand other old lorry photos!!.
MR.
Mark R:
Hi Propa Lorry. I have just spent the last hour looking for some photos i have of Coombe Valleys Scammell Crusaders. Unfortuanatly i cant find them but i will look again later. I only have a couple, but their mixed in with about a thousand other old lorry photos!!.
MR.
Hiya Mark,would be great to see them,
Ta.
propa lorry:
hello everyone,i would post pix on here but no matter what i do it wont have it,anyway thats my Coombe Valley Crusader,its an ex royal engineers which i stripped down and made into a civvy type machine,Coombe Valley ran some 4x2 models in the late 70’s and early 80’s my dad had one in 78 when i was 4 year old,from that day i set eyes on one ive been obsessed,a real lorry,always gets a lot of attention wherever i go,will be off up to Scotland later this month aswell.
Have been as far as Torreveca in spain,Prauge,hour south of Budapest,Asti in Italy,Isle o Skye,Mantorp park in Sweden and just got back from Jankoping in Sweden for the Nordic Trophy again.
This lorry is somewhat molycodled and is 100% reliable,i do all my own maintainance,repairs and all the upgrades.
My dream machine.
Also as Steve cook says,The Scammell crusader appreciation society is on facebook or try googlein it and y can see more pics.
Well after speaking to Terry today i said i will post some of his many pics on here, all out of his scammell crusader facebook account. Good work there Terry 
propa lorry:
KW:
hiya,that was me,should of come over an said hello,just got home,had been to the nordic trophy in sweden.
I would have done,but the curtains were drawn on the Crusader so I assume you were sleeping.Or did you stay in the hotel across the road?
I assume that you live somewhere local to Coombe Valley too,I used to go and watch the banger racing there many moons ago.Many,many moons actually,probably mid 70’s.
Also see you have a pic of an old Young Bros.tilt behind the Crusader.I remember them on London Road,the old A2,in Faversham when they were running the Mack’s on middle east.I also remember them moving into Speedfreights old yard round at Dargate,obviously that was a long time before they moved to where they are now,next to the Lychgate filling station.
I lived in Yorkletts until 1979.
Tidy as it looks. that Paynes Volvo is a bit of a sham isnt it ?
Fair few at the Dorset Steam Fair today, I’l get some pics up when I can download them.
hiya,
Was talking to a pal of mine who was a driver for Glendennings for more years than enough he drove a Crusader from brand spanking new until it was sold it never missed a beat, he arrived in the yard one evening to find a guy had been hellicoptered up from the South, bought it and drove it back that same evening never heard about it again.
thanks harry long retired.
Suedehead:
Tidy as it looks. that Paynes Volvo is a bit of a sham isnt it ?
hi suedehead,
i have to say,i find you’r comments deeply offensive regarding richard payne’s f88.in my view it’s the owners perogative to restore any truck he owns as he choses.
regards andrew