Hello Alan hope you are keeping well as we are,glad you like the photos will sort out some jaws next week all the best colin.
Colin look on ancient brits heading east photo on there of a Handyman in Wilkies Blue and White pulling a Anglo Norden Tilt i am certain it is ex Wilkies
Could be mpu95j or lpu15j the 3rd handyman KVX 184j burnt out on the a414 remember zig zag ?
I remember them both well who could forget ZIG ZAG ,them Handymans did a lot of hard work often been double shifted many a time 3 load of malt to Carlsberg Northampton in 24 hours all across A roads.
Wilkies men must be getting thin on the ground cant be many of us left saw John Searles last time i was in UK i often speak to Ian Tipper on Skype and i was told DEnnis Ashby is still around
Great photos Colin welcome
hiya,
Have been a fan of “Crusader’s” since they became available nice to see some more
and from a different source too, you’re very welcome Colin just do me a favour and
keep the pictures coming, excellent.
thanks harry, long retired.
Thanks for your kind comments Harry, I drove crusaders for about 10 years at Beckwiths will sort some more photos out soon including there homemade 6 wheelers Colin
C.Knapp snr:
Thanks for your kind comments Harry, I drove crusaders for about 10 years at Beckwiths will sort some more photos out soon including there homemade 6 wheelers Colin
hiya,
Only having ever driven a Crusader on the odd occasion, never had one as a
regular motor but having driven them now and again, my own motor off the
road for service or MOT, found it difficult to return to the old ERF which was
a canny motor but not in the same class as the Roller engined Scammell’s I
rated them alongside the Volvo’s and Scania’s of the day and personally a far
better looking motor in my opinion, and we all know what went wrong eh’.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
C.Knapp snr:
Thanks for your kind comments Harry, I drove crusaders for about 10 years at Beckwiths will sort some more photos out soon including there homemade 6 wheelers Colinhiya,
Only having ever driven a Crusader on the odd occasion, never had one as a
regular motor but having driven them now and again, my own motor off the
road for service or MOT, found it difficult to return to the old ERF which was
a canny motor but not in the same class as the Roller engined Scammell’s I
rated them alongside the Volvo’s and Scania’s of the day and personally a far
better looking motor in my opinion, and we all know what went wrong eh’.
thanks harry, long retired.
any one on this thread got any pics of the first crusader TJO 302K which BRS Swindon had ,BOLD Bloke perhaps !!!
Took these at Tatton park the other day i know its not a crusader but a lovely moter none the less
HI Shaky Steve , were you at Brs Swindon then ?
I drove one at Smethwick depot KJO 461N it spent its first 18 months on truck rental painted white, then it got the Midlands BRS blue colours. It had the 280 Rolls and we only ever carried about 4 ton of car spares !
Hey Trev , this was a tractor unit at oxford , untill about 83 when it was stretched in to a wrecker , great tool .
JAKEY:
HI Shaky Steve , were you at Brs Swindon then ?
no never worked for BRS but can remrmber the first crusader though ,my first driving job was for Dunnes of Stratton,who also had some crusaders,i drove an ex Wise cakes TK Bedford ,were you around the swindon area in those days ?
A couple i havnt seen before 
adr:
The Crusader certainly sent some peoples imagination into overdrive!
jesus wept , just seen this one , wot was the guy thinkin of ,. some much for the saying should of gone to specsavers . actually on closer inspection and could be wrong , but the remarkable sleeper looks like a sabotaged volvo f88 , any advances ?
oops , someone always wanted a mechano set , should have gone to specsavers , actually upoun a closer look , the sleeper looks like a sabotaged volvo f88 ? any advances
adr:
The Crusader certainly sent some peoples imagination into overdrive!
JAKEY:
Hey Trev , this was a tractor unit at oxford , untill about 83 when it was stretched in to a wrecker , great tool .
Oxford engineering at its best 
Thanks to Jonathan Hubbard for this:
