saxonhorse:
Colin Atwell was the driver on “Cherry Picker” used to run to Italy twice a week from newcastle doing work for a margarine company, anybody know where Colin is these days??
He’ll be long gone if he was doing two Italy’s a week from Newcastle!! (how?)
Ross.
bigr250:
saxonhorse:
Colin Atwell was the driver on “Cherry Picker” used to run to Italy twice a week from newcastle doing work for a margarine company, anybody know where Colin is these days??He’ll be long gone if he was doing two Italy’s a week from Newcastle!! (how?)
Ross.
surprising what went on years ago…
Borrowed the first off another site, but it belonged to my mate Neil Barrett from Lowestoft.
Neil drives taxis & cleans ovens now, makes better money !!!
Hiya just come across this photo…mine KGU was 12 years old the far one was 10 years nice condition for the year.
John
My Black and white DAF dks 310 and Gary’s 290 KLV 11R at Cluses en route Novara 1978, the DAF had a 13 speed Fuller, “Dreamy”. 
Good thread, used to drive a Coca Cola 3300 in the late 80s, great truck to pull.
Great thread, great pics & great trucks
One of the Sayers brothers Dafs
Probably my favourite lorry, had this for a year and a half.
MaggieD:
Here’s a couple of some I used to run,the top one was A 70 EGV i think ?
Regards
Richard
That one in the first picture has a “dummy” stack on it, i remember Roy Grahams old F12 having a “dummy” stack on it years ago, to look like it had twins.
Was this a popular thing to do in the 80s?. If so why?.
NB12:
MaggieD:
Here’s a couple of some I used to run,the top one was A 70 EGV i think ?
Regards
Richard
That one in the first picture has a “dummy” stack on it, i remember Roy Grahams old F12 having a “dummy” stack on it years ago, to look like it had twins.
Was this a popular thing to do in the 80s?. If so why?.
The ‘dummy stack’ was a replacement for the air stack, the end was blanked off, but they had vent slits further back if you look carefully
T.B
does any remember tim muskett transport,i think they ran from warrington he ran a few 3300/3600 units in the 80’s,they were connected to dmt from lincoln i think 
GAZ70:
does any remember tim muskett transport,i think they ran from warrington he ran a few 3300/3600 units in the 80’s,they were connected to dmt from lincoln i think
I knew a couple of lads that worked for Tim Muskett. John Riley from Sandbach and Peter Eaves from Warrington. They did quite a bit of work for Whitbreads IIRC and I think they ran some tankers for them (very heavy by all accounts) They always seemed to have decent tackle for the job though and apparently Musketts paid not bad money at the time.
hayday:
GAZ70:
does any remember tim muskett transport,i think they ran from warrington he ran a few 3300/3600 units in the 80’s,they were connected to dmt from lincoln i thinkI knew a couple of lads that worked for Tim Muskett. John Riley from Sandbach and Peter Eaves from Warrington. They did quite a bit of work for Whitbreads IIRC and I think they ran some tankers for them (very heavy by all accounts) They always seemed to have decent tackle for the job though and apparently Musketts paid not bad money at the time.
thanks for that mate,the bloke i knew was from northwich a guy called mike rushton,a big bloke he was,i remember some lads pinching stuff of his trailer ,i think it was britvic orange when he found out who they were he gave both of them a proper thrashing 
,poor mike died at fifty from a heart attack,john riley used to work with my brother at bettleys ,cheers gaz 
GAZ70:
hayday:
GAZ70:
does any remember tim muskett transport,i think they ran from warrington he ran a few 3300/3600 units in the 80’s,they were connected to dmt from lincoln i thinkI knew a couple of lads that worked for Tim Muskett. John Riley from Sandbach and Peter Eaves from Warrington. They did quite a bit of work for Whitbreads IIRC and I think they ran some tankers for them (very heavy by all accounts) They always seemed to have decent tackle for the job though and apparently Musketts paid not bad money at the time.
thanks for that mate,the bloke i knew was from northwich a guy called mike rushton,a big bloke he was,i remember some lads pinching stuff of his trailer ,i think it was britvic orange when he found out who they were he gave both of them a proper thrashing
John did tell me he spent some time at Bettleys, I think he drove the Foden Paccar parts truck in the end (he likes to go sailing these days and last time I chatted to him on FB he was driving for Gist at Crewe)
H & ME Fearon DAF 2800
norfolktrucker:
01Borrowed the first off another site, but it belonged to my mate Neil Barrett from Lowestoft.
Neil drives taxis & cleans ovens now, makes better money !!!
I was talking to a mate of mine about the NBH Daf the other week. It used to park up in the same yard as my dad used. I always thought it looked like a proper truck when compared to my dad’s FL7 and Leyland bison.
Posted around before, poached from other collections, but none-theless, some of Mr Eddom’s (and beyond!) examples…
Colin Atwell was the regular driver on the Daf, “Fruit Machine” belonging to Cyril Knowles out of West Thurock. He ran twice a week from Newcastle to Milan, couldent do that with the new recording devices they have these days. The Jag was mine. Anybody working for Andres in Dornoch?? You may know her, say hello for me, its been a few years but would love to reconnect with her 
