South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

[pete_359]

hi all,
well pleased with one of my presents,corgi have this one spot on.better than the astran tekno111.

[steelboyf10]

pete 359:

pete 359:
These days owned by pERFection14.

hi all,
anyone know how to resize a photo to 800x600 using photobucket on ipad? because as you can see,by the two above.i don’t
here’s another question?what is really!!! unusual about this constructor.sent to me by a mate,taken in his dad’s yard in swansea,i have never seen this on a european vehicle,ever mechanic77 and anyone neil has told are excluded ,cause i told him all about this last night,merry christmas lads .

Takes me back a bit, with the Butterly Brick 8 legger, Shoes used to carry out of Buckley work, at Lane end with these 2 trucks

[paul_east_cefn_coed]

Heres a few of Spencer Thomas & son

[paul_east_cefn_coed]

Spencer Thomas & Son ,D50HHM ex BP

[paul_east_cefn_coed]

Spencer Thomas & Son R804BCR loading at Trostre

[paul_east_cefn_coed]

The b-series, ARB 432 T

[paul_east_cefn_coed]

yard

[paul_east_cefn_coed]

shunter ARB432T

[paul_east_cefn_coed]

shunter ARB432T

[paul_john]

Paul, east cefn coed:
shunter

Welcome to this great site Paul, pity the number plate is missing.
Dai Bootsy may have a story or two to tell of her days at Iltydd Thomas.

Regards Paul

[paul_east_cefn_coed]

Paul John:

Paul, east cefn coed:
shunter

Welcome to this great site Paul, pity the number plate is missing.
Dai Bootsy may have a story or two to tell of her days at Iltydd Thomas.

Regards Paul

Thankyou very much for the welcome Paul, the lorry is ARB432T, there is a photo of her at earlier pages of Illtyds painted in Metal Box blue.
Regards Paul.

[paul_john]

Paul, east cefn coed:

Paul John:

Paul, east cefn coed:
shunter

Welcome to this great site Paul, pity the number plate is missing.
Dai Bootsy may have a story or two to tell of her days at Iltydd Thomas.

Regards Paul

Thankyou very much for the welcome Paul, the lorry is ARB432T, there is a photo of her at earlier pages of Illtyds painted in Metal Box blue.
Regards Paul.

Thanks for the reply Paul. An apolagy is due, I just noticed you had listed the reg on top of the photo’s.
I take it east cefn coed is Merthyr!

Regards Paul

[pete_359]

Hi Paul,
East Cefn coed? Isn’t, that near to the 465/470 roundabout after baverstock’s? (the viaduct) welcome and thanks for sharing your photos.There are a few of us meeting up at wetherspoon’s in Caerphilly tonight , I think the local residents are due to get drenched in diesel fumes
Regards Andrew.

[mechanic77]

pete 359:
Hi Paul,
East Cefn coed? Isn’t, that near to the 465/470 roundabout after baverstock’s? (the viaduct) welcome and thanks for sharing your photos.There are a few of us meeting up at wetherspoon’s in Caerphilly tonight , I think the local residents are due to get drenched in diesel fumes
Regards Andrew.

As Andrew mentioned, a few of us meeting later for a festive pint. Christmas jumpers are optional.
Neil.

[welshphil]

Cefn coed is the mental health hospital 1km from Illtyd’s old yard at Cockett!Any relevance!!!

[steelboyf10]

welshphil:
Cefn coed is the mental health hospital 1km from Illtyd’s old yard at Cockett!Any relevance!!!

Sounds about right!.Trucks R US

[paul_east_cefn_coed]

Paul John:

Paul, east cefn coed:

Paul John:

Paul, east cefn coed:
shunter

Welcome to this great site Paul, pity the number plate is missing.
Dai Bootsy may have a story or two to tell of her days at Iltydd Thomas.

Regards Paul

Thankyou very much for the welcome Paul, the lorry is ARB432T, there is a photo of her at earlier pages of Illtyds painted in Metal Box blue.
Regards Paul.

Thanks for the reply Paul. An apolagy is due, I just noticed you had listed the reg on top of the photo’s.
I take it east cefn coed is Merthyr!

Regards Paul

No no, no aplolagy needed, i put the number after you asked what it is, thankyou for the invite tonite, but im Swansea and the yard is Cocket Swansea

[paul_east_cefn_coed]

Paul, east cefn coed:

Paul John:

Paul, east cefn coed:

Paul John:

Paul, east cefn coed:
shunter

Welcome to this great site Paul, pity the number plate is missing.
Dai Bootsy may have a story or two to tell of her days at Iltydd Thomas.

Regards Paul

Thankyou very much for the welcome Paul, the lorry is ARB432T, there is a photo of her at earlier pages of Illtyds painted in Metal Box blue.
Regards Paul.

Thanks for the reply Paul. An apolagy is due, I just noticed you had listed the reg on top of the photo’s.
I take it east cefn coed is Merthyr!

Regards Paul

No no, no aplolagy needed, i put the number after you asked what it is, thankyou for the invite tonite, but im Swansea and the yard is Cocket Swansea

the yard ,garage is called east cefn coed , Regards Paul Thomas

[daiecho143]

mechanic77:
This is a 1-24th scale model I’ve been building, its 95% done. Ford Transcontinental tow truck signwritten for what was the Iveco/Ford truck dealer in Caerphilly, RJ Bown.
Neil.

amazing neil fair play,

[pete_359]

pete 359:
on new years day i met up with dai harrison from swansea and keith millburn from ■■■■■■■ and the three of us went to sharpness dock.dai is putting together several photo cd’s and will get them to me in a few weeks,these cd’s have some iconic long gone welsh hauliers on there,i will post them as soon as i get them,cheers dai!

Hi all,
Two years ago, I took this photo in sharpness on new years day.anyone know for sure if this new years day gathering is on again?mechanic77 and I have hatched a plan to go out on 01/01/12 .
Regards Andrew.