South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

[lawrence_dunbar]

I agree with you , this abortion was the last Foden I had , It was a let down from the previous three we had, I sold the cab & steering bits to a pal of mine at Perth, & cut the rest of it up, we only ran it six month, I was glad to see the back of it, the whole design was rubbish, they must have been ■■■■■■ or something like that at the time. Regards Larry

[pete_359]

pete 359:
:lol: batman and robin.usually when i go and look at a 20 year old motor,it has an odd tank and mirrors,or as happened with my f88 11 years ago,a string vest version of the cab ,this motor is a prince,i was amazed at the level of care and maintenance.she could go back to work,in fact she will be tomorrow morning .until this morning i must be the only truck anorak who had never seen this truck working.lots of guys on the show circuit had told me they saw it out and about over the years,from scotland to cornwall.
http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac267/pete359_bucket/harry/Picture012.jpg[/img]]

sammy dog has made a start.remember she’ll look worse before she’ll look any better

[mechanic77]

Fair play to you Martyn, no hanging about. As Andrew said you got to go through this bit to get it better. I remember it as the ‘be brave and ignore the doubts’ stage.

Keep up the good work, and take lots of photos.
Neil.

[altitude]

pete 359:

pete 359:
:lol: batman and robin.usually when i go and look at a 20 year old motor,it has an odd tank and mirrors,or as happened with my f88 11 years ago,a string vest version of the cab ,this motor is a prince,i was amazed at the level of care and maintenance.she could go back to work,in fact she will be tomorrow morning .until this morning i must be the only truck anorak who had never seen this truck working.lots of guys on the show circuit had told me they saw it out and about over the years,from scotland to cornwall.
http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac267/pete359_bucket/harry/Picture012.jpg[/img]]

sammy dog has made a start.remember she’ll look worse before she’ll look any better

Don’t look like the old tin worm has eaten to much of her.

[sammy_dog]

mechanic77:
Fair play to you Martyn, no hanging about. As Andrew said you got to go through this bit to get it better. I remember it as the ‘be brave and ignore the doubts’ stage.

Keep up the good work, and take lots of photos.
Neil.

thanks niel hopefully the cab will be off monday/tuesday cheers martyn.

[sammy_dog]

altitude:

pete 359:

pete 359:
:lol: batman and robin.usually when i go and look at a 20 year old motor,it has an odd tank and mirrors,or as happened with my f88 11 years ago,a string vest version of the cab ,this motor is a prince,i was amazed at the level of care and maintenance.she could go back to work,in fact she will be tomorrow morning .until this morning i must be the only truck anorak who had never seen this truck working.lots of guys on the show circuit had told me they saw it out and about over the years,from scotland to cornwall.
http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac267/pete359_bucket/harry/Picture012.jpg[/img]]

sammy dog has made a start.remember she’ll look worse before she’ll look any better

Don’t look like the old tin worm has eaten to much of her.

never restored anything before but looking at it and the advice ive been given by a well known truck restorer she s not bad considering her age regards martyn.

[rward]

MARTIN YOU REALLY ARE GETTING STUCK IN WELL DONE SHES GOINGING TO B A CRACKER GOOD LUCK REGARDS ROWLAND

[sammy_dog]

rward:
MARTIN YOU REALLY ARE GETTING STUCK IN WELL DONE SHES GOINGING TO B A CRACKER GOOD LUCK REGARDS ROWLAND

thanks rowley hows the 89 coming along mate cheers martyn.

[chris143]

sammy dog:

rward:
MARTIN YOU REALLY ARE GETTING STUCK IN WELL DONE SHES GOINGING TO B A CRACKER GOOD LUCK REGARDS ROWLAND

thanks rowley hows the 89 coming along mate cheers martyn.

bloody hell martin you dont let the grass grow under your feet
where is the work taken place i wouldn’t mind coming up for a chat and see that fine machine you got
regards chris

[pete_359]

Hi all,
Really disturbing footage of the m5 accident.condolances to all the families.
Regards Andrew.

[sammy_dog]

chris143:

sammy dog:

rward:
MARTIN YOU REALLY ARE GETTING STUCK IN WELL DONE SHES GOINGING TO B A CRACKER GOOD LUCK REGARDS ROWLAND

thanks rowley hows the 89 coming along mate cheers martyn.

bloody hell martin you dont let the grass grow under your feet
where is the work taken place i wouldn’t mind coming up for a chat and see that fine machine you got
regards chris

no problem chris we have a unit on kenfig ind est just passed old borg warner if you want my no ill send by pm cheers martyn.

[bewick]

Thought I’d better post a shot of what the finished project should look like for you Martyn!!! The paint is Masons Signal Red mate !! oh! didn’t Andrew tell you that we’d decided not to replicate Joints and instead go for a decent old English fleet !! Well you’ve got to have a “wind up” have’nt you!!! All the best with the project,you are certainly not hanging back!! Cheers Dennis.

[daiecho143]

sammy dog:

altitude:

pete 359:

pete 359:
:lol: batman and robin.usually when i go and look at a 20 year old motor,it has an odd tank and mirrors,or as happened with my f88 11 years ago,a string vest version of the cab ,this motor is a prince,i was amazed at the level of care and maintenance.she could go back to work,in fact she will be tomorrow morning .until this morning i must be the only truck anorak who had never seen this truck working.lots of guys on the show circuit had told me they saw it out and about over the years,from scotland to cornwall.
http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac267/pete359_bucket/harry/Picture012.jpg[/img]]

sammy dog has made a start.remember she’ll look worse before she’ll look any better

Don’t look like the old tin worm has eaten to much of her.

never restored anything before but looking at it and the advice ive been given by a well known truck restorer she s not bad considering her age regards martyn.

looking good martyn and definatley getting stuck in all the best from dai

[dave_the_renegade]

daiecho143:

sammy dog:

altitude:

pete 359:

pete 359:
:lol: batman and robin.usually when i go and look at a 20 year old motor,it has an odd tank and mirrors,or as happened with my f88 11 years ago,a string vest version of the cab ,this motor is a prince,i was amazed at the level of care and maintenance.she could go back to work,in fact she will be tomorrow morning .until this morning i must be the only truck anorak who had never seen this truck working.lots of guys on the show circuit had told me they saw it out and about over the years,from scotland to cornwall.
http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac267/pete359_bucket/harry/Picture012.jpg[/img]]

sammy dog has made a start.remember she’ll look worse before she’ll look any better

Don’t look like the old tin worm has eaten to much of her.

never restored anything before but looking at it and the advice ive been given by a well known truck restorer she s not bad considering her age regards martyn.

looking good martyn and definatley getting stuck in all the best from dai

A nice project for you and your son for the winter Martyn.
Cheers Dave.

[pete_359]

pete 359:
hi all,
this foden is heading for her last yard seen at bracey’s builders supplies south cornelly.

hi all,
this time the scania was fully freighted

[bewick]

daiecho143:

sammy dog:

altitude:

pete 359:

pete 359:
:lol: batman and robin.usually when i go and look at a 20 year old motor,it has an odd tank and mirrors,or as happened with my f88 11 years ago,a string vest version of the cab ,this motor is a prince,i was amazed at the level of care and maintenance.she could go back to work,in fact she will be tomorrow morning .until this morning i must be the only truck anorak who had never seen this truck working.lots of guys on the show circuit had told me they saw it out and about over the years,from scotland to cornwall.
http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac267/pete359_bucket/harry/Picture012.jpg[/img]]

sammy dog has made a start.remember she’ll look worse before she’ll look any better

Don’t look like the old tin worm has eaten to much of her.

never restored anything before but looking at it and the advice ive been given by a well known truck restorer she s not bad considering her age regards martyn.

looking good martyn and definatley getting stuck in all the best from dai

Is the drivers seat origional or is it a modification? maybe it is an authentic “Joints” seat !! No wonder Martyn walks “like that” if he was forced to sit on a seat similar to that one !!! Anon II.

[sammy_dog]

Bewick:
Thought I’d better post a shot of what the finished project should look like for you Martyn!!! The paint is Masons Signal Red mate !! oh! didn’t Andrew tell you that we’d decided not to replicate Joints and instead go for a decent old English fleet !! Well you’ve got to have a “wind up” have’nt you!!! All the best with the project,you are certainly not hanging back!! Cheers Dennis.

thanks dennis i do like that colour scheme cheers martyn.

[sammy_dog]

Bewick:

daiecho143:

sammy dog:

altitude:

pete 359:

pete 359:
:lol: batman and robin.usually when i go and look at a 20 year old motor,it has an odd tank and mirrors,or as happened with my f88 11 years ago,a string vest version of the cab ,this motor is a prince,i was amazed at the level of care and maintenance.she could go back to work,in fact she will be tomorrow morning .until this morning i must be the only truck anorak who had never seen this truck working.lots of guys on the show circuit had told me they saw it out and about over the years,from scotland to cornwall.
http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac267/pete359_bucket/harry/Picture012.jpg[/img]]

sammy dog has made a start.remember she’ll look worse before she’ll look any better

Don’t look like the old tin worm has eaten to much of her.

never restored anything before but looking at it and the advice ive been given by a well known truck restorer she s not bad considering her age regards martyn.

looking good martyn and definatley getting stuck in all the best from dai

Is the drivers seat origional or is it a modification? maybe it is an authentic “Joints” seat !! No wonder Martyn walks “like that” if he was forced to sit on a seat similar to that one !!! Anon II.

we are looking for a passenger crate if you ve one hanging about cheers martyn.

[sammy_dog]

not to take all the credit my son steve has done a lot of the work on the merc an d will be doing all the welding and repairs so a big thank you to him .
thanks for all the messages of good luck with this project regards martyn.

[pete_359]

hi all,
bridgend based bayliss metal’s scania.