the next batch were taken around 1988 when keedwell was on the steel out of the abbey.
those 29 mercâs were gutless,jointâs had several of them,god did they die at the first sight of a bank! and thereâs plenty of them in south wales.
all show and no go!
well andrew it has taken me a
ges to do this, so hope it works outâŚ
last one of keedwellâs for now,grahameâs 142 seen here in 1988 when fairly new,over the last 21 years this truck has had many things done to it.including topline cab and many more axles etc etc etc etc.
full marks tony mate,that b reg. must have been penllyneâs 1st ever sleeper cab 8 wheeler.
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full marks tony mate,that b reg. must have been penllyneâs 1st ever sleeper cab 8 wheeler.
thanks for that, never thought id get there⌠shall update with a certain bridgend fleet asap, starting rite from the begining !!!
Hello,I found this old clipping when Joints sold upâŚover 10 years ago,dont seem that long. 
Cheers Bubbs 
Welcome back Tony. Andrew, great pics of Keedwalls and M c Donalds. I used to have regular dealings with W.P.S. Bridgend.on village farm ind este,opposite Keedwells and a couple of buildings north of M c Donalds yard. Those 16/1729s and 16/1733s were V6s,and as you say were gutless with a load on their back.
I ran two 2035 twin steers with V8 s and EPS on E plates,they were not the fastest,and would drink the juice if abused,but with the bigger motor and 16 speed used properly you had a lot more grunt to get up those hills.
With reference to Penllyne, you are probably right about the 8 legger Foden sleeper, although I think they had a couple of 6x4 Foden units with L 10 290s, running at 38,000kg 3 + 2 set up. Talk about being underpowered. I think you will find the sleepers came after the miners strike,due to Williams Bros Cross Hands,_ _ Morgan of Cardiff ( grey f86s ), and many others packed it in. In your earlier post you mentioned the DAF 95, iirc there was an Volvo F12 tag axle,and a 2435 twin steer Merc as well,strange mix that.
Didnât mean to be long winded,have to get the posts in when I can, short on time due to the wifes mother and three adopted disabled kids visiting from Cardiff.
Cheers Paul
Gâday fellas,great pics on this thread. I found an old Foden from S.Wales,anyone remember this firm,canât say Iâve ever seen any more of their motors.
I took these in 1991 in North Devon,sheâd been parked up for a while.
Cheers Jamie
hi all,
thanks for youâr input paul,much appreciated mate.i have more pennllyne shots that show several artics including a sed. atki 411,only problem is that i took these through the fence so they aren,t the best,will post soon.itâs good to see others intrest in this thread.nz jamie,sorry mate,i canât say i remember that firm or their foden,maybe a bit before my time.from what my mate scooter1 (tony) says it looks like we are going to have more from him later.
regards andrew
p.s. thanks to my mate buubbleman for youâr input and the invite for dec. 5th.
here goes with a few pics of raymonds wagons, 
starting rite in the early daysâŚ
