Here is pete 359 at Shepton Mallet a few years ago
hi andrew yes clive bradley had dark blue volvos a right cowboy outfit he got done for using airline fuel in his trucks the trailers had 200kilo drums on the headboard with a tube they confiscated all wagons of him peter amsbury was a driver for him thought you had been away been quiet on here 
hows the truck doing cheers john
tetris418:
Here is pete 359 at Shepton Mallet a few years ago0
hi tetris 418,
my old f16 
,that was a very hot! truckfest south west at shepton mallet 2006.that’s my good friend paul davenport in the photo,his concourse f16 was parked next to me.i will always remember waking up at 4 a.m. hung over and stiffling in the cab,even with both windows down .i got out and the first thing i saw was paul,up a ladder polishing his cab! @ bloody 4 a.m! man,that’s dedication .
pete 359:
Bewick:
I dug this one out and stuck it on for you the other night,now we find out you’ve been “on the ■■■■” in Northampton over the week-end!!! Anyway here it is again Andrew just to bring you back to earth and a glimpes of a real “motor”!!!OJM 480L!!!Cheers Dennis.what a machine dennis.a stupid question i know,but why or how did ojm go so well?was it the gearing or did she have a few tweaks?it’s mentioned in one of bob tuck’s books,that’s how i know.bewick’s depot was a long cycle ride from porthcawl,so i never saw ojm
regards andrew
Hiya Andrew,it as the 10 speed Fuller coupled to the Eaton 2 speed.It gave it nice little steps instead of big ones between gears.You just let the revs drop 250 then drop it down on the axle or into high axle one gear down(if that makes sense!)Believe me you got up the nostrils of the 8LXB and F88 lads on the M/way grades!! If you pulled on the services they would sometimes follow you on and jump out and run across to check what motor was in the Atki,then they’ed want a look at your notes to see you were fully freighted! it was always a nice sweet engine and it was the first tractor I had fitted with a Dynair fan so that gave it a little bit more poke!! If only it had had ZF power steering it would have been perfect! as it was it was 99%!!! Cheers Dennis.
Hi pete 359 here is another photo of P. Davenport’s F16 i could not take my eyes of it when i first saw it
tetris418:
Hi pete 359 here is another photo of P. Davenport’s F16 i could not take my eyes of it when i first saw it0
hi tetris418,
thanks for that .paul is totally dedicated,he has won over 20 major awards and in my very biased opinion,he has earned every one of them.his f16 is in kit form at the moment,as he thought it needed improving .paul may well be going on this years steelboys gaydon run in, “one of them funny yanky things,with horrible back wings” .
hello dennis,
cheers for the info on ojm.
regards andrew
smallcoal:
pete 359:
hi adrian heres one of ray barwick doing nothing
hi john,thats a cracker of magpie.i know where him and helen live way out in the sticks.when we were with actionsmart i went up there a few times.she,s a nice girl helen too.i remember when they first were a couple and he used to take her with him on a night out.i didnt know old hywel was with you at clarkes.we go way back when we were kids and used to go with my dad in his wagon.we grew up together in same street.tell him i,m asking how him and marylin are.i havnt seen them since my ruby wedding bash.he had his bus licence before me tho i wasnt far behind getting it.cheers ade.
hi adrian, im glad he found happiness after what happend i went to the wedding ray is a carer now he helps special needs he is enjoying it hywel was surprised when i mentioned you he havnt seen you in years he was of for a while with stress he back now still moaning go to page134 magpies trucks are on that page
hi andrew, hywell said he remembers maureen she drove a scammell he wondered wot happend to her cheers john
tetris418:
Here is pete 359 at Shepton Mallet a few years ago0
Hey pete 359, picture says it all, your in the deck chair reading “Truck drivers weekly”, and Dav is searching out yet more polish…he told me in total confidence…trouble with Pete 359 is he doesnt polish it enough, I think he means the truck!! LOL
Was a quiet day Sunday… zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…hick
steelboyf10:
tetris418:
Here is pete 359 at Shepton Mallet a few years ago0Hey pete 359, picture says it all, your in the deck chair reading “Truck drivers weekly”, and Dav is searching out yet more polish…he told me in total confidence…trouble with Pete 359 is he doesnt polish it enough, I think he means the truck!! LOL
Was a quiet day Sunday… zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…hick
hello m8,
in the deck chair was a very pregnant mrs. davenport .nicola and i both slept well last night…zzzzzzzz hick,hick:D .a great weekend,thanks.
regards andrew.
hi all,
here’s an old 88 with a bit of welsh pedigree .mad bob davies ran this motor to the middle east for years.now restored in ireland?
ex-wall’s mighty man.
][/album
]
a port talbot based scania seen at silverstone truck grand prix.
hi all,
here’s a p&o daf,from the pyle depot.
driven by life long driver cliff godwin.that was some crane in 1990 .
pete 359:
driven by life long driver cliff godwin.that was some crane in 1990
i knew cliff godwin for years.we used to be on the midlands intensive at one time.he was ok was cliff.i think he was with monarch at one time.i remember when i had a brand new atki borderer with a 180 gardener "L"reg i think,and he had the same truck but older and with a 220 ■■■■■■■■■■■■ the bo----ks off mine.he was with re plant for ages.i nearly had a job on their low loader but the money was crap.in jobcentre was £6.00 ph but as i didnt have a hiab certificate they said i,d have to have £5.50. i told him to shove it.i was better off with manpower on welsh water tankers etc.cliff was a life long driver like i am.in them days if you had a puncture within 5 mins thered be a long line of wagons pulled in to give you a hand.not now,if i broke down with mcdonald on, tipper boys would be happy as theyd done more loads than you.the jobs changed now to when i first started and the likes of cliff would always stop to see if you needed help.not only him most of the old boys would.its a rat race today.i remember alan evans of et trailers getting me digs in warrington and finding me a load back the next morn.we had no mobiles then we had to use public pay phones and ring around to find our own loads and check the rates as well.big ■■■■ was with alan with glyn morgan then,up on stormy.i was with vale tspt.mrs wrench in warrington wouldnt take anyone she didnt know.i was ok after alan got me in.excellent digs and food.even used to borrow her husbands mini bus and go on a pub crawl.that was when the song “mouldy old dough” was a hit and there was a blind bloke playing it on the accordian and he was brilliant.here i go again on and on,good old days from long ago though.sorry if ive bored you all.ade.
hi all,
here’s a few of j.r.'s
mike cockel in ocy 29y at porthcawl carnival.
gwynne raymond in his foden coming onto the original seven bridge into wales.