moomooland:
0That’s some load wonder how many people lost their phone lines.
Hi Lance .
The Volvo F86 is not from the north of England , but the name of Carter springs to mind ?
Cheers , cattle wagon man .
moomooland:
0That’s some load wonder how many people lost their phone lines.
They do go with quite a twang, as I once discovered in Station Road in Fleetwood at 21’6" high - the Telecom man was meant to be lifting them but he was a bit on the dozy side
Here’s a couple of new ones of your old motor Chris that i have never seen before. 
CVRTC Rally Crick 1st of June 1991.
moomooland:
Here’s a couple of new ones of your old motor Chris that i have never seen before.Thanks Paul!
This was after Kevin had finished building the new cab, but before it went into Longton Coachcraft to be painted, so it’s showing off its gleaming new panels - every panel except the roof was newly made for the rebuild.
It came out of the paint shop on the Friday before the Trans Pennine, and we spent a day and a half re-fitting everything ready for the Sunday morning. In fact, we may even have camped out on the Saturday night
Just out of interest, was the steering wheel in the Viewline offset in the same manner as the Borderer?
oldmannie:
Just out of interest, was the steering wheel in the Viewline offset in the same manner as the Borderer?
No it wasn’t, and neither were the pedals! I found it a very comfortable place to sit for a full day’s driving
ERF-NGC-European:
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1966 Earls Court Show, Robert
Last one of the production line on Fleabay being broken up
240 Gardner:
oldmannie:
Just out of interest, was the steering wheel in the Viewline offset in the same manner as the Borderer?No it wasn’t, and neither were the pedals! I found it a very comfortable place to sit for a full day’s driving
Quite right Chris and neither was the Borderer wheel offset ! Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
240 Gardner:
oldmannie:
Just out of interest, was the steering wheel in the Viewline offset in the same manner as the Borderer?No it wasn’t, and neither were the pedals! I found it a very comfortable place to sit for a full day’s driving
Quite right Chris and neither was the Borderer wheel offset ! Cheers Dennis.
Interesting that! I once read that you could always tell an Atkinson driver in a cafe because his plate would be three inches to the left of him! 
I always assumed it was true, there goes another ‘urban myth’ that has been dissproved. 
Pete.
windrush:
Bewick:
240 Gardner:
oldmannie:
Just out of interest, was the steering wheel in the Viewline offset in the same manner as the Borderer?No it wasn’t, and neither were the pedals! I found it a very comfortable place to sit for a full day’s driving
Quite right Chris and neither was the Borderer wheel offset ! Cheers Dennis.
Interesting that! I once read that you could always tell an Atkinson driver in a cafe because his plate would be three inches to the left of him!
Pete.
If it makes you feel any better, Pete, the Mk.1 was like that.
Bear in mind, though, that the View-Line pre-dated the Mk.2 so, having sorted it out on the View-Line you’d reasonably expect it to be sorted for the Mk.2
240 Gardner:
If it makes you feel any better, Pete, the Mk.1 was like that.Bear in mind, though, that the View-Line pre-dated the Mk.2 so, having sorted it out on the View-Line you’d reasonably expect it to be sorted for the Mk.2
Oh goody, I wasn’t fed a ‘lemon’ then! I read it in Truck and Driver many years ago so I knew it must have been correct… 
Some Fodens were like that as well.
Pete.
240 Gardner:
If it makes you feel any better, Pete, the Mk.1 was like that.Bear in mind, though, that the View-Line pre-dated the Mk.2 so, having sorted it out on the View-Line you’d reasonably expect it to be sorted for the Mk.2
There you go again, using that daft thing called logic…
They put the steering column in the easiest place without using bracketry on the chassis. Driver comfort mattered even less when the ■■■■ things were designed!
I suspect looking at the superb quality of this photograph it was taken by renowned lorry photographer Peter J Davies.
