Pat Hasler:
I remembar Willie Green, he was the tops He drove a black ERF and was always leading the pack, he was also very brave I watched him at Silverstone on day when his engine caught fire … he just carried on till he got to the pits and pulled in with flames shooting everywhere and sat in his cab as they put the fire out ERF’s were nototious for having very compustable fibeglass cabs and to sit in one with all that going on showed he was either stupid or brave
He went on to win the race.
Pat Hasler:
I remembar Willie Green, he was the tops He drove a black ERF and was always leading the pack, he was also very brave I watched him at Silverstone on day when his engine caught fire … he just carried on till he got to the pits and pulled in with flames shooting everywhere and sat in his cab as they put the fire out ERF’s were nototious for having very compustable fibeglass cabs and to sit in one with all that going on showed he was either stupid or brave
He went on to win the race.
Were those the Black Silkolene Racing ERF?
They were.
Green lived in Turnditch, not far from Silkolene at Belper and was a top historic sports car racer so he would have had a bit of bravery about him.
escortg3:
think the first truck raced by Mel Bacon was a seddon aitkinson which belong to masons of shewsbury. remember seeing it when doing a rolls engine coure and going there with dave huxley who worked for roll on the experimental side.
masons used to have a yard next door to salop haulage in shrewsbury.
was chris hodges another driver
mark
if you need any roadtrain parts let me know as my uncle still has a shed full
I’m always on the lookout for Roadtrain bits, what sort of stuff has your uncle got?
markbacon:
Hi, I’m looking for old magazines with mel bacon in. They were a couple of them that followed truck racing, truck and driver, one also called truck, I would like to know who published them if anyone has some old copies so i can get back issues.
Mel is my father and I’m trying to collect magazines, pictures, videos etc as we lost a lot over the years. I’m also trying to track down Bertie if anyone has acme information on her whereabouts.
Mark Bacon
Mark i think i might have a couple of pics of the renault tactor unit in the old mandora livery which i took at donnington in the early eighties…Barry sheene was in the same race in the daf sponsored by sherwood daf which i also snapped…let me know if these might be of interest and i’ll nip up the loft and dig them out for you.
escortg3:
think the first truck raced by Mel Bacon was a seddon aitkinson which belong to masons of shewsbury. remember seeing it when doing a rolls engine coure and going there with dave huxley who worked for roll on the experimental side.
masons used to have a yard next door to salop haulage in shrewsbury.
was chris hodges another driver
mark
if you need any roadtrain parts let me know as my uncle still has a shed full
I’m always on the lookout for Roadtrain bits, what sort of stuff has your uncle got?
Cheers
Mike
all sorts, cabs, axles,rolls engines, brandnew perkins tx 410 still in stand.
my dad drove this converted ex silkolene 80’s racing truck a few a good few years ago pulling fridges,even then it was extremley quick and pulled like a train!!
He drove a black ERF and was always leading the pack, he was also very brave
I watched him at Silverstone on day when his engine caught fire … he just carried on till he got to the pits and pulled in with flames shooting everywhere and sat in his cab as they put the fire out
ERF’s were nototious for having very compustable fibeglass cabs and to sit in one with all that going on showed he was either stupid or brave
