High Jetter Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 'the a'? MJK 24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 IFA W50LA. The workhorse of the DDR and well beyond. ZIL-157 Snow Blower. LightBulbFun, Dyslexic Viking, sutty2006 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Hino shite; an interesting story: https://driventowrite.com/2021/11/25/hino-trucks-robert-harris/#more-75874 rml2345, willswitchengage, Vantman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carburettor Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 An truck, an camper, ideal for invading neighbouring Russian countries maybe? 808 Estate and Dyslexic Viking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
808 Estate Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 That would properly fuck the neighbours off. Worth getting for that alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 6 tonne winch? Wouldn’t pull itself out of bed with that! Nice truck though. I can imagine the apocalypse now. Russia invades UK. English man hides in ex Russian truck moving from village to village evading the enemy in search of Beer. rml2345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Iraq. Dyslexic Viking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 11:18 AM, sutty2006 said: 6 tonne winch? Wouldn’t pull itself out of bed with that! Nice truck though. I can imagine the apocalypse now. Russia invades UK. English man hides in ex Russian truck moving from village to village evading the enemy in search of Beer. Couple of snatch blocks and you'd be golden. Also, there's a telly series in there somewhere. sutty2006 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 2/13/2022 at 2:46 PM, martc said: Iraq. That water looks suspicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Does anyone know why Bedford TK has hinges under the side window at the back? Have marked them in red below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Engine access, the cab doesn't tilt. Dyslexic Viking, spike60 and twosmoke300 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 It's one of the reasons TKs were so popular as horse boxes and lutons. You didn't need to mess around trying to keep the cab tilting. Of course, the other reason was that Bedfords are smashing but we all knew that. Dyslexic Viking and Vantman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I know very litte about TKs, how would you go about anything other than routine servicing using an access flap like that? Surely accessing anything that wasn't right at the back of the engine would be a nightmare. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I imagine there’s a big ol’ removable engine cover inside the cab. Side hatch would be just for checking/topping up levels I’d have thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantman Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 31 minutes ago, worldofceri said: I imagine there’s a big ol’ removable engine cover inside the cab. Side hatch would be just for checking/topping up levels I’d have thought. No removable cover in the cab,side flaps and rear lower area of cab only. Most coachbuilders built in access covers to the front of the floor and bulkhead of the luton/box/horse and cattle box. worldofceri and Dyslexic Viking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 Was this style of Bedford the last forward-control truck available in the UK with a fixed cab? The small Bedfords finally gained a tilt cab with the TL in 1980, but the TK continued alongside it and the military M-type that used the TK cab survived beyond the end of Bedford in 1986 and was produced by AWD right up to 1992. Fun fact: the Matchbox TK tanker has a tilt cab. An interesting case where lack of realism made the toy better than the real thing. Dyslexic Viking, somewhatfoolish, Datsuncog and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Are TK cabs not held on with something daft like six bolts so they can be easily removed for serious engine work? Not as convenient as a proper tilt cab but better than a coach built affair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Covent Garden 1972. Dick Longbridge, AnnoyingPentium and Dyslexic Viking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantman Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 On 18/02/2022 at 21:46, rml2345 said: Are TK cabs not held on with something daft like six bolts so they can be easily removed for serious engine work? Not as convenient as a proper tilt cab but better than a coach built affair. To remove a TK cab you remove 4 cab mounting bolts, disconnect the wiring multiplugs, undo the steering column etc., then open both doors and lift off using a wide as possible lifting strap. The worst cab on job is changing a water pump, as it has to be done through the gear lever aperture. Joey spud, Dyslexic Viking and rml2345 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 15 minutes ago, Vantman said: The worst cab on job is changing a water pump, as it has to be done through the gear lever aperture. That sounds like an awful job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 All this talk of Bedfords.. This is what they had to offer in 1973 doug, Dyslexic Viking, Leyland Worldmaster and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantman Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Thanks for posting that,great Covent Garden market memories for me, i used to go there as a 10 year old in 1955, leave home at midnight in a Bedford S type, a 2 hour journey to market,help unload and reload and 2 hours journey back home. It was trips like this that started my interest in lorries and led to spending most of my working life with them. Dyslexic Viking, jon.k, ETCHY and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Meanwhile in Iraq. Dyslexic Viking and puddlethumper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
808 Estate Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Supernaut and puddlethumper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 On 03/07/2021 at 16:38, martc said: More pop deliveries... I think Alpine was the Scottish tipple of choice, our local supplier was Citra. My parents had an Alpine pop delivery once a week. I've always lived in the South East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 13 hours ago, dozeydustman said: My parents had an Alpine pop delivery once a week. I've always lived in the South East. Turns out Alpine were based in Manchester and delivered all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 One for those with their speakers plugged in - M35A2 'Deuce and a Half'. These were the staple trucks of the US armed forces from shortly after the Second World War until the 90s, when they phased out in favour of the boring Austrian designed FMTV. The A2 variant had a Hercules/Continental turbocharged 8 litre diesel, with probably the loudest stock turbo ever fitted to a truck. Unsurprisingly they were called 'whistlers'. bigstraight6, LightBulbFun, Dyslexic Viking and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 From the ebay thread, anybody identify make and model of this truck?Sent from my SM-A127F using Tapatalk willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 On 20/02/2022 at 09:59, Dyslexic Viking said: That sounds like an awful job. More like a job for a gynaecologist ! Dyslexic Viking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 26 minutes ago, doug said: From the ebay thread, anybody identify make and model of this truck? Sent from my SM-A127F using Tapatalk It's a Magirus-Deutz, probably 6x4 or 6x6 with an air-cooled V8. Vantman, doug and catsinthewelder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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