MJK 24 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Progress is being made Vantman, Crackers, goosey and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 That’s looking smart. MJK 24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Shiney! MJK 24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 ...but also empty! MJK 24 and Low Horatio gearbox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 MiniMinorMk3, willswitchengage and Matty 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 How many motors can you get on it @MJK 24? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Asimo said: Fuucckk, can you imagine finding a phone box? "Hi Gaffer, it's me. Bit of a problem...." CreepingJesus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 On the plus side dockyards generally have big cranes, the one next to it looks a bit small for that job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said: On the plus side dockyards generally have big cranes, the one next to it looks a bit small for that job. That’s the Woolwich ferry so it wouldn’t be going to a dock yard. Must have been driver error or brake failure, don’t think it gets rough enough on that part of the Thames to move lorries around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJK 24 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 4 hours ago, puddlethumper said: How many motors can you get on it @MJK 24? In theory, 8. In reality with the height of modern cars, 6! puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 7 hours ago, Matty said: Fuucckk, can you imagine finding a phone box? "Hi Gaffer, it's me. Bit of a problem...." An acquaintance of mine swore blind he pulled the legendary phone call off - "Boss, I'm gonna need a new nearside wing mirror." " Uh-huh, well head into the Volvo garage and I'll get one ordered. " "Better ask them for a crane too, it's gonna need lifted off the broken wing mirror before it can go to the garage..." I know he had pictures of said Volvo 'on her ribs' in a rural Highland field, but the rest of it, I'm not so sure. On the plus side, the boss is usually far away, but on the minus side, your car's still in the car park and you're standing in a field miles from anywhere. Matty, HarmonicCheeseburger and Dyslexic Viking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 21 minutes ago, CreepingJesus said: An acquaintance of mine swore blind he pulled the legendary phone call off - "Boss, I'm gonna need a new nearside wing mirror." " Uh-huh, well head into the Volvo garage and I'll get one ordered. " "Better ask them for a crane too, it's gonna need lifted off the broken wing mirror before it can go to the garage..." I know he had pictures of said Volvo 'on her ribs' in a rural Highland field, but the rest of it, I'm not so sure. On the plus side, the boss is usually far away, but on the minus side, your car's still in the car park and you're standing in a field miles from anywhere. Brilliant CreepingJesus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 On 2/4/2023 at 4:46 PM, MJK 24 said: In theory, 8. In reality with the height of modern cars, 6! I recall seeing Hillend Motors, Glasgow doing an inter BCA transfer of small cars, Ka, Siecento etc back in the days of peaks. He'd managed to cram 12 on! twosmoke300 and MJK 24 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 On 02/01/2023 at 15:03, Dyslexic Viking said: I put this here so I don't completely derail the bus thread. Yes this VW bus story is pretty good another one that was also raised from a lake and is almost more impressive is a 1928 Scania truck that went through the ice on Swedish lake Fyken in 1936 while plowing snow. It was raised 50 years later and restored and put on the road again. It still has the original drivetrain and much was still working like the tires and even the battery! It is on display at a museum in Torsby Sweden, I have been there myself and seen it. The original body needed a lot of work so it was put on a wooden frame and preserved and the truck got a new one. Completely restored. And snow plowing on the same lake where it went through the ice. I came across this one on Scania's YouTube channel. And text is possible. Vantman and Low Horatio gearbox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
808 Estate Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Working on the M1 electronic technology a couple of nights back when the tarmc crew arrived to do their work. This has to be the most lights I have ever seen on a truck. Still I guess anyone who says "didnt see you mate" are going to be found properly guilty. jon.k, CreepingJesus, 5speedracer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Also very handy for telling off oncoming drivers who leave their main beams on that bit too long. Give 'em a quick flick to remind them, if they don't take the hint, give 'em the full Close Encounters Of The Third Kind experience. 808 Estate, Rust Collector, HarmonicCheeseburger and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Perhaps he wears a parka at the weekends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 4x4 IFA 50. rml2345, Dyslexic Viking, Supernaut and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantman Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 The local lorry repair man in Rye has a new transport/recovery lorry-- sutty2006, willswitchengage, Dyslexic Viking and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 RAF display AEC transporter Vantman, Dyslexic Viking and I_am_Diesel 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 Can't believe what I've just seen and it's a dream come true. The star of this thread, the legendary Bob Carmichael and his F88 on the road in my home town. It's just passed its 50th birthday and still going strong so Bob obviously hasn't retired yet. Dick Longbridge, catsinthewelder, MorrisItalSLX and 35 others 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 The trailer impresses me just as much - must be similar vintage Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 4 hours ago, quicksilver said: Can't believe what I've just seen and it's a dream come true. The star of this thread, the legendary Bob Carmichael and his F88 on the road in my home town. It's just passed its 50th birthday and still going strong so Bob obviously hasn't retired yet. It’s incredible that it’s still a working vehicle, must be the oldest still grafting commercial in the UK. sutty2006 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 A local plumber has an older Moggie van, written and used. Dyslexic Viking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Yesterday and today I’ve been mostly grafting. This is a 4 axle (3 steer) bin lifter that carries dead animal carcasses etc. mmmmm lovely. Rear axle is kaput after the disk shattered taking the caliper carrier out. big bastard that is. new one setting up broke my brew mug. Gutted. that’s fitted. Now doing a centre bearing, got my favourite tool out. Low Horatio gearbox, Popsicle, goosey and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 mat_the_cat, Dyslexic Viking, Low Horatio gearbox and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 On 2/24/2023 at 3:49 PM, sutty2006 said: Yesterday and today I’ve been mostly grafting. This is a 4 axle (3 steer) bin lifter that carries dead animal carcasses etc. mmmmm lovely. Rear axle is kaput after the disk shattered taking the caliper carrier out. big bastard that is. new one setting up broke my brew mug. Gutted. that’s fitted. Now doing a centre bearing, got my favourite tool out. I’m glad I’m just driving them after reading this, commercial vehicle fitters have a bloody hard job… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 10 hours ago, bigstraight6 said: I’m glad I’m just driving them after reading this, commercial vehicle fitters have a bloody hard job… It was definitely a gruelling 36 hours. Axle, centre bearing, rear steer ram, lower coolant hose, 6x injector seals. Bleeding the steering ram took some patience as all 3 steered axles have to be off the ground but we only have two pit jacks! Luckily I found some dodgy bottle jacks for the rear. here’s the damaged axle pick Low Horatio gearbox, Vantman, Popsicle and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 'We've got a winner here Marek, and I'm not talking about my 'tache' (in Czech). This is the prototype LIAZ 100, badged up as a Skoda (LIAZ was made a divison of Skoda when they were both nationalised in 1951). The LIAZ 100 series became one of the most popular east European HGV lines and were built from 1974 to 1994. LIAZ 100.42 LIAZ 151.261 built towards the end of the production run. LIAZ 111.840 dustbin lorry, again a later variant. rml2345, Low Horatio gearbox, worldofceri and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 That last one looks a tad heavy on the back end 🤣💪 5speedracer and Crackers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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