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[martc]

Covent Garden, 1961.

[martc]

1952 Pegaso Bacalao transport and support van for the factory 'Pegaso Racing Team'.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, martc said:

Covent Garden, 1961.

Inigo Jones?

[martc]

19 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Inigo Jones?

Yup...

Inigo Jones (July 15th 1573 - June 21st 1652) is regarded as the first significant British architect of the modern period, and the first to bring Italianate Renaissance architecture to England. He left his mark on London by single buildings, such as the Banqueting House, Whitehall, and in area design for Covent Garden square which became a model for future developments in the West End.

https://architectuul.com/architect/inigo-jones

The sign  in the photo is referring to St Paul's Church, 'the Actors Church' due to the proximity of theatres, opera houses etc. It has its own website - 

https://actorschurch.org/

Sorry no lorries.

 

[High Jetter]

3 minutes ago, martc said:

The sign  in the photo is referring to St Paul's Church, 'the Actors Church' due to the proximity of theatres, opera houses etc. It has its own website - 

Ah yes, have been in there. Used to love Covent Garden years ago, it's not the same now.

[martc]

Who'd of thought it? Is this a thrupenny bit?

No, it's 1962 SAVA S-70 which used a 55 hp Barreiros EB-4 engine and a BMC cab. They also assembled these -

The SAVA J4 Which went on to become these -

It's still a J4 underneath, but SAVA were by then owned by Pegasso who wanted to modernise these. They were made well into the '80's and are still to be seen in use today. IVECO took them over and dropped the J4.

Other SAVA products, often marketed as 'SAVA-Austin' look very familiar as well -

 

[martc]

I always thought that allowing the sliding door to slide into the body was a bad idea - contamination, water into hidden areas etc. 

[Asimo]

7 hours ago, martc said:

sliding door to slide into the body

See also the “J4” above.  Some of the “coachbuilt” van bodies did this, but what other panel vans did?

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, Asimo said:

See also the “J4” above.  Some of the “coachbuilt” van bodies did this, but what other panel vans did?

UPS delivery (sometimes) vans. 

[martc]

This is how it should be done, not as aestheically pleasing but it keeps the muck on the outside -

[castros_bro]

4 hours ago, martc said:

This is how it should be done, not as aestheically pleasing but it keeps the muck on the outside -

Isn't the internal sliding door just so the cab can be right above the wheels and a high cab floor with door having to slide over the top of front wheels  thus giving a bigger load space (and no bonnet).    

 

 

[New POD]

There's a community centre, last used by the sea scouts, about 4 years ago.  This truck and some boats have been abandoned. 

I'm guessing the freeholder is rubbing thier hands and preparing to build an apartment block on site. 

[Dyslexic Viking]

This is interesting if you are interested in trucks as Pacific made some incredible trucks.

 

[willswitchengage]

On 04/12/2023 at 09:05, martc said:

This is how it should be done, not as aestheically pleasing but it keeps the muck on the outside -

There is also the AS Mecca of the pre-smiley Transit sliding door variant. Not sure if it was aftermarket or not.

[martc]

[Matty]

21 hours ago, willswitchengage said:

There is also the AS Mecca of the pre-smiley Transit sliding door variant. Not sure if it was aftermarket or not.

Ex Arrow in those colours?

 

[martc]

The millionth lorry from the Ural Automobile Factory, a Ural-4320, January 1986.

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[martc]

[quicksilver]

Today's surprise classic truck spot, a 1972 AEC Mercury fire engine. It's now a rather twee mobile champagne bar and the emphasis on their website on it providing a unique backdrop for Instagrammable moments is a bit cringey, but the truck itself is nice and still looks outwardly original. Good reg too.

[MiniMinorMk3]

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[martc]

Grain silos, Petropavlovsk, Kazakh SSR. The lorries, left to right - 2 x Kamaz-55102, Kamaz-5410, KAZ-608B and a ZIL-MMZ-554 on the ramp at the back.

[martc]

[busmansholiday]

3 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Cracking pic, right to left, Foden, Commer, Scammell (mainly hidden by the Mini) and something Yank, GM or Diamond ?. AEC on left, given the crane i'd say it's a Marshall but generally called the 6*6 Matador.

[MiniMinorMk3]

4 minutes ago, busmansholiday said:

Cracking pic, right to left, Foden, Commer, Scammell (mainly hidden by the Mini) and something Yank, GM or Diamond ?. AEC on left, given the crane i'd say it's a Marshall but generally called the 6*6 Matador.

Not mine, just found on the interwebs.

[willswitchengage]

Meanwhile in the colonies... Australian transport regulators are currently testing a double stacked three trailer road train. Impressive!

[Spottedlaurel]

18 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Regal Garage, Upton-upon-Severn. I stopped by there after collecting a big batch of old magazines in 2010:

 

 

 

 

Just seeing that last photo brings to mind the smell of these places.