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[Vantman]

Thank goodness that I only ever done one load of hop pockets when i sub contracted to Colin Ashby---it's not me in the photo's!

[jon.k]

I saw a late 90s/early 2000s Volvo FH pulling a trailer from a quarry or depot near Tewkesbury this morning. Just a plain white one sitting in a traffic jam. I haven’t seen one for ages. I wondered if @quicksilvermight have spotted it; there can’t be that many still working?

[martc]

Södermalm, Stockholm, in a lhd Sweden, 1962. A Scania Vabis on it's way from the brick yard.

[martc]

A Robur in Berlin, Haupstadt der DDR, 1980.

[martc]

A Morris Royal Mail van, outside the McLellan Galleries on Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow in May 1961. Even for 1961 that looks incredibly old fashioned.

[martc]

Hamburg docks in the'80's. Spot the Bibendums. 

[martc]

Another Swiss lorry on the middle east trade route.

[Dyslexic Viking]

I wrote a bit here about forgotten American, FWD trucks. Finding FWD content is difficult but today the bellow came up on YouTube.

Air brakes, power steering and 4x4 were not many that could offer in the 1930s. It is also really well built and heavily built.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlEqUQcB6gU

The link won't work here so below is a picture.

[willswitchengage]

@New POD do they make these at your place? What actually are they?

[Vantman]

[goosey]

This pic is on the wall at my Mother in laws, My wife’s great grandfather used to own Seabrights Transport of Stourport on Severn, they had quite a fleet, apparently there’s quite a few old photos of the Trucks etc. I believe Seabrights Transport closed in the early 70s 

[worldofceri]

On 02/12/2025 at 18:01, willswitchengage said:

@New POD do they make these at your place? What actually are they?

42 tonne? Usually 40 max for a 4x2 tractor. Or are they allowed an extra 2000kg for the batteries or something? Or just a soc-med post by someone who doesn’t know the ins and outs?

[willswitchengage]

1 hour ago, worldofceri said:

42 tonne? Usually 40 max for a 4x2 tractor. Or are they allowed an extra 2000kg for the batteries or something? Or just a soc-med post by someone who doesn’t know the ins and outs?

It looks to say 'replacing' - never heard of a 42T category though 

[lisbon_road]

5 hours ago, willswitchengage said:

It looks to say 'replacing' - never heard of a 42T category though 

Looks impressive. I wonder how they calculate the carbon saving. Can't be an easy calculation.

[D.E]

On 22/11/2025 at 12:22, martc said:

Hamburg docks in the'80's. Spot the Bibendums. 

A fairly recent picture, I think. The license plates are modern.

[martc]

18 hours ago, D.E said:

A fairly recent picture, I think. The license plates are modern.

On closer inspection I think you're right, the registration plates are definitely Euro style. The Bussings plate is red, which I think is a 'classic' vehicle plate. Which carries some advantages eg no MoT, but also disadvantages eg no day to day use.

[martc]

 Covent Garden, 1940.

[martc]

Rock salt deliveries, stock piling for the winter.

[martc]

This lorry is being loaded at Salford docks, for export. Is it a Commer?

[martc]

These are SPA (Società Piemontese Automobili) lorries, new one to me. They were made in Turin, founded in 1925 they were taken over by FIAT in 1936. They specialised in military vehicles, but after the war they had to branch out into the civilian markets (due to restrictions imposed on Italy by the allies). From 1949 they were badged as FIATS.

[martc]

South Street, Sheffield in 1969, the construction of Clay Wood Flats is nearing completion. A few decades, they were demolished. The D-type belonged to someone who lived on Park Hill and was parked there when not working. 

[martc]

A Smith 26 Super 26t crawler crane on J Wimpenny’s AEC low loader.

[martc]

More Swiss goodness.

[martc]

BRS Overland Iran operated from 1973 to 1976 with all the power and resources of the National Freight Company and British Leyland behind them. Not just to Iran but to other destinations in the Middle East. Politics and unrest put an end to it.

 

[danthecapriman]

2 hours ago, martc said:

BRS Overland Iran operated from 1973 to 1976 with all the power and resources of the National Freight Company and British Leyland behind them. Not just to Iran but to other destinations in the Middle East. Politics and unrest put an end to it.

 

It always amazes me that they used to be able to run that route to those places. You wouldn’t dare nowadays!

[vtec-e]

5 hours ago, martc said:

A Smith 26 Super 26t crawler crane on J Wimpenny’s AEC low loader.

What would the gross vehicle weight be in that case? That AEC looks a bit under powered for the job unless it was just a short trip.

[bigstraight6]

7 hours ago, martc said:

This lorry is being loaded at Salford docks, for export. Is it a Commer?

Yes, looks like a VC series so would have been Perkins 6354 powered.

[808 Estate]

 

[danthecapriman]

14 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

 

Those old Detroit’s take some beating! What a sound🥰

[martc]