Truck Shite

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

 image shows a vintage Morris Commercial LC5 truck, often recognized as the model used in the TV show Heartbeat. 

 

• Model: Morris Commercial LC5
• Era: Produced roughly between 1954 and 1960.
• Features: Known for a petrol engine and a distinct rugged commercial design.
• Status: A popular model for restoration among classic vehicle enthusiasts.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, The Old Bloke Next Door said:

 image shows a vintage Morris Commercial LC5 truck, often recognized as the model used in the TV show Heartbeat. 

 

• Model: Morris Commercial LC5
• Era: Produced roughly between 1954 and 1960.
• Features: Known for a petrol engine and a distinct rugged commercial design.
• Status: A popular model for restoration among classic vehicle enthusiasts.

Ta. Moar interested in the use, than the van, TBH. First high street launderette opened on  May 9th, 1949. Still exists today.

[aotb]

Some research suggests that it was a wartime effort and would visit factories etc to do washing for workers- many of which were women. Staffed by Lever Bros employees. 

So unlikely to be the 50s van. 

 

 

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

[Mac69400]

My old man on the left, looking proud of the motors! His job had nothing to do with the transport side of the company, but he loved trucks all his life, and made it a part of his career. They had a couple of artics for deliveries and a couple for demonstrating machinery throughout the UK and occasionally Europe. Unfortunately for the drivers, he was a staunch buy British man. They suffered through Ford D series, Seddon Atkinson and latterly Leyland Roadrunners. 

Towards the end of his time with Bomford and Evershed, all the deliveries were subbed out to Troughton in Evesham. For the life of me, I can't remember how the demonstration fleet was run. 

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

[Macscrooge]

This thread seems a good a place as any for these photos - taken today at the Unimog Museum in Germany. https://www.unimog-museum.com/aktuelle-ausstellungen/unimog-dauerausstellung/

[Macscrooge]

Further Unimog porn. 

[Macscrooge]

We paid the extra to be driven round the offroad course. Extreme!

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

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[jon.k]

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[808 Estate]

Tatra 813 showing it has the minerals and looks after its crew. 

 

[warch]

That marker pole going straight through the cab could have been nasty.

[CreepingJesus]

I do like a bit of old Tatra off-road madness, but what about the new ones? Changed to a Scania cab, and they're clearly intent on building things that look like a mechanical caterpillar...

 

[martc]

[CreepingJesus]

Funnily enough, I'd just pulled this old one of mine out, for other reasons, and elsewhere; but the DAF reminded me that you didn't have to scratch far beneath the Somerfield surface, to start to find signs of Gateway and Kwik Save. In fact, when I first went there (Dunfermline RDC) there were a fair few red and white trailers kicking about, because usually they were handy for some specific reason, and they were getting their money's worth out of them!

[warch]

40 minutes ago, CreepingJesus said:

Funnily enough, I'd just pulled this old one of mine out, for other reasons, and elsewhere; but the DAF reminded me that you didn't have to scratch far beneath the Somerfield surface, to start to find signs of Gateway and Kwik Save. In fact, when I first went there (Dunfermline RDC) there were a fair few red and white trailers kicking about, because usually they were handy for some specific reason, and they were getting their money's worth out of them!

I had a slightly surreal experience last year and at the start of this year when I was called in to do an archaeological monitoring during the demolition of the Somerfields where I had my first ever proper job in the mid-90s. I knew the place inside out, having worked there for about three years. When I went in to look around thieves had been in to nick all the wiring and copper and had torn down all the fascias and interior fittings revealing a big Gateway logo along the one side of the store that had been hidden for 35 years.