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Friendly Fodens with two strokes
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When I drove for Gascoyne Trading in the 60s, all their Fodens had Gardeners in them. Masters Dairy also had Gardner powered Fodens. Readymix had a number of Fodens with Cummins 220s in them as well as some with Gardners. When I worked for Bell Bros they also had Fodens as well as Macks and I think that they may have had a Foden 2 stroke among their fleet.
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I saw a Foden Two Stroke engine in the New Plymouth motor Museum in New Zealand in the late 90s. Don't know if it is still there.
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O`Connors Foden used to cart out of Readymix Quarries at Gosnells in Perth to Humes concrete works in Subiaco-- in the days when to get to Subi--- you used St Georges Terrace to go through the city of Perth .
The sound of the two stroker among the buildings and past Parliament house would send shivers up your spine.
The driver was a big ginger haired fellow called of course Bluey
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O`Connors Foden used to cart out of Readymix Quarries at Gosnells in Perth to Humes concrete works in Subiaco-- in the days when to get to Subi--- you used St Georges Terrace to go through the city of Perth .
The sound of the two stroker among the buildings and past Parliament house would send shivers up your spine.
The driver was a big ginger haired fellow called of course Bluey
Oldbob
I remember this Foden. Was going to post about it but didn't know if it was a Two Stroke. I was driving a Reo for John Curzon? at the time hauling blue metal at Swan Qurries.
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....'spose the next question is......where is the big old beast??
Wouldn't have a clue. I'm going back to the late '60's. I also got the name of my employer wrong. I have forgotten his name but the depot was on the east corner of Waneroo Road and Amelia Street where the Northlands shopping centre now stands.
He was also part of OD Transport of Esperance, where I drove an Albion LAD cab on grain haulage.
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