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Atkinson buses?
But, IDSTBC...
Grant.
'79 F100- 302c 4spd&&'81 F350- Isuzu 6BB1&&Chamberlain Industrial MK11 (6G)
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I seem to remember a bloke had something like the UFO running around Sydney a few years back set up to carry containers. With the cab tucked under the front he could carry a 40' box as a rigid.
But, IDSTBC...
Grant.
I remember that too Grant.....
I seem to remember talk of It on here a few years ago. But No pictures..(& a quick search hasn't revealed anything)
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Dave I think you will find it is a leopard badge same as on the drivers ( or off ) sideWell, there you go! You only have to ask!
For the life of me I couldn't remember what the Leyland car carrier had on the front. Came back instantly, 'U F O'. I can't quite make it out, but just below the near side windscreen (that's passenger side for people who have never ridden a horse! Or a pushbike!), looks like a Leyland badge? Or Leopard?
Thanks guys, that Atkinson bus that Beaver said was mid-engined, Gardner on her side a-la-horizontal Leyland/AEC???
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Having lived through a pandemic I now understand all the painting of fat people on couches!
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Austral Tourmaster with 6V92T mechanical
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UFO was on the road for 20 years working for Shields Transport, Arnolds Transport and TDG. John later worked a more conventional car carrier for TDG, an International T2670
John was inducted to the Shell Wall of Fame in 2002.
Wilweld and Hayseed
A company with a name like Sandovan or Sandolyn near Silverwater in Sydney also had a vehicle with the drivers cab located under the floor. It was a tilt tray , I think based on a 8 wheeler UD?. When going up steep driveways the driver had to raise the tilt tray then the cab could also be raised or pivoted for more ground clearance.
I had a look inside the cab about 20 years ago. The drivers position was similar to a Formula 1 race car, the most ergonomically incorrect drivers workplace that I have ever seen. The gearstick hung down from the roof and I think the clutch pedal was mounted horizontally to the cab wall beside the drivers left leg.
I remember thinking that I hope my employer never buys one of these trucks.
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Wilweld and Hayseed
A company with a name like Sandovan or Sandolyn near Silverwater in Sydney also had a vehicle with the drivers cab located under the floor. It was a tilt tray , I think based on a 8 wheeler UD?. When going up steep driveways the driver had to raise the tilt tray then the cab could also be raised or pivoted for more ground clearance.
I had a look inside the cab about 20 years ago. The drivers position was similar to a Formula 1 race car, the most ergonomically incorrect drivers workplace that I have ever seen. The gearstick hung down from the roof and I think the clutch pedal was mounted horizontally to the cab wall beside the drivers left leg.
I remember thinking that I hope my employer never buys one of these trucks.
That's It spannerman..I remember the gear lever hanging out of the roof..
I think It might have started life as a crane carrier..As (from memory) sandelon were a crane company..
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