AECs and Albions

N. Ormsby, Portland AEC Monarch Mk.II type O346S or Monarch Mk.III type 3451. Would have 95 horsepower A173 7.7 litre diesel engine.

Series of photographs showing an AEC Mammoth Major 6 Mk.II type O366/20, or Mammoth Major 6 Mk.III type 3671. Would have 9.6 litre 125 horsepower A206-MK.II or A216-MK.III motor. The truck has a tandem worm drive bogie on 4 spring suspension. I think this might be a Mark II MM6, because the Mark IIIs had air brakes and the earlier models had servo assisted hydraulic brakes, and it doesn't look like it has air brakes. Hastings Deering built cab, truck supplied to Peters' American Delicacy Company.

Albion CX1 or CX3 tar sprayer. CX1 models had either an EN233 6 litre 70 horsepower or EN234 6.6 litre 78 horsepower 4 cylinder diesel. CX3 models were 6 cylinder diesels and were powered by either an EN242 9 litre 105 horsepower motor, or EN243 9.9 litre 120 horsepower motor.

Albion Clydesdale FT101AN of Geelong Dairies. The FT101 had an Albion EN286 75/85 horsepower 4 cylinder diesel motor.

Fairfield Concrete Albion Reiver PF107T-Leyland O.350 Mk.3-105 horsepower, 5 speed Albion gearbox, tandem worm drive bogie, hydraulic brakes.

...by jeeez fageol .. definitely keep 'em all coming ...

...the second last piccy can be dated to about 1953 as the Vic rego GA? 53? is around that time....

The AEC s would be mkll for which the spec was the 7.7 litre motor. The Monarch was the light weight 4x2 while the mammoth major would have a joey behind the 4 speed and some might have had an interim 8.6 litre motor.
Was the cab Hastings Deering at that date? (most likely1949 but could be earlier)
Fantastic pictures

nice old girls .... but it looks like getting in and out of the cab would be a challenge

...Kenny .. in the old days the blokes were about 5 foot tall and about 8 stone... ....no dramas to these types....how things have changed : : :

Most of the old Pommy cabovers had that sort of cab access, often without even step rings on the front wheel. I used to drive a Mk III AEC Mandator and we didn't even think about the access problem, clambering in and out of the cab was just the way things were "back in the day".