Frank Latorre's Foden in Truckin' Life, Nov '09

Bigcam - No, I dunno who the dark-haired bloke is. These pics were sent to me by the blonde-headed young fella .. who, as I said, is now in his mid-40's. My pic is up in the, "What does your head look like" thread .. if Swishy hasn't tortured it, even more, by now ..

Bruce,

Is that Murray Langford's FG???? Would love to see them! That S21 of Vic's would be like Frank's - it would have had the 6LW 150 Gardner!

Joe

No Joe, as Bruce said his mate is doing up a S21 with a two-stroke. I'm looking forward to his Octopus project most of all.

Murray's taking his time with the Foden as he has other work to do and is taking it easy. He's the best person to let you know how he's going with it so just ask him.

RE: What does your head look like" thread .. if Swishy hasn't tortured it,

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Seen these videos! Nice sounding old Foden!

Joe

H O T Swishy,I can say no more.666.

Here's a few shots of my mates S21 in South Australia. This truck was for sale on the side of the highway in NSW for about 20 years but when we finally saw it it was a magic original low mileage truck. The best thing ever was listening to it being clutch started with a GM powered Chamberlain Super 90 tractor.









This truck only has a 4 speed box but we managed to source a 12 speed epicyclic box. Still looking for a range change lever for the column if anyone knows of one. Hope you like it Victoriously Hung One

Swishy, if you want to hear one, Graham McKie from Canberra has recorded one in England and it is available on disc, also has recorded a few GM's and of course a knocker. I can burn them or better still PM me if you are interested andd I will forward Grahams details. He'll talk 2 stroke's for hours.

I do indeed like it, Oh Cunning one.

I will ask around about a range change lever, you never know what will turn up.

I think Peter Marquet, Albion collector in NSW, is chasing (or has 'caught') an S21 Foden he used to drive - 'Big Pete'. Not sure if she's a two-stroke though. Busntruck will know.

As well as Graham McKie's work, Swish, I have a DVD of a run in the UK a couple of years ago complete with a two-stroke Foden pulling a float. I'll bring my laptop down with me as I shouldn't be burning this commercial DVD...

The Foden is such a beautiful and stylish truck, its a shame to see so few of them. There has been a twin steer one for sale in a used truck mag for a fair while now, they wanted $16k for it, dont know if its still for sale now tho, havnt bought the mag in a month or 2.

Cunning Stunt,

Thanks for the pics - never saw one of these engines before... Not like a 6-71, what with the seperate heads - do they have exhaust valves or are they "pure" 2 strokers (uniflow)?

Speaking of non-Detroit Diesel 2 strokers, what do the Nissan UDs look like? Apparently, there was a number of manufacturers other than Nissan and Foden who had a go at developing a better mousetrap - for example, Krupp in Germany had a whole series of 2 stroke designs - including a straight-7 (yes) - before they moved on to making VT Cumminses under licence. The Russian JaMZ took the easier option and paterned their 4s and 6s on the Jimmies, and I think one of the more obscure Austrian manufacturers (Gr