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2 years 4 months ago #228317 by Morris
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Grandad, Thanks for the pictures. I did not know what you meant about height sensors until I got to the last two pix. Very scientific? They are still used today, not those blokes they would be too old to climb up there but modern ones.

I have my shoulder to the wheel,
my nose to the grindstone,
I've put my best foot forward,
I've put my back into it,
I'm gritting my teeth,

Now I find I can't do any work in this position!

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2 years 3 months ago #228781 by grandad
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In the 1950's Annis & Co rebuilt some Diamond T's with an 8cyl turbocharged engine and a semi-automatic gearbox



A steeple on its way to be fitted on the church





A Rotinoff negotiating a railway crossing

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2 years 3 months ago #228783 by Eightpot
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Re 1st photo, Annis & Co rebuilt several Diamond Ts with naturally aspirated Gardner 8LW engines, and this is one of them which has a row of 8 cylinder head side covers fitted on each side of the bonnet as seen in the photo.

The son of the firm's founder, Roger Annis has restored a special heavy duty Scammell 4 x 2 haulage tractor, also with a Gardner 8LW.
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2 years 3 months ago #228790 by rex
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I will tip my hat to the Bedford semi when you don't have any thing else just get the job done.

Making a small effort to save the history of road transport in Australia by being in front of Simms

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2 years 3 months ago #228792 by asw120
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Looks like it could go in Swishy's SWB thread, too.

Jarrod.


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― Adlai E. Stevenson II
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2 years 3 months ago #228794 by wee-allis
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I will tip my hat to the Bedford semi when you don't have any thing else just get the job done.

You be looking for an S model and bogey trailer for the turbine blades now Rex? Lot cheaper than what you are using now.

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2 years 3 months ago #228840 by grandad
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A few more..... NMP







Still a Handsome motor


I would love to have been the photographer for this pic
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2 years 3 months ago #228843 by Lang
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I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I have mentioned this before but you can't get around the fact British trucks were, as a group, the worst looking vehicles ever made.

Great, interesting photos that demonstrate Archimedes theory about a fulcrum and a lever moving the world. With the right gearing you can produce enough force to move anything regardless of power input - you just do it more slowly. They certainly knew how to use what they had.

Lang
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2 years 3 months ago #228844 by Morris
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Keep 'em coming, Grandad and others. These are just what I want to see.

I have my shoulder to the wheel,
my nose to the grindstone,
I've put my best foot forward,
I've put my back into it,
I'm gritting my teeth,

Now I find I can't do any work in this position!
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2 years 3 months ago #228845 by mammoth
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That last pic:- 4 pulling and none pushing - just in case.....

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