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2 years 3 months ago #228851 by Morris
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Many years ago I read a book on early heavy haulage (maybe I still have the book in my boxes of books that I should go through) and one article told a story of a solid tyred trailer carrying a large load, passing through a village. The village Bobby said they could not pass through the village on a busy Friday afternoon and would have to go away and come back next week. After much pleading and explaining which fell on his deaf ears, the policeman went away. The truck (or were they Steam Traction Engine) operators could not proceed though the traffic, so they uncoupled the load and went home, blocking the main intersection of the village for the weekend. When they returned on Monday morning the Bobby was nowhere to be seen, so they coupled up and proceeded on their way.

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 #228862 by rex
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Hello Lang
While it is easy to agree that British trucks lack beauty, comfort and defiantly power there are a few exceptions in it's day would be the Scammell Contractor fitted with the 14 litre Cummins. I make this comment because I took the beauty away from one of them however, there can be no doubt Bill Smith owns one of the best preserved examples that still works making a $$$ from time to time the truck is part of the Hi Haul fleet.
On the other hand the British have produced some of the most beautiful cars to name a few D type, Etype Jaguar DB5, DB9 Aston Martin and just because I have one the very beautiful TD MG.
No argument just saying there are always exceptions Rex

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2 years 3 months ago #228867 by Lang
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Rex

They definitely produced some pretty cars. I owned a 3.8 E Type and a TR6 back in the day plus 3 of the superlative 3.8 MKII Jags and more rercently the timeless MGB. And with my various Commers, Foden , Albion and Thornycroft!! I am certainly not anti-British vehicles across the board

Here we go with beauty and the beholder - the MG TC and older were classic crude British 30's style and the TF is my favourite with the smoothed out styling and modern underpinnings. Unfortunately to my mind the in between TD is a stubby box particularly with the disc wheels. The competing TR2 of the same period is far preferable to my eye.

If we all liked the same thing you would never find your Corolla at Bunnings parked with the other 600 of them.

Thanks for the heads up on Hi Haul I will see what I can find to put up here for the boys.

Lang
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2 years 3 months ago #228875 by wee-allis
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What always had me stumped is why the UK truck cab builders always made them to look like sad puppies, with the drooping windscreens.

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2 years 3 months ago - 2 years 3 months ago #228877 by Lang
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Here you go.



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2 years 3 months ago #228883 by cobbadog
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Rex, you left out David Brown tractors from your list of 'beauties" although they might be included with the Aston Martin range.

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2 years 3 months ago #228890 by Mrsmackpaul
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Your better to die trying than live on your knees begging
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2 years 3 months ago - 2 years 3 months ago #228892 by Lang
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Paul

That must have been getting towards the end of the period of "real" Fodens, if indeed it is not a related vehicle with a Foden badge. Looks like a post-PACCAR takeover specialist build from what I can find out.

Lang
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2 years 3 months ago #228893 by Mrsmackpaul
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Lang that is a real Foden, I think a S2 was the correct model but happy to be corrected

I feel shifting over size loads in the Europe would be far more challenging than any of us in Australia could even begin to imagine with towns laid out many centuries ago

Paul

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2 years 3 months ago #228895 by mammoth
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Still the real deal Lang. Uses an extended S80 fibreglas cab of the 1970's although the steel Motor Panels cabs looked much the same, although by that time they had started to use Cummins and Rolls motors, Eaton axles and even an Eaton gearbox.
Foden hit the rocks due to new investments in a declining market and got a government bailout in 1975 and by 1977 had picked themselves up, albeit in an ultimately losing business model.
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