Smithy Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Three I saw today at Banbury: Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaces Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Went yesterday,did you see the towing display,over two hundred ton of brit iron being towed at one stage ! https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/100646892131776028079/albums/5894934120205082465?hl=en Ron outve memory card before last pull,gutted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Went yesterday,did you see the towing display,over two hundred ton of brit iron being towed at one stage ! https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/100646892131776028079/albums/5894934120205082465?hl=en Ron outve memory card before last pull,gutted I did indeed, in fact I've just posted a picture up of one of todays smaller loads here: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?7057-Scammell-Explorer-Gallery&p=374305#post374305 :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaces Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Amazing when you think how old some of the ol beasts are,modern truck have bells an whistles,lights coming on all over the dash lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornishMade Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I was having am browse through this thread and I thought this may be the right place to post these, looking a bit sad, parked quietly in the middle of nowhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I was having am browse through this thread and I thought this may be the right place to post these,[ATTACH=CONFIG]79032[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]79033[/ATTACH] looking a bit sad, parked quietly in the middle of nowhere Amazing to see that they are still out there just sitting around, thanks for posting. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 If you work your way back and forward through this set there are some interesting Matadors and Militants as well as some amazing period truck / plant pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rog8811 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 If you work your way back and forward through this set...... Well that was a pleasant way to while away an hour or so, thanks for the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Well that was a pleasant way to while away an hour or so, thanks for the link Agreed, some really evocative pics in there, great stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 I spent 2 hours going to the left, and never reached the end - or was it the beginning? There were loads of pics of a ministry truck dealers yard somewhere in the south - chalk cliff? Can anyone i.d. the yard / dealer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc1959 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 (edited) Well, after a long time looking at rather knackered Matadors that had had a hard life in the woods and just missing a nice timber tractor I have managed to get hold of a Bus Recovery Matador with a gert big Harvey Frost on the back. I don't know anything (yet) about its military career but it was with Central Scottish Busses, Dallas Recovery in Glasgow, the Beith Transport Museum and finally a field near Hereford before I got it. Here it is as I bought it, the body frame is pretty rotten, panels coming loose but everything there. Handy workshop behind the cab: Stern warning about taking bulbs without permission: That mystery object again Cramped driving position, I need to lose weight: Arriving So far so good, unfortunately the brakes failed while it was in neutral resulting in an argument with a hedge, It knocked a lump off the cab which I then ran over for good measure: Safe at last! It's a good runner and my plan is to strip the panels off and store them, sort out any mechanical issues then build a similar body incorporating elements of the existing (workshop roof panel and sliding cab doors) but make the sides stop at chassis level, remodel the front panel and perhaps fit drop-sides to the rear. Edited August 20, 2013 by pc1959 Spelling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 I'm sure now that the mystery object is for dragging a bus sideways back onto the hardtop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I had a similar incident in my old Matador while shunting; brakes failed and it rolled backwards into a fire engine that had just been sold.... fortunately the damage wasn't too bad on either vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I'm sure now that the mystery object is for dragging a bus sideways back onto the hardtop. By bolting onto a hub? That would make sense, not too many hard points on a bus. Not convinced about loading a bus onto a LR hardtop though.....:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Undeniable that it looks wonderfully authentic in that livery. What are your plans for it. Keeping it in that scheme or back to original layout? MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I found a couple of pics of my old Matador here: It was in Green livery when I had it and had been sat for while. I had to replace the engine which had a crack the length of the block and had also "run away" when we tried to see if it would start. APart form a new cab pillar she was pretty sound. Hope she's still around, seemed to disappear after I sold her on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Shopland Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Amazing to see that they are still out there just sitting around, thanks for posting. Scott Ripe for restoration.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Having spent a while searching on-line for clues on the whereabouts/current state of my old Matador wrecker (which I regretfully had to sell due to redundancy/loss of storage) I'm getting a bit emotional about it :embarrassed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Bet she could tell some tales! :-D Be aware though, good runner yes, good stopper , essential. I know one now at Finmere being used to build a private railway, that has a big plate in the cab saying Don't stop on manhole covers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I'm sure now that the mystery object is for dragging a bus sideways back onto the hardtop. One person, (NOT me!) who was new to the job of bus driving got lost, we all do it. However! Rather than contacting the garage and owning up, they decided to turn the vehicle, a nearly new VERY expensive double decker Volvo, on the village green. Might have worked if it hadn't been for the weeks worth of rain before hand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 By bolting onto a hub? That would make sense, not too many hard points on a bus. Not convinced about loading a bus onto a LR hardtop though.....:-D It didn't look right when I posted it but I couldn't think what was wrong - now I can see i meant BLACKtop! :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc1959 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Undeniable that it looks wonderfully authentic in that livery. What are your plans for it. Keeping it in that scheme or back to original layout? I love all the signwriting but I think the shape of the body, especially the cab, is a bit ugly. I plan to carefully remove and preserve the original signwritten panels and then rebuild the body as a recovery truck with sides that don't go below the chassis and a nicer front end. First job is to get the brakes working though........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I found a couple of pics of my old Matador here: It was in Green livery when I had it and had been sat for while. I had to replace the engine which had a crack the length of the block and had also "run away" when we tried to see if it would start. APart form a new cab pillar she was pretty sound. Hope she's still around, seemed to disappear after I sold her on. Have you got a registration you could give us? A book published a couple of years ago all about Matador's lists quite a few survivors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosco Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Hi, I have looked in my copy of the book mentioned. All there is for LSU 304 is that it was with the bus companies Aldershot and District and then Alder Valley but nothing about subsequent owners. Its an interesting book is well worth buying if you haven't already got it. Regards Ross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Having looked at some pics on line my first Matador was ex Alder valley and the second was ex Aldershot & Distict/Alder valley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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