john1950

They look like a really handy truck. Am I right in thinking they are mostly Ford engine and running gear

That chink of light at the end of the tunnel is getting bigger

Spotted today Scammel Pioneer A1M Northbound J61. On the bed of a very well painted an clean modern low loader. Flags flying. Looking good.

Fodens were the truck of choice for Showmen years ago. Some still have them, as do some Owner Drivers, like you. If you want an automatic when it goes wrong its not as easy or cheap as a manual to repair and the fuel consumption is not as good. Swings and roundabouts. Less fatigue.

Hello welcome to a fellow Northumbrian. Quite an introduction.

Would be relativly easy to fit a door in the appropriate place to exit the cab

Thats not nice

You could try an air chisel with a flat head tool

Welcome. A great little vehicle with a checkered and yet to be pieced together history, but now getting the care it deserves. Great pictures.

Hello welcome in. It never ceases to amaze me how these little things strayed so far from the factory and survived. What an adventure it must have been.

We do still have that understated company JCB, beavering away. Doing both design and build as well as assembly. If we can call it ours the F1 industry is at the cutting edge of next generation development. (Excuse the pun) Over the years saftey features and engineering developments trickle through to our road vehicles. So I do not think all is lost. Are Unipower still running? Dennis still exists. Examples from abroad are not infalible A recent delivery of a well known brand from a country we love to hate of two units, resulted in one being returned solicitors letters exchanged and a New replacement being supplied. Keep opposing veiws alive do not let them go the way of the British motor industry. We can still see the whole gambit of the best of British alive and kicking at the weekends when like mindeds meet, but everyone is welcome. Now back to work where did I put that wooden spoon.

There are no volume indiginous U.K. truck builders left, the builders in the U.K. are foreign owned assembly plants. Daf is American owned.

Original and free, a good start

Very important to ventilate the area and No naked Flames nearby.

Hello, welcome in. That is quite a truck to start with. What engine does it have?

Fantastic pictures

Politicians and Bankers. Worst of all people in charge with no long term interest or vision. Clutch problems if there is not a mechanical reason or breakage usualy start with one driver who cannot or will not use the lower gear ratios to pull away or manoeuvre. Albion are still the go to company for Jonny foreigner to get the best diffs and important transmision parts in the world.

That is where a good quality long drain oil comes into its own.

Diligence and patience the answers are out there. I think the Vandyck was being used as a mother ship before it went to Norway.

Fodens were sold as ultra reliable. I have a friend who had a 6by4 tipper that could catch pigeons, If he was going in the opposite direction it was always lean to passengers side and get shot blasted as he went by. That had a Cat engine. Another had an 8 legger with a Cat and always use less fuel and mostly did an extra load daily, than the Swedish compitition. These trucks were built in an age of finding out the most suitable bhp per ton was very often left to the senior driver and his preference.

Spend your time fixing air leaks instead. Foden used to be the must have truck Hauliers Pride.

We are here willing you on

Heat and lubrication a little at a time, and a large slice of luck.

Well done

Looks like blue paint behind the emblem.