rog8811 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Bottom right photo:, in Cuba people are still transported like that, the locals refer to it as being a coca cola crate. The original is the beer crate then ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 On 4/24/2020 at 10:59 PM, Minesweeper said: Maudsley ? I reckon so, good view of radiator at 39 seconds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87-wO4InhOE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 Mention was made that not many class 'B' Liberty lorries found their way back here which I agree with but I have found an advt. claiming to be offering 600 of them !. This advert seems to be offering a good strong truck for reasonable money but by this time (1923) I think supply had well outstripped demand. Richard Peskett. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Plenty on offer here !., One would assume that this depot would have been included in the deal HM Govt. did with Slough , may be it was sold on by them in its entirety. Richard Peskett. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo.T Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 (edited) Wow ! 20 ton lots of greasers. That gives an idea of the scale of the operation. Edited April 27, 2020 by Tomo.T Not finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 The FWD was a popular war surplus vehicle and found many different uses. By June 1923 again quite a bargain !. Richard Peskett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 Another FWD advertisement , it is often overlooked the wide variety of uses these were put to worldwide after WW1 being rebuilt for use on railways, civil engineering , timber trade etc. etc . and very popular with showmen in the travelling amusement trade . The 'Globe of Death' motor cycle stunt show was traveled by Arnold Bros. in the south of England. Also of note is that a FWD owned by Tommy Redburn as entry no. B3 along with Jack Sparshatt's Hallford as entry no.B31 were the first lorries in WW1 guise appearing in the first HCVC London to Brighton commercial vehicle run 1962. Richard Peskett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Look like some fairground load.😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Larkin Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 On 4/27/2020 at 5:28 PM, Richard Peskett said: Plenty on offer here !., One would assume that this depot would have been included in the deal HM Govt. did with Slough , may be it was sold on by them in its entirety. Richard Peskett. Some 'artistic licence' with the advert I think. Much along the lines of '1 careful owner, guv'. Rouen was not the spares depot for the whole of the British Army. Calais was equally as big, if not bigger and then there was also the Middle East and the Home Front Depots. I've not see any reference to Slough Trading selling the entire depot as one lot either and I'd guess that by October 1922 (although the depot must have been sold well before then) that Slough Trading had taken anything worth having for themselves and maybe sold the rest as a one lot as they were very skint by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share Posted April 30, 2020 A small error crept in to the last FWD posting . It was actually the 1963 London to Brighton commercial run when two WW1 restored lorries put in an appearance being the Redburn FWD and the Wolseley of Best Brothers. The Sparshatt Hallford was probably the first WW1 lorry in private ownership restored to WW1 specification to make a public appearance being at the 'Old Commercial Vehicle Rally' , Beaulieu July 1957. A report on a peacetime convoy in the US 1923 included 75 Class B Liberty and 25 FWD referred to as 'Flirt with Death' by the marines . ummm..... The Sparshatt Hallford at Beaulieu ,July 1957, it had been recently found locked away at a glove factory at Havant, Hampshire where it had been last used in 1922. ( sorry about the quality ). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share Posted May 2, 2020 The reconditioned Leyland . The phrase ' RAF type Leyland' became a household name in the then infant haulage business throughout this country and in fact the world. Few today know that the whole episode virtually brought financial ruin to the company , mainly brought about by the company paying far too much for the St. Omer dump and the financial saga rolled on into the 1920s. For more reading on this can be found in the Leyland Society excellent magazine 'Leyland Torque' issue no. 85 Autumn 2019. Richard Peskett. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Asquith Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 A rather belated reply to a 25 April posting about the Crossley Kegresse. Roger Bone who restored the Crossley BGV 6-wheeler acquired the remains of a Crossley 15-20 Kegresse which he found in France where the Kegresse bogie was being used to restore a Citroen but it did provide Roger with the correct gearbox and a few other bits. He had originally used the transmission from a 14hp Crossley car but that would not stand up to the loads on it and failed. The restored Crossley 6-wheeler seems to have gone into hiding. Malcolm Asquith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted May 3, 2020 Author Share Posted May 3, 2020 Whilst on the subject of 'RAF type ' Leylands both Commercial Motor and Motor Transport carried superb art drawn colour advertisement covers on their special issues. This RAF type found its way to the Middle East by the look of it . Richard Peskett. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 For the followers of the ubiquitous Ford 'Model T'. This creation takes some beating, again at Slough where no doubt it saw plenty of use . Richard Peskett. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynx42 Rick Cove Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 September 6th 1920. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 The London General Omnibus Co. 'B' type - straight from the 'Western Front' ,well not quite . Faced with the disposal of over 2500 vehicles from 1919 onwards these being replaced by the larger 'K' and 'S' types. Some of the newest examples were offered for sale first as complete vehicles in good order , at least 32 found there way to Australia some even with their double deck bus bodies still fitted . Gradually sales dwindled and by the end most were broken up for scrap. A few survived a couple more years as works transport during 1927-29 when AEC moved from Walthamstow to Southall. Richard Peskett. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Nash taht was in use with an French fairground operator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz2 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 On 5/4/2020 at 4:58 AM, Richard Peskett said: Whilst on the subject of 'RAF type ' Leylands both Commercial Motor and Motor Transport carried superb art drawn colour advertisement covers on their special issues. This RAF type found its way to the Middle East by the look of it . Richard Peskett. Delightful art work. Five years after the end of The Great War, but a shorter time frame for Middle East conflicts. To me this illustrates the influence of the British occupation, with lorries of the time still in use. The driver judging by his clothing appears to be a local, so again indicating a further acceptance of the transport. From this however comes more questions. At the end of hostilities were lorries sold off in Egypt to local companies or to British firms operating contracts for the army, and other industries. A suitable title for the artwork. " The supply line continues using Leyland Lorries" Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 Further to previous mention of the Crossley 'Kegress' , for those of you with a technical interest in such vehicles some further details from Commercial Motor . Richard Peskett. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Gaz-producer lorry test in 1925 a FWD and a (Peugeot?) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 A couple of offerings today from Mons Engineering, interesting use of the 'Mons' name and the individual radiator shapes. Richard Peskett. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 Proprietary engine manufacturers played an important part in the war effort including Dorman, Tylor , White and Poppe etc. Richard Peskett. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 French civil Nash-Quad in the ditch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 The steam wagon and traction engine also played a significant part in the war effort. The war office purchased 5 Thornycroft wagons in 1902 but for many years hence there was a big divide between the advocates of horse or mechanical transport. The Foden wagon found many uses including that of the steam drum disinfector for delousing clothing etc. etc . The front mounted railway style buffers was another feature which were no doubt put to good use on many occasions. Richard Peskett. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Sorry Richard. What is Silver Thimble? Manufacturer or donor or something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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