I have to tell you this story, even if it is a little bit off topic. We had to walk to school at Hastings. I had to take care of my younger sister, to school. I was 8-9 years and she was in infants so would be about 5. Anyway, we had to walk over a foot bridge, over the railway line, every day. It was mainly electric trains but on this one day a steam train came down. So when we were on the middle of the foot bridge, I held her tight as all the steam and smoke came all around. She remembers it to this day ! I am 66 and she is 61 !
I have to tell you this story, even if it is a little bit off topic. We had to walk to school at Hastings. I had to take care of my younger sister, to school. I was 8-9 years and she was in infants so would be about 5. Anyway, we had to walk over a foot bridge, over the railway line, every day. It was mainly electric trains but on this one day a steam train came down. So when we were on the middle of the foot bridge, I held her tight as all the steam and smoke came all around. She remembers it to this day ! I am 66 and she is 61 !
Those were the days, my fondest childhood memories were holidaying in our family camper on the beach [old town end] not far up from the fishing boats
Only sold it because I didn't have any work, regretted it ever since and the price they fetch now I doubt I'll ever have another
Hi Uncle Alec
I shouldn't have referred to it as a lorry grave yard really, I found it on google maps and it just looked like a field full of old lorries. Didn't know what else to put on the heading
The "thrupenny bit"cabbed models were Austin/Morris FG series.I seem to remember you had to stand up to steer it around a corner .Coupled with the crash gearbox,it made driving these things "interesting".
Mine was left hand drive most are, RHD ones are far and few between.
The bus in your pic is a 21 window samba 'deluxe' only surpassed by the 23 window which had rear corner windows, that in today's crazy world is £20k-£30k worth if not more
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 12010 Location: S. Cheshire
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:41 pm Post subject:
brianjbox wrote:
poodge wrote:
The "thrupenny bit"cabbed models were Austin/Morris FG series.I seem to remember you had to stand up to steer it around a corner .Coupled with the crash gearbox,it made driving these things "interesting".
Hi ya
You were right as I found a pic on the net
Dad had a few of those in different guises
there was one just like that abandoned in a small car park not far from where I grew up. I'd regularly go and play in it, despite all the smashed glass etc. Those early encounters with a rusty lorry at an impressionaly young age might explain a few things
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Various 1930s-1960s relics - Austin, Morris, Bedford, Dodge etc.
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1767 Location: Lancashire
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:39 pm Post subject:
Hi
Those thrupenny bits are very lightr on the rear end when empty.
I did a beautiful 180 one morning in a van.
Bit of a left hand bend approaching some traffic lights, the lights went red, I braked, blinked, and was facing the wrong way alongside the left hand kerb. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 393 Location: Linköping Sweden
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:01 am Post subject:
There was a guy who used to do the Volvo spare parts auto jumble circuit over here. He had the -full window- model with the corner windows as well. Tried to buy it off him and might have suceeded if I had purservered a bit longer. He had all his bits in it so if he was to sell it he needed some thing comparable. It had got to the stage where it was still MOT`d but was in need of a total refurb. Should have got him an nice LT and done a straight swop. (I´m certain he would have gone for it) Every time I see one it gets me I didn´t try harder. This was about 20 years ago.
Just missed another one of these also about 15 years ago. An ad in the local paper. An english bloke just beat me to it. Had been in a lock up for about 15 years and was sound.
Still, have my vans and the cars, can´t have everything
Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 393 Location: Linköping Sweden
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:20 am Post subject:
brianjbox wrote:
poodge wrote:
The "thrupenny bit"cabbed models were Austin/Morris FG series.I seem to remember you had to stand up to steer it around a corner .Coupled with the crash gearbox,it made driving these things "interesting".
Hi ya
You were right as I found a pic on the net
Dad had a few of those in different guises
I remember these. They were okay and looked quite good (as long as they were parked) God awfull to drive and yes, they were so light at the back that hills and wet roads were fun. Drove one for a builders merchants for a short while. It was quite new and not done all that many miles. One day when I was out I started to smell diesel. Looked down and the floor was awash with diesel. The stench on me lasted a week and my shoes had to go in the bin.
Only other experience on a par with that was the good old RM-RML (London bus to the uninitiated ) They could have a strange quirk sometimes when going around tight corners (on the 3 and the 31 routes there were quite a few). Thing was that in some wierd way the hydraulics to the brakes could affect the steering. This resulted in the steering jamming solid when you braked to go around the corner
It was a bit unnerving to say the least. Good job the passengers were blissfully unaware And you couldn´t tell in advance if it was going to do it or not. The bus might perform perfectly for the first round trip or so and then you might be heading for the opposite pavement if you weren´t quick. Tried to get an answer from the mechanics but they weren´t really interested. Remember the brakes failing completely once when I got down to the Worlds End. Stopped it on the hand brake The bus emptied and the inspector came over for a natter. I got out and told him. He said: -Oh well, you can run it back -light- in that case- needless to say I didn´t take him up on the offer...
There was a guy who used to do the Volvo spare parts auto jumble circuit over here. He had the -full window- model with the corner windows as well. Tried to buy it off him and might have suceeded if I had purservered a bit longer. He had all his bits in it so if he was to sell it he needed some thing comparable. It had got to the stage where it was still MOT`d but was in need of a total refurb. Should have got him an nice LT and done a straight swop. (I´m certain he would have gone for it) Every time I see one it gets me I didn´t try harder. This was about 20 years ago.
Just missed another one of these also about 15 years ago. An ad in the local paper. An english bloke just beat me to it. Had been in a lock up for about 15 years and was sound.
Still, have my vans and the cars, can´t have everything
My friend gave away [free] a 23 window samba when he lived in London, his parents wanted their drive back
I gave away [actually dumped] two WW2 Francis Barnet motorcycles because my dad wanted his shed back, parent's
Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 393 Location: Linköping Sweden
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:32 am Post subject:
Yeah, I´ve thrown away things just because I didn´t have the room or money to repair. I had a nice Volvo 444K 1956 once in the 70s. Was renovating it a bit in my spare time. The girlfriend at the time got all bent out of shape because I was spending too much time with it. Got peed off and sold it for 100 quid. It´s still on the road and the owner today thanked me for the good job I did on the engine
Francis Barnet. Well, well. My (ex) mother in laws brother (he was a lot older than her - 23 years - born 1900), bought himself a brand new FB 1½ hp in 1924. 600 kronor, It was delived from Stockholm on the packet steamer to the little town of Söderköping where he lived. He put a side car on it and went camping with his -bit of skirt- (who became his wife) His mate bought one a year or so later and the 2 couples had camping hols in the 20s. I´ve got the original invoice which states that it has a gearbox (nice to know) and electric front light. viliers motor and kickstart
When he died, they had no children, my mother in law was going through all his stuff (he´d had a country shop since 1938), when she said that as they weren´t interested in his photo, and car stuff, I could take what I fancied. Found these 10cm square, glass, negs. Asked her what they were but she said it was before her time.... I had some positives done. Whooohee. Camping 20s style fantastic. Later, my father in law, Eric, was still wading through the shop stuff when he found all of Roberts (his name was Robert Larsson) tents. He was going to chuck them but I slapped his wrists -I´ll chuck them in that case- I said. Whooohee again. One little white (White tells you it´s 20s or 30s) tent but only one pole. Eric said that there must be poles missing but thought that wierd as Robert never lost anything . Result, small round tent with just the one pole in the middle The one in the photo
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And you couldn´t tell in advance if it was going to do it or not. The bus might perform perfectly for the first round trip or so and then you might be heading for the opposite pavement if you weren´t quick. Tried to get an answer from the mechanics but they weren´t really interested. Remember the brakes failing completely once when I got down to the Worlds End. Stopped it on the hand brake 
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