Vintage Lorries

[Deutzdx3]

I'd say you might even get bigger in, but the 300td would be nice.
Hard to beat the 5 cylinder ......

True, had a vw transporter recovery truck we use to borrow years ago, that had a 5 cylinder diesel. Sounded lovely.

 

[Courier]

True, had a vw transporter recovery truck we use to borrow years ago, that had a 5 cylinder diesel. Sounded lovely.

Transporter or LT ?

 

[essexpete]

No No! Have the Petrol 6 cyl engine and convert to LPG. It could go into London then . My Uncle had a Petrol FG on a green grocery round. I was driving towards the end of its days and one day Uncle got me to drive. So off we went I quietly confident, 1st to second gear CRUNCH. Stop slightly embarrassed. Set off again change-CRUNCH. Stop again look at dear old Uncle who is grinning away. ''You will have to learn to drive properly boy''! The Ford D series I had driven was a doddle by comparison.

 

[Deutzdx3]

Transporter or LT ?

Must have been an lt. old non turbo.

 

[Muck Spreader]

Have been looking for a half decent Bedford RL to buy for years. Preferably on dual wheels at the rear.
Just wondered if anyone on here knows of one or a yard where one might be?

Would also settle for an old GMC or Canadian ford of similar era.

The best site to keep an eye on for ex military variants is the is one:
http://www.milweb.net/classifieds.php?type=3

 

[borderterribles]

No No! Have the Petrol 6 cyl engine and convert to LPG. It could go into London then . My Uncle had a Petrol FG on a green grocery round. I was driving towards the end of its days and one day Uncle got me to drive. So of we went I quietly confident, 1st to second gear CRUNCH. Stop slightly embarrassed. Set off again change-CRUNCH. Stop again look at dear old Uncle who is grinning away. ''You will have to learn to drive properly boy''! The Ford D series I had driven was a doddle by comparison.

My first truck was an Austin FG with a 6 cylinder petrol engine in it. It was well before the days of LPG conversions though. That old truck would pass pretty much anything, 'cept a filling station!

 

[Courier]

My first truck was an Austin FG with a 6 cylinder petrol engine in it. It was well before the days of LPG conversions though. That old truck would pass pretty much anything, 'cept a filling station!

Used to have an Austin K4 ? with a straight six petrol engine and a cracked block - Ex RAF and used for collecting potato picking casuals from the streets in Hemsworth (1960's) made famous by BBC Top Gear episode about buying a cheap house and spending more on a car !!

Actually after having done a bit of extra research it was probably a K3 similar to this - And it had the blanked off observer / gun turret and the rubbing strips down the sides of the sideboards, 4mpg if you drove it carefully !

 

[borderterribles]

Mine had a coach-built van body on it, and normal doors on the cab, not thrupenny bit cab. It had been bought new in 1960 by a motor bike racing guy, who also had a motor bike shop, and used it for that. I ran it for a few years, put a four cylinder BMC diesel in it, and eventually sold it , having previously sold the registration number separately for enough money to buy another, much more modern truck.

 

[suffolksmallholder]

We had an RL, it was an ex RAF runway chase vehicle so had some mods to the carbie to stop backfiring. Went like a rocket & was fun to drive. Superb off road with a load on too. It went the way of all old ex-mod vehicles that lived outside......Rusty, big time which was a shame.
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[Netherfield]

Father bought one of these with the idea of tipping spoil down a quarry we had on some land, problem was it wasn't a tipper, so he had a chap bodge a tipping body on top, this made it very top heavy and unstable, after a couple of times nearly turning it over nobody would drive it anymore, 6 cylinder petrol engine which if it got left stood for more than a week wouldn't start, you needed to be a contortionist to get to the two rear spark plugs which kept fouling up, it stood round the back of a building for 5 years until I finally persuaded him we needed a gas axe, I then cut it up and weighed it in.
Nowadays people would bite your hand off to get one, back then there were rows of them at the ex WD places.

 

[suffolksmallholder]

I'm sorry I can't remember the place but to simply say it's somewhere in the midlands will do for now. A nightmare to get away from on foot having dropped your ride.
As ever in the motor trade it is an airfield site, probably still in MOD hands because the main runway was jam packed with military vehicles of every description, mainly Mk's but bigger like Antar type & I could see the odd LR in there. I did look on google maps & it was a fair old stack!
Another red plating piece of useless info!
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[Netherfield]

Ruddington? or L.W.Vass Ampthill,Bedfordshire?

 

[suffolksmallholder]

Ruddington? or L.W.Vass Ampthill,Bedfordshire?

Na, doesn't ring any bells. Sorry
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[Muck Spreader]

Na, doesn't ring any bells. Sorry
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Witham's? They do most of the MOD disposals.

 

[suffolksmallholder]

This wasn't a disposal site it was storage!
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[Guy_Incognito]

You didn’t have a bid on the RL on eBay @Mounty?

 

[Mounty]

You didn’t have a bid on the RL on eBay @Mounty?

I didn’t but nor did anyone else. If I could have got to view it I may have. Been stood up for 25 yrs I think so daren’t buy unseen!!

 

[ollandroverman]

Must have been an lt. old non turbo.

Flat front version? They did sound nice.
I owned a later LT (The Sprinter in a non convincing disguise version) with the VW 5 cyl non turbo....it was rubbish, didn't sound any good, and really really couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding!

 

[timff]

Bedford RL brings back great memories. Dad bought a 4x4 with 2000 gallon tank on her in 1974 from Hydig in Rickmansworth who used to spread sewage on our land and all around Bucks/Middx/Beds. I even recall the number plate 618 TUR. He paid £105 at tender. What a machine. Only 4 cylinder and no PAS but pulled a treat & never got stock on nobbly tyres. A dream to a 10 year old (me) who drove it as often as I could - only just seeing out the screen!

 

[Deutzdx3]

Flat front version? They did sound nice.
I owned a later LT (The Sprinter in a non convincing disguise version) with the VW 5 cyl non turbo....it was rubbish, didn't sound any good, and really really couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding!

It was a flat front version.

similar to one of these. Worked a treat.