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its fair share of glances was tlw 1952 Baloyle' Bedford OLBC The ex-MoD fuel bowser for small airfields, was used as a diesel storage lank in a transport yard anti-11985. It was then rebuilt and given its unusual livery before passing to Richard Cautley in 1994, Batoyle, he informs me, is a long established lubricants company in Huddersfield— and he should know: it still supplies oils for his truck.
rarity is the diminutive 1956 Austin AK5 seen setting out on the final leg of the run to Harrogate. Of 476 built, almost half were exported and only 31 are known to survive in the UK. An unusual feature of the pickup was that its flat floor consisted of a folded dickey seat. The chromed items behind the cab are hand rails and there is a step just above the rear bumper towards the offside This vehicle was initially registered to one Philip Bake,: Could this be the same man who designed the Austin A30 chassis? asks owner Trevor Townsend Even The Hawk couldn't help out on that one.. maybe one of my readers could? Right: Without the aid of power steering, assisted clutches or synchromesh gearboxes, Harry Ramsden's was a welcome sight for many drivers In the car park was a superbly presented Austin K2 entered by RH Miller of Aylesbury However, it was the period load which most spectators were admiring Anything and everything from wooden trunks to wicker baskets was packed in the baek
all for different people Multi-drop work was a drivers' nightmare even in 1942.
Right: Who needs a Renault Magnum when as far back as 1966 you could have an Atkinson View-Line? As the name suggests the cab was designed to give the best possiHe visibility, However, fewer Than 200 were produced Most went either to Pickfords (the cab was standard on the heavy haulage tractors) or to the Road Transport Industry Training Board for driver instruction. Chris Gardner's 1970 example is from the teaching group.
Below: Built in Idle near Bradford and making light of the climbs over the Pennines was a brace of _Towel! Bradfords owned by Allan Noble The horizontally opposed 1,005cc twincylinder engines could have been tested from the factory over the route of the Trans-Pennine run. This 1952 model was on its fifth Trans-Pennine; the 7950 model was on its 181k "Not bad for half an engine," mused one of the spectators. Or the price, thought the Hawk, reading in the catalogue that in 1950 a Jo welt Bradford could he bought for £325— with an extra ..C4 for a passenger seat.