British truck manufacturers

Hello there, T&D Editor Dougie here to wish you a very happy new year from everyone at Truck & Driver. Now then, it occurs to us we have quite a lot of random content stored up over the years which is never going to make it into the magazine. From the tonnes of truck based phone pics, to brochure finds …

Paul  sent this e-mail to Biglorryblog@gmail.com with the accompanying great photos Hi Big Lorry Blog I thought you and the Anorak Army might be interested in a vehicle I spotted yesterday.  I was shopping in my home town of Brampton in Cumbria when I spotted the vehicle which turned out to be a very smart looking 1946 Morris Commercial van …

In April, exhibitors and spectators from all over the North of England and Scotland headed to Borderway Auction mart, just of M6 J43 in Carlisle for the annual Carlisle & District Vintage Society Trucks Show, which featured modern and vintage trucks along with car, tractors, motorcycles and static steam engines. As usual Paul took his camera along and took some …

Barry Wilkinson has sent this to me: “I’m told it’s an ‘epicyclic section of a Foden 8 speed gearbox’, But never mind that, who’s the guy? Regards, Barry.” And perhaps John O or ‘T’Other Brian can confirm it….now click through here for more Foden gearbox discussions… Peter Hallagan e-mails me: “Hi Brian,  attached  is a gear-change sequence for the Foden 12 speed …

Well it was only a matter of time before the ‘classic gearboxes’ thread on Biglorryblog turned to Foden and its much-loved 12-speed (at least by Nick Santon)…and this is just one fo the trucks that featured a 12-speed, the S80. And I have John Ormandy to thank for supplying this shot to me from his excellent photo galleries. “As mentioned, all the …