Classic commercials,for a change..

carchaeologist

Some commercials i scanned in recently from old pics i have for a change!!

Ex ESB Scammell


Walls Dennison


Mk1 Transit Flatbed..a very rare machine these days,more so in this layout.


And an old Scania(Billy masons steam engine is carried on this to shows,well,it used to be anyway)

carchaeologist

And a dead one...

Anyone know what it is..

trevorbrady

carchaeologist wrote: »

And a dead one...

Anyone know what it is..

one of thes perhaps?

carchaeologist

ROFL here..good one!!:p

dutchcat

hahahahahahaha oh pain.........:p

JohnBoy

Care to put an age on this one?



Its parked in Dennison's showroom in Naas

Luke Crowley

Sticky time, I'd say: "Today I saw a classic commercial and took a pic thread!".

manta mad

anyone know what this yoke is ?????????????????

Whosbetter?

Looks familliar.
Is that truck near Bagnelstown?

manta mad

Whosbetter? wrote: »

Looks familliar.
Is that truck near Bagnelstown?

no but close enough

same county alright !

Whosbetter?

Saw something like that a few years back in a disused gravel pit.
Tryin to think exactly where.

No idea of the make of truck though.

PanhardPL

JohnBoy wrote: »

Care to put an age on this one?



Its parked in Dennison's showroom in Naas

This is the Tractor unit 284 BFI and would have been registered in Tipperary NR after 8/81 ( .BFI 8/81 - 3/82)
284 BFI Dennison

carchaeologist

Good work there Mr panhard!:)

JohnBoy

Thanks panhard, myself and a friend were debating it recently, he reckoned it was much older, but I thought it newer myself.

it's of interest to me as my grandfather was the manager in Drombane in the 50s and 60s.

Silvera

Nice to see original Irish reg commercials restored!

I spotted this Muir Hill truck mounted crane (c/w original reg) in a field alongside the road in Co. Meath a couple of years ago ..probably still there too!

Would be nice to see this restored!:)

carchaeologist

Silvera wrote: »

Nice to see original Irish reg commercials restored!

I spotted this Muir Hill truck mounted crane (c/w original reg) in a field alongside the road in Co. Meath a couple of years ago ..probably still there too!

Would be nice to see this restored!:)

Did muir hill make trucks too??

bugsntinas

lovely old trucks there.do like the old commercials they're a bit like the cars,they have character and alot had faces and expressions.

Slidey

I must put up a pick of the recovery truck we used to use at work.

It is ahalf way restored now so looks a mess.

Its a 1979 Scammell Crusader. 6x4 with a 290 rolls royce lump an odd eaton box.

Top speed before the speedo died was 48mph on the foot throttle and about 52 on the hand throttle!

EDIT:




This is its twin....

corktina

The Distillery in Midleton Co Cork has a nioce selection of commercials scattered around it....worth visiting for that reason and the samples and the food is quite good too.... (Cork National Tourist Board out...)

superboy

Great thread! I love old Commercials. Especially Dennisons. The only Irish lorries made. That Muir Hill Crane is well impressive!! Whereabouts is it??

Slidey

My old lad reckons it's actually an AEC. The other badge is an add on.

Slidey

The Scammell as promised.

Silvera

superboy wrote: »

Great thread! I love old Commercials. Especially Dennisons. The only Irish lorries made. That Muir Hill Crane is well impressive!! Whereabouts is it??

I'm afraid I don't recall the exact name of the village....but it's definately in Co. Meath. Myself and my father went to look at a car there and when looking for the house we drove a little outside the village, and spotted the Muir Hill in a field just alongside the road.

The best I can narrow it down for you is that there is a railway bridge going over the road beside where the truck/field is. (It may be a now disused railway bridge/track, as I recall hearing scrambler bikes going along it when I was viewing the Muir Hill). So if you can find a small Co. Meath village with a railway bridge just outside of it (north or northwest?), you have the right place. The field / truck is about 1.5 - 2 miles outside of the village - and the road curves to the left under the bridge. (I'm guessing it's one of the following - Ballivor, Rathmoylon, or Summerhill).

I'm normally very good at recalling where I spotted old cars etc - even years later - but this one just eludes me?! Happy hunting ! ...and let us know if you find it!

Btw, are you just interested in viewing it, or trying to buy it?

Hermy

Thanks for the commercial thread lads.
Anyone like to tell me what these two are.
Spotted them in Dublin Port today.
Pic 1

Pic 2

Slidey

The bonneted one looks like a Peterbuilt. Not a clue on the other one though

junkyard

Here are a few I came across recently.

Hermy

Yeah, it's the second one that has me curious. A very meagre day cab and a double drive rear boogie. Anyone know the Dutch equivalent of Cartell?

superboy

Silvera wrote: »

I'm afraid I don't recall the exact name of the village....but it's definately in Co. Meath. Myself and my father went to look at a car there and when looking for the house we drove a little outside the village, and spotted the Muir Hill in a field just alongside the road.

The best I can narrow it down for you is that there is a railway bridge going over the road beside where the truck/field is. (It may be a now disused railway bridge/track, as I recall hearing scrambler bikes going along it when I was viewing the Muir Hill). So if you can find a small Co. Meath village with a railway bridge just outside of it (north or northwest?), you have the right place. The field / truck is about 1.5 - 2 miles outside of the village - and the road curves to the left under the bridge. (I'm guessing it's one of the following - Ballivor, Rathmoylon, or Summerhill).

I'm normally very good at recalling where I spotted old cars etc - even years later - but this one just eludes me?! Happy hunting ! ...and let us know if you find it!

Btw, are you just interested in viewing it, or trying to buy it?

I would love to buy it, but sadly i have no space to store something that big. But I love hunting for old cars/parts. BTW, i did a bit of research and i think its actually a Seddon.
Thanks very much for the clues!! I will go for a look soon! I'm not far from Summerhill anyway, so that seems like a good place to start. Thanks!!!

Silvera

superboy wrote: »

I would love to buy it, but sadly i have no space to store something that big. But I love hunting for old cars/parts. BTW, i did a bit of research and i think its actually a Seddon.
Thanks very much for the clues!! I will go for a look soon! I'm not far from Summerhill anyway, so that seems like a good place to start. Thanks!!!

You could be right that it's a Seddon.

I'm thinking now that it may be located outside Enfield for some strange reason. But I thought it was a smaller village I visited that day?!
Anyway, either way, it's out a few miles outside the village/town, alongside a side road (and near a railway bridge/line ...possibly a dis-used railway line)

Let us know if you find it!

carchaeologist

And now for something completely different...
I saw this at the Maurice Collins Memorial Vintage show in Ballyheigue in Kerry two weeks ago.
Its a genuine 1950s ZX reg Ford Thames Trader.





Its something i had not heard of before,but talking to some of the older stock on the day they remembered it well.
Apologies for not taking any interior shots,everything was inside it as it should be.

Blue850

Has the cab been restored? Saw it at the Charleville show a few years ago and it was a bit ropey, the chap displaying it said the Kerry Group didn't really care about it....

carchaeologist

Blue850 wrote: »

Has the cab been restored? Saw it at the Charleville show a few years ago and it was a bit ropey, the chap displaying it said the Kerry Group didn't really care about it....

Not sure on that now,it was the first time i had seen it. Do you have a pic from that time?

Slidey

I like the old style of putting the steps on the wheel nuts, much more robust than the plastic things they have these days.

Must take some photos of the old relics I work on sometimes!

Blue850

Can't find a photo of the creamery truck but heres another Thames Trader that was there

carchaeologist

What was that meant to have been?

Blue850

carchaeologist wrote: »

What was that meant to have been?

It was converted to a camper.

101sean

Charleville is certainly a good show for old trucks, must remember my camera this year. The creamery wagon was impressive.

Harking back to the Scammell Crusader EKA recovery truck, there's a firm local to me have one still in NATO green, bought it to Clonoulty Vintage rally towing a Green Goddess 2 years ago, was too wet to bring it last year.

Blue850

For sale on Donedeal

Theres a fire engine version of one of these parked in the Galway Metals scrap yard in Oranmore, will get a photo tomorrow...ahem I mean later today;)

Hermy

Hermy wrote: »

*wanders in from main page*

That American truck looks awesome! Do they appear regularly up there, would you know?

hi5

I saw this in Stradbally a couple of years ago.

carchaeologist

These were at the patricks day parade in castleisland this year.






Theres the Redbull Dodge




And the Ford D-series bringing in a new batch and taking out the old ones.





And the recovery truck above was originally a fire engine i guess. It looks very similar cabwise to this one,which is owned by a friend of mine.


This was at a Local show in Kerry a few years ago.

carchaeologist

Could never get a definitive answer on what this was too,anyone hazard a guess..?

Hermy

Deleted User wrote: »

*wanders in from main page*

That American truck looks awesome! Do they appear regularly up there, would you know?

No, I don't see many American trucks on the docks.
Few more here if you like.

Hermy

Hermy wrote: »

No, I don't see many American trucks on the docks.
Few more here if you like.

Just went through that whole thread. Some great pictures in there!

Cheers for the link, Hermy.

101sean

It's a Hydrocon Highlander mobile crane from the 60s

http://ccmv.fotopic.net/c880927.html

Run_to_da_hills

One of my favourite lightweights is the Tempo Matadore.

VW supplied 1200cc VW engines to a small commercial van manufacture in Germany from 1949 until the early 1950's. When VW saw a clash of interest against its own up and coming type 2 they ceased supply.

Basically the Splitty VW killed them off. :mad:

Only a few about and can fetch from 60k to over 110k :eek:




http://www.cartype.com/pages/3073/tempo_matador__1951

101sean

That's an interesting vehicle. Heard of Tempo as they built Series One Land Rovers under licence for the BGS (Federal Border Guard). They had distinctive locally built bodywork.

http://www.tempo-landrover.de/E/index1.html

carchaeologist

101sean wrote: »

It's a Hydrocon Highlander mobile crane from the 60s

http://ccmv.fotopic.net/c880927.html

You the man sean! Thanks very much,unfortunatly its since been scrapped,it was used in the construction of the shaft down into Crag caves in Kerry in the late 80s.

Run_to_da_hills

101sean wrote: »

That's an interesting vehicle. Heard of Tempo as they built Series One Land Rovers under licence for the BGS (Federal Border Guard). They had distinctive locally built bodywork.

http://www.tempo-landrover.de/E/index1.html

I get annoyed when I hear reports about VW being the manufacturer of the first mass produced lightweight commercial. Tempo were streets ahead and would have had the market sewn up only that they had to redesign the entire body and drive train of the Matador around the water-cooled Austin motor after the 1200 Air-cooled motor was withdrawn. By that time the market was flooded with cheap type 2's

Tempo also had a series of three wheelers some quite large and are still seen in every day use in India. I believe that they continued manufacturing them under license decades after they stopped making them in Europe.

My brother took this shot in India two years ago.

101sean

Interesting company alright, shame they got screwed by VW, the Land Rover thing was only short term unfortunately.

My sadness with Classic Plant and Machinary extends back to a very early age. I used to have a big collection of brochures from the 60/70s, I'd write to companies in the Contract Journals that my dad bought home when I was 11 or 12, Hydrocon were probably as big as Coles at the time. Made the mistake of lending them out and never saw them again, be worth a bloody fortune now :mad: Had a complete set of Thomas Smith(Rodley) brochures from just before they shut.

Run_to_da_hills

101sean wrote: »

Interesting company alright, shame they got screwed by VW, the Land Rover thing was only short term unfortunately.

My sadness with Classic Plant and Machinary extends back to a very early age. I used to have a big collection of brochures from the 60/70s, I'd write to companies in the Contract Journals that my dad bought home when I was 11 or 12, Hydrocon were probably as big as Coles at the time. Made the mistake of lending them out and never saw them again, be worth a bloody fortune now :mad: Had a complete set of Thomas Smith(Rodley) brochures from just before they shut.

I had the same, before I went to the States in the 90ies I lent a guy all by origional BSA M20 literature, unfortunately his house got burnt down, and my collection went with it. :mad:

I now keep a libruary on splitty info and it is going no where.