Classic Trucks

Ron G

Hi does anybody have an interest in classic trucks & commercials.I am looking for spares for a Hino KL 1976.Preferably a complete truck in any condition to assist a restoration.

Max_Damage

I've an interest.

I love the old Ford D-Series, and it's successor, the Ford Cargo (currently still built in India!)

D-Series:


Cargo:


Also liked the Iveco Zeta (famously used in the 2004 Irish film 'Man About Dog'):



As for your spare parts, their is a small van/ truck scrapyard on the Greenhills Road in Tallaght, Dublin 24. Don't know the name of the place though.

bbam

Max_Damage wrote: »

D-Series:

I drove one of those D series for about 18 mnonths after leaving college, nice but the CAB was a bit small, I actually preferred the older Dodge trucks like this one. higher position and more room

atlantean

Ron G wrote: »

I am looking for spares for a Hino KL 1976.

Fair play to you! I would love to get my hands on something like that but unfortunately so many were just run into the ground back in the day!

welder

Dont know where You are but Halligans on the Tallaght to Blessington
Rd(nearer Blessington)Co.Wicklow would be worth a try. If they dont have they may be able to point You in the right direction.

dutchcat

i know where there is one,where are you based?

PanhardPL

Any DAF 3300 T/U's about,
DAF 3300 Turbo Intercooler

3nero

PanhardPL wrote: »

Any DAF 3300 T/U's about,
DAF 3300 Turbo Intercooler

A ton of ex military trucks ended up in the circus and funfair bizz.
and i think there is one or 2 of those daf's in a circus yard near mullingar

I'll look through my pics and see if i have any shots of them.

junkyard

Has anyone got any parts for a Bedford J type?

jimmyw

I have recently took an interest in old trucks. Do these older trucks have the splitter boxes, or do they have the old "crash" type where you have to double de-clutch? Wish I had one of them

Max_Damage

junkyard wrote: »

Has anyone got any parts for a Bedford J type?

I think their is one of them up at Johnny Foxes pub.

dutchcat

Max_Damage wrote: »

I think their is one of them up at Johnny Foxes pub.

i think it's a j3

Ron G

Im in Galway but travelling not a problem.seems to be a good interest in vintage & classic commercials about the place

Blue850

A few photos I've taken at shows.

corktina

its a pity they are mostly UK imports.... Id be a firm believer in restoring trucks with an originaql ID which would look a bit out of place here in most cases and to put an Ierish ID on them would be plain daft....a bit like putting CIE livery on a Routemaster....

Blue Punto

Would love to know the history of the converted Leyland (merryweather)????

Fire engine

jimmyw

Some nice looking trucks there, I am drooling all over my computer, love classic trucks.

junkyard

Here's a nice Austin Fire engine..... it used to be my local one.

dutchcat

Ron G wrote: »

Im in Galway but travelling not a problem.seems to be a good interest in vintage & classic commercials about the place

it is in dunlaoghaire sth dublin,saw it from an apt next door,iwill check if it is still there and try and get a pic for you it looked like it was a travelling book shop or something like

Pagoda113

Ron G wrote: »

Hi does anybody have an interest in classic trucks & commercials.I am looking for spares for a Hino KL 1976.Preferably a complete truck in any condition to assist a restoration.

Hi Ron,

What parts are you looking for ? I have a Hino KM which is relatively complete mechanically as far as I remember but the cab has practically rusted off it completely. There's also a Hino HE here which is also pretty much complete mechanically.


Martin

Ron G

Thanks guys I am looking for any bits to assist a restoration the HE/KM would be of great interest,I also would buy another old Hino as my next project.As i said travelling not a problem to go look at anything

gogs2006

Ron G wrote: »

Thanks guys I am looking for any bits to assist a restoration the HE/KM would be of great interest,I also would buy another old Hino as my next project.As i said travelling not a problem to go look at anything

I think there maybe a HE336 for sale in Tullamore.It has been in storage and is in solid condition.I'll get some contact details for you

Big Nasty

Classic Trucks?

I would love me one of these bad boys:

Hermy

My Dad was a licensed haulier for years and I spent many school holidays working with him. Never thought of it at the time but I'm now furious with myself that I never took any photos of the trucks that were to be seen around Dublin back then. Leyland Buffalos and 336 Hinos were everywhere along with F10 Volvos, DAF 2800 and 3300's and the dogs bollix, Scania 142's. I still remember some of the reg's - 80VSI, 660VZI, 928BZD etc. - but I'd guess they're all gone now. If anyone has any pics of the trucks that were doing the rounds in the 80's I'd love to see them.

3nero

those peterbuilts are not so good for irish roads plus they are a pain to polish all that chrome.


heres just a few of my truck pics, most of which i've driven..















I have tons mor pics

Hermy

3nero wrote: »

heres just a few of my truck pics, most of which i've driven..

I have tons mor pics

Hi Nero, I'd love to see more of your truck pics but firstly can you tell me what is the one above.
Would it be a Thornycroft by any chance?

Also do you have any idea if the truck below was previously known as The Blu-flite Eagle or The Lady Louise.


@Panhard You were mentioning DAF's. Well this one I took a pic of earlier in the summer passed me again today.

3nero

Hermy wrote: »

Hi Nero, I'd love to see more of your truck pics but firstly can you tell me what is the one above.
Would it be a Thornycroft by any chance?

Also do you have any idea if the truck below was previously known as The Blu-flite Eagle or The Lady Louise.


@Panhard You were mentioning DAF's. Well this one I took a pic of earlier in the summer passed me again today.

The first one is a 1947 6 wheel drive AEC militant. that was a beast to drive and the engine was in the cab between the seats. if you had a passenger they couldn't hear you even if you where shouting at them. It used to pull 3 trailers at a time, back when you could get away with kind of thing:cool: and it once drove clean over the bonnet of a garda cortina

The second one you asked about was the Blu flite eagle. it never really pulled any trailers because it was allready to long for irish roads and a real pain to get through some of the smaller towns and villages.

and i'm the guy to blame for the repaint:P

where was the pic taken?

PanhardPL

Hermy wrote: »

Hi Nero, I'd love to see more of your truck pics but firstly can you tell me what is the one above.
Would it be a Thornycroft by any chance?

Also do you have any idea if the truck below was previously known as The Blu-flite Eagle or The Lady Louise.


@Panhard You were mentioning DAF's. Well this one I took a pic of earlier in the summer passed me again today.

Thanks for that, I see its a 2800

3nero

heres a few non circus trucks:cool:

Hermy

3nero wrote: »

The second one you asked about was the Blu flite eagle. it never really pulled any trailers because it was allready to long for irish roads and a real pain to get through some of the smaller towns and villages. and i'm the guy to blame for the repaint:P where was the pic taken?

Twas a long truck all right. I got to sit in it once a few years back. I think that was in the Phoenix Park, back when it was in the Blu-flite colours. I even got a free poster.:p I kinda thought it was the same truck as there can't be many 8x4 Western Stars in Ireland. My pic was taken when the circus was up by Dublin Airport. Here's another one. Sorry about the quality.

Hermy

Blue Punto wrote: »

Would love to know the history of the converted Leyland (merryweather)????

Fire engine

Speaking of fire engines, what ever happened to the Land Rover fire engine belonging to Dublin Port?

3nero

Hermy wrote: »

Twas a long truck all right. I got to sit in it once a few years back. I think that was in the Phoenix Park, back when it was in the Blu-flite colours. I even got a free poster.:p I kinda thought it was the same truck as there can't be many 8x4 Western Stars in Ireland. My pic was taken when the circus was up by Dublin Airport. Here's another one. Sorry about the quality.

there was a stack of those posters in the cab when it arrived on the circus.
but i didn't keep any

Thats the General before it had the box mounted on the back;)
see my first set of pics:)


EDIT: No thats the general with the box removed:eek:
i designed that bigtop and it only arrived last summer and my pics are about 4 years old. I must ask them why they took the box off

Hermy

Shame you didn't keep them posters Nero.
The pics of the GMC and Western Star were taken in January '09.

Ron G

Thanks Dutchcat id appreciate any info you can get.

Gary ITR

That's the one parked outside Johnny Foxes. Love the reg

carchaeologist

These are previous posts,but il stick em here anyway again!Apologies for the varying quality.














D-series brings them in...

And out again...


And maybe not classic,but rare in this day and age..

ozf

Ron G wrote: »

Hi does anybody have an interest in classic trucks & commercials.I am looking for spares for a Hino KL 1976.Preferably a complete truck in any condition to assist a restoration.

Best Comercial/Tractor show every year in Lusk. This year 20th September.

dennison8

Blue Punto wrote: »

Would love to know the history of the converted Leyland (merryweather)????

Fire engine

it was imported from the uk, thats not the original reg no, it belongs or belonged? to kellys in borris carlow

101sean

Spotted in New Zealand near Thames. Apparantly belongs to an english guy who imports sound trucks back to the UK.

dutchcat

Ron G wrote: »

Thanks Dutchcat id appreciate any info you can get.

had a look the other day and that truck is still there,it was a book shop ,there is an address and ph no on the door ,pm me for the details

dermotg1

gogs2006 wrote: »

I think there maybe a HE336 for sale in Tullamore.It has been in storage and is in solid condition.I'll get some contact details for you

Hi I have been looking for a HE 335/336 as a restoration project for a while now. I used to work in the Hino assembley in the 70's and early 80's I worked on them all. Can anyone tell me where there are any old Hino's lying around.....Where did they all go ?????

rugbyman

there is a Hino rigid lying in Ardee, on the Shanlis road, turn left at the Chapel coming in from Dublin on the old road,

there is a small tractor unit in another place in Co Louth (335?) . I somehow dont reckon its for sale. its in the livery of a local Mill, and i would love to see it restored.

Rugbyman

superboy

Theres a 1977 Hino tractor unit in that scrapyard in Kildare that we found recently.

Anybody got more Dennison photos.... I love them! plus they were our only homegrown truck manufacturer.

dermotg1

Thats great lads, Thanks for your help i will have a look at these and keep you posted.. I would be very grateful if you could pm me exactley where this mill and scrapyard is..

neilthefunkeone

Hermy wrote: »

Also do you have any idea if the truck below was previously known as The Blu-flite Eagle or The Lady Louise.


My dad used to drive the eagle for Blue Flite.. Used to go to all the shows with him.. Think i still have a few posters of it at home.. Was a cracking piece of machinery!!

Cant find a picture of it though..

Hermy

neilthefunkeone wrote: »

My dad used to drive the eagle for Blue Flite.. Used to go to all the shows with him.. Think i still have a few posters of it at home.. Was a cracking piece of machinery!!

Cant find a picture of it though..

Ah, so your Dad drove the Eagle. Cool.:cool: Beautiful truck all right!
I sat in it once.:o I think it was at some show in the Phoenix Park.
I also got a free poster which I have finally taken a photo of...

macroman

Picked up two 1992 Dennis SS fire engines today ex-Merseyside (identical to the DFB ones). They've Cummins Straight 6 diesel engines which is a miser on fuel when compared to the Perkins 540 & 640 (V8 & TV8) engines usually fitted to Dennis Fire engines. The Cummins engine is perfect for them, not only has it better fuel consumption then the Perkins but it is more responsive, smoother and powerful, plus it is a better mate to the Allison gearbox which goes up and down smoother. They'll do the clock if you let them :eek:

Took one out for a spin this evening after a deep clean and the steering is really tight, the engine is responsive, the gearbox smooth, the suspension as new and all the lights work.

Not a bad find.

Hermy

Best of luck with them macroman.:)

macroman

Hermy wrote: »

Best of luck with them macroman.:)

Thanks. I'm holding onto one and my mate is doing up the other. Should be fun having the pair. The race is on :P

Hermy

Maybe this Bedford would make a good companion for Dennis.:p

carchaeologist

Where was that laid up since 2006?Are you going to restore it?