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No reversing camera requiredSo, driving down the M6 the other day I come across this. I know the ALKO chassis is an aftermarket frame but hadn’t thought they may actually leave the factory like this!
You’re looking at pairs of vans bolted together for transporting,
Enjoy!
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I'm glad someone else remembers that, as I've told that story to disbelieving friends.I recall seeing bare chassis being delivered by drivers sitting out in the open wearing a greatcoat and a pair of motorcycle goggles.
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I lived near Bedford truck plant as a kid and watched them all the time, some of those cabs even had wooden makeshift cabs on them as a bit of protection.I recall seeing bare chassis being delivered by drivers sitting out in the open wearing a greatcoat and a pair of motorcycle goggles.
I lived near Bedford truck plant as a kid and watched them all the time, some of those cabs even had wooden makeshift cabs on them as a bit of protection.
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Father did a stint of that, sometimes called in home, probably about mid ‘50s!I recall seeing bare chassis being delivered by drivers sitting out in the open wearing a greatcoat and a pair of motorcycle goggles.
I recall seeing bare chassis being delivered by drivers sitting out in the open wearing a greatcoat and a pair of motorcycle goggles.
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Then the drivers would stand on the road with their tradeplates, thumbing a lift back.I'm glad someone else remembers that, as I've told that story to disbelieving friends.
Coach chassis ? No engine visible, so presumably at the rear out of shot. Wouldn't fancy dropping that spare wheel down for a change!!I lived near Bedford truck plant as a kid and watched them all the time, some of those cabs even had wooden makeshift cabs on them as a bit of protection.
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Corrected that for you.......................no, please don't thank meWhen I toured Australia with French Hell Drivers Stunt team in the early 70's, for the Clown interval between the Precision Driving in the Holden Terrana's and the Banger rollovers and T-Bone crashes of the second half, we cut 2 Mini's in half and then with some scaffold TUBESpolesand FITTINGSpins,put the two front sections back together again.
After a lot of backwards and forwards driving argument between one of the stunt drivers and the Clown, they both got back into their section and pulled the pins.
Then with a mighty explosion, both parts separated and went around the trotting tracks in opposite directions the back dragging along on the scaffold poles sticking out the back!![]()
Scaffold poles were called POLES in Australia when I was there.Corrected that for you.......................no, please don't thank me![]()
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He must have been looking for a punch up?The good ole days before elf and safe tea, love it
On my first visit to Oz the macho Aussie blokes on construction sites wore pink vests, shooting concrete from pink trucks, was a bit of an eye opener given the preamble at the time![]()
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late '80s. Diversification didn't come till after Bob Hawk premiership.He must have been looking for a punch up?
Or was this in modern time following diversification?![]()
still done ,I believe.I recall seeing bare chassis being delivered by drivers sitting out in the open wearing a greatcoat and a pair of motorcycle goggles.
still done ,I believe.
Is that the "BASE'ic" model ?This is how the A class chassis comes into the factory,
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And then gets driven into the production hall,
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Yes the seat is bolted down![]()
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