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Strange picture
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:31 pm
by Emiel
Helle all,
You just have to see what I just found on farmingforum.co.uk.
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http://farmingforum.co.uk/forums/attach ... 1255814568
What about the grill colours?
Best regards
Emiel
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:08 pm
by Pascal
Great picture, Emiel!!
Any idea, what brand that truck is? I have never seen one like that before.
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:43 pm
by essex pete
Hi guys I put that on the BFF having seen it on the Classic Machnery Network. It is a Dodge 6x4 (although to be fair the back axle is partly obscured. It is fitted with the LAD cab which stood for Leyland Albion Dodge. Dodge was part of the Rootes group before being swallowed by Chrysler. The truck would have probably been fitted with a Perkins 6 cyl or Leyland 6 cyl 400 engine. It was quite common for the mixers to be driven by a 'Donkey' engine before the advent of more powerful engines in trucks. I am surprised he Major bonnet or hood was not painted in the truck livery.
ps would have posted it on here but I have never got to grips with that.
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:02 pm
by Emiel
Hi Pete,
Didn't read the name of the author so didn't see it was you who posted it.
That they used a donke engine is easy to understand. But what I think is funny is that the complete bonnet and grilles are used too.
Best regards
Emiel
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:15 am
by skateboss
My grandad used to have a welder running from a fordson engine built on a trailer, and if I remember correctly he also had a similar setup with an allis chalmers model B engine. It was awesome.