This was taken on the Dinas Pass A470 near Dolgellau which is more known for the fast jets and the Mach Loop!! If anybody has got any details on any of these Lorrys then comment and Ill update the description!!
Very nice video I love these old trucks. It seems strange seeing them driving on the left hand side of the road. Thanks for making and sharing this gem of a video. Cheers from Canada.
Hello, this is the best video about vintage lorries so far. The camera position couldn't be better. One can even compare the drivers' skills. Thank you for this upload. Greetings from Germany
Carl Napp Eine gute Vermutung aber lätz. Bin Kanadier in Kanada augenblicklich, aber ich bin in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika aufgewachsen und habe darum auch dort die Schule besucht. Also, Ihre Vermutung ist eine arg gute, wenn auch eine lätze. Ich bin der Freiheit gewidmet wie kaum ein anderer Kanadier, und der Grund dafür ist zweifellos meine zwanzig Jahre in Amerika.
Beautiful countryside and nice ole rigs. Our good friend Bob Reimer drove many rigs but loved his Mack, s trucks. He wrote THE B MODEL MACK SONG by THE COUNTRY TIGERS CANADA. I drove for EATON, S OF CANADA and wrote ME AND MY RADIO JUST KEEP ON TRUCKIN HOME by Flo and Curley. Please check and tks for nice viedo.
It's an Albion Claymore. It featured an under floor engine with the radiator ahead in a diagonal (almost horizontal) position. The air would flow under the vehicle and around (both under & over) the radiator.
It's rare that I watch road run type videos in their entirety, but this one had me hooked! Thanks for sharing. Particularly enjoyed the two strokes! I noticed a bit of water coming from the radiator of that Albion at the very end, is that normal for one of those? Phill.
@@justcheck6645 Freight cars are pulled by locomotives. The trucks to which you refer are _underneath_ each car, like the trucks on a skateboard. And Lorry _is_ a girl's name.
It's lovely to be romantic about these old vehicles, but there was nothing romantic about driving them for 60 hours every week! Why did the Europeans get such a toe-hold in UK? By offering vehicles that paid full attention to the welfare and working conditions of the driver. But that's just me being a realist!
In America as well. Those old trucks were very uncomfortable, too hot, or too cold. The European trucks had some style and color, much nicer to spend time in.
Albion with a Clydsdale badge Leyland did a similar model called the otter they had an underslung engine I remember a "dead" one being in the scrap graveyard in the haulage Co where I worked.
That was an Albion Claymore, they were built from the mid fifties to the mid sixties. They were powered by a four cylinder horizontal diesel mounted just aft of the cab.
It would be a miracle if any of these ugly poseurs would be able to carry any load up some slope. You can still meet them doing everyday job in India and some other 3rd world countries in the guise of a TATA brand. Looking slightly modern and having the same power. The only advantage is that you can fall sleep behind the steering wheel and nothing serious would probably happen.
I remember having to reverse a Morris Commercial up certain hills when overloaded with coal back in the fifties, the good old days, learnt to drive on an old Bedford O series, Austin's & Morris Commercials, passed test in the Bedford. One of my favourites was the Guy Otter, loved it, & later the Dodge Kew tipper.