Mate....my dream truck when I was a kid in the early 80s!!! Bird's Eye foods had a plant in Lottbridge Drove in Eastbourne, their fleet at the time consisted of Marathons and Ford Transcontis. I lived on the old A22 near Polegate and these babies used to thunder past several times a day pulling 2-axle reefers. Great vid, love it!
I think the ford transcons was the first british truck to have a suspended cab. It made drivers sea sick and they thought they were going to roll it round bends lol
i worked at aec making these trucks.the early ones were not so good as far as braking goes as the brake valve was in the middle of the chassis controled by a cable from the brake pedal. these cables used to stretch even after adjustment. on the mk2 marathon the brake valve was under the brake pedal for direct action.we were not allowed to put the letters aec on the front panel so had to put leyland.yuk!
Poor management and rubbish government means that we lost all the famous (and infamous) names in this industry. In short we lost the lot - and don't produce any trucks any more.
Nicely put. Although I'm too young to have driven trucks of this era......I was born in 1974.....I always saw numerous Leylands Fodens, ERFs, Guys, Atkis, Seddons.....and Seddon Atkinsons !! I have driven some late ERFs and Fodens and loved them to bits, no matter how brief my drives were !!! My last British trucks I drove were Dennis dustcarts.......and a good few of those were later Volvo powered examples !! So sad.....😥😥😥
@@andypreston1524 I was born in 67, and remember a lot of Atki Borderers through the 70's and in to the early 80's, along with other Fodens and ERF A series. I also remember when Volvo started getting more popular with the F86 and 88's. Got nothing against them at all - great trucks - it's just a pity the likes of Hugh Gardner wasn't so arrogant about his engines that he couldn't have learned a thing or two about upping power from the likes of Volvo who were experts at it..
@@jamesfrench7299 I was an apprentice mechanic at Scania main dealer B & W motors hyde in 73. The trucks then were the 80, 110, and 140, the best 14 litre V8 ever. Imho they had loads of character. Also saw 1 Scania Varbis 76 engine out through the front (no tilt cab). Best days of my life, I'm 64 now.
@@mgbgth5097 I was being unfair I admit. I like Scania trucks as well. My favourites are the six cylinder models from the 1980s. Sounded awesome and yes old ones have character as well. Their V8s are highly regarded. I remember Mercedes V series trucks with the V8 and V6 engines. Fantastic rigs. PS appreciate your memories as 73 was my birth year and am fascinated by the late 60s and early 70s era.
From a time when you could distinguish a truck from another, pure character!
Great show of trucks, I think these older trucks have more class and pazaze than the trucks they are producing now.👍👍👍
Wow i forgot about these ! Thanks for jogging my memory
Mate....my dream truck when I was a kid in the early 80s!!!
Bird's Eye foods had a plant in Lottbridge Drove in Eastbourne, their fleet at the time consisted of Marathons and Ford Transcontis.
I lived on the old A22 near Polegate and these babies used to thunder past several times a day pulling 2-axle reefers.
Great vid, love it!
I remember these and Atki Borderers pulling 40' Sunblest tandem boxvans in to Aberystwyth delivering bread. Before the days of supermarkets of course!
I think the ford transcons was the first british truck to have a suspended cab. It made drivers sea sick and they thought they were going to roll it round bends lol
Britain always made nice looking trucks.
@Nichen Fauster yes we did
My #1 brand (leyland)🇨🇺
Sooo much detail 😍😍😍
This was the first ever marathon to be built
They were lovely things to drive. Went well, not so great at stopping if you got the brakes warm.
Great video!
Thanks for the visit
Best looking at them than driving them x
what a beauty
i worked at aec making these trucks.the early ones were not so good as far as braking goes as the brake valve was in the middle of the chassis controled by a cable from the brake pedal. these cables used to stretch even after adjustment. on the mk2 marathon the brake valve was under the brake pedal for direct action.we were not allowed to put the letters aec on the front panel so had to put leyland.yuk!
So they were really AEC's ?
good car,
1973 Leyland Truck.
it there out that there a lot of truck brands there , sir L123
Is that the right fifth wheel slider?
When British trucks were way ahead of the game, what the hell happened?...
Hi Phillip, I totally agree what the hell happened !
Poor management and rubbish government means that we lost all the famous (and infamous) names in this industry. In short we lost the lot - and don't produce any trucks any more.
Nicely put. Although I'm too young to have driven trucks of this era......I was born in 1974.....I always saw numerous Leylands Fodens, ERFs, Guys, Atkis, Seddons.....and Seddon Atkinsons !!
I have driven some late ERFs and Fodens and loved them to bits, no matter how brief my drives were !!!
My last British trucks I drove were Dennis dustcarts.......and a good few of those were later Volvo powered examples !!
So sad.....😥😥😥
And rotten red unions that f##ked everything industrial.
@@andypreston1524 I was born in 67, and remember a lot of Atki Borderers through the 70's and in to the early 80's, along with other Fodens and ERF A series. I also remember when Volvo started getting more popular with the F86 and 88's. Got nothing against them at all - great trucks - it's just a pity the likes of Hugh Gardner wasn't so arrogant about his engines that he couldn't have learned a thing or two about upping power from the likes of Volvo who were experts at it..
The Marathon 2 with the Cummins engine was a far better machine with brakes etc sorted.
Compared to Scania or Volvo of that era, well past its sell by date
100,000 x more character though.
@@jamesfrench7299 I was an apprentice mechanic at Scania main dealer B & W motors hyde in 73. The trucks then were the 80, 110, and 140, the best 14 litre V8 ever. Imho they had loads of character. Also saw 1 Scania Varbis 76 engine out through the front (no tilt cab). Best days of my life, I'm 64 now.
@@mgbgth5097 I was being unfair I admit. I like Scania trucks as well. My favourites are the six cylinder models from the 1980s. Sounded awesome and yes old ones have character as well. Their V8s are highly regarded. I remember Mercedes V series trucks with the V8 and V6 engines. Fantastic rigs.
PS appreciate your memories as 73 was my birth year and am fascinated by the late 60s and early 70s era.
I was apprentice for scania ,1976 fair does they weren't bad , the 140 was really nice but still liked the British stuff more
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