Nice ERF, remember seeing Wyatts motors years ago. Such a shame that ERF is no longer about, confined to history along with all the other British brands, AEC, Atkinson, Foden, Leyland and the rest, all sadly missed. Shame your ERF doesn't have an Essex plate, but it's a beauty all the same.
Wyatts of Danbury, that's a blast from the past. In the late 80s, i was in traffic at Northwest Freighters in Haydock, and we did a nightly changeover with Wyatts at Crick. Mushroom boxes to Kirkby Lonsdale was a regular job, i remember. The trsnsport manager (Ernie?) had a habit of answering the phone, "the finest haulier in Danbury." Since they were the only haulier in Danbury, i suppose it was a fair statement.
Nice to here. There was 3 with 8LXB's, a day cab on an R plate and 2 works sleepers on V plates, my dad drove one of the V plates after the original Jennings one in this video.
as much as i love my continental trucks from volvo mercedes scania and man i love the british trucks also from erf foden and seddon atkinson i always loved the look of erf from the a series right to last true erf the ecx the sound of that gardiner engine sounds amazing and the colour scheme of the red chassis and dark and light green on the cab is spot on i love the 80s music in the back ground its just perfect for when this truck was new
Think I remember the motor, was a straight one from memory. Finding a good Zf 6 speed is a challenge, thus this one was fitted with a David Brown, it was originally Zf. Shame that Coop one didn't survive.
I remember those. Yeah, they sound nice in small doses, but you ended up partially deaf after nine hours. Still, they'd take loads of abuse, and if you bent something they could be fixed with a hammer instead of disintegrating into a million very expensive carbon fibre pieces. I'd quite like one to annoy the neighbours and for nipping down the shops. Preferably one with the partially back to front gearbox and the hose clip for the range. That hose clip was British Engineering at its best.
Cracking job that, nice to hear the old Gardner working loaded too.
Nice ERF, remember seeing Wyatts motors years ago. Such a shame that ERF is no longer about, confined to history along with all the other British brands, AEC, Atkinson, Foden, Leyland and the rest, all sadly missed. Shame your ERF doesn't have an Essex plate, but it's a beauty all the same.
Wyatts of Danbury, that's a blast from the past. In the late 80s, i was in traffic at Northwest Freighters in Haydock, and we did a nightly changeover with Wyatts at Crick. Mushroom boxes to Kirkby Lonsdale was a regular job, i remember. The trsnsport manager (Ernie?) had a habit of answering the phone, "the finest haulier in Danbury." Since they were the only haulier in Danbury, i suppose it was a fair statement.
Absolutely stunning
Love the sound of that Gardner Engine, good work done Bringing her back to life.
You’ve done a perfect job there , just as it should be without the bling .
Well done mate it’s lovely 👍
I delivered a ERF with a Garderner 8LXB to WYATTS Danbury I was a driver for Sellers and Batty Andrew Terpilowski
Nice to here. There was 3 with 8LXB's, a day cab on an R plate and 2 works sleepers on V plates, my dad drove one of the V plates after the original Jennings one in this video.
Nice vehicle good resto ,nice to that gardner ticking over proper motor
as much as i love my continental trucks from volvo mercedes scania and man i love the british trucks also from erf foden and seddon atkinson i always loved the look of erf from the a series right to last true erf the ecx the sound of that gardiner engine sounds amazing and the colour scheme of the red chassis and dark and light green on the cab is spot on i love the 80s music in the back ground its just perfect for when this truck was new
Fantastic restoration . Well done indeed.
Them Gardeners will Run For a 100 Years if You look after Them
Excellent job mate.
DAO....This was maybe sold by David Rudd at Eden Commercials to Millicans or DM Cargill!¬
we sold a ex co op milk B series ERF with the 201 with a ZF 6 speed and 2 speed axle. Lad we sold it to cut it up not happy at all.
Think I remember the motor, was a straight one from memory. Finding a good Zf 6 speed is a challenge, thus this one was fitted with a David Brown, it was originally Zf. Shame that Coop one didn't survive.
I remember those. Yeah, they sound nice in small doses, but you ended up partially deaf after nine hours. Still, they'd take loads of abuse, and if you bent something they could be fixed with a hammer instead of disintegrating into a million very expensive carbon fibre pieces. I'd quite like one to annoy the neighbours and for nipping down the shops. Preferably one with the partially back to front gearbox and the hose clip for the range. That hose clip was British Engineering at its best.
2:30 Something wrong with that Gardner!! Normally it would choke you out of the garage😭👍
Beau travail ! The buzzer is the same as the Leyland, a small pièce of red plastic. I am sure.