1976 Erf B Series

[mmjosh]

hi all just thought i would share some photos of the truck that my dad gave me.

When bought in 2007 for £1500 from donnington auction [frame][/frame]

Me and my dad built the engine[frame][/frame]

My dads mate helping us with the engine[frame][/frame]

Interior[frame][/frame]

Lorry being used[frame][/frame]

For the people who are intrested i will get some more photos when i next go up the yard.

[bmcecosse]

Very nice - but I hate to think of the fuel consumption......... And the Road Tax.......

[mmjosh]

6 Months Rate £90.75
12 Months Rate £165.00

[Matt]

Looks like its in really good nick!

[paulk]

And mpg?

[PSL184]

or gpm ?

[mmjosh]

not sure about mpg but it costs £200.00 to £300.00 to fill the tank

[POMMReg]

Josh,

You're into wagons as well?

Cummins 220 or 290?

Roadranger g/box?

least it hasn't got a blue interior like the 80s ones - had a demo on Wall's ice cream in 1983 with this vile interior!.

Searching for a 1968-75 Seddon 32.4 for myself - rarer than hens teeth!!

Chris

[mmjosh]

its a 250 cummins with a 10 speed box and seddons arereally harn to get i quite like the atkinson borderer's but they fetch alot

[POMMReg]

Remember the days when the roads were FULL of Big J's,Seddons, Fodens,Atki's,Ergo's and the mighty Crusaders!!

Pa used to work for Wall's ice cream!!

when we first had the Scanni's the things you noticed were the quiteness and the power - up to that point we had AEC Mandators with 691's,2-pedal Beavers with 680's and Seddon's with Rolls 220's....

Had a lone 1967 ERF LV fitted with a Rolls too.

All our yesterdays!!

English manufacturers had NO chance against the continental stuff!

Wouldn't mind an ERF '' A" series with either a Rolls or Cummins 220,Day cab Scania 110/111 or even a Sed-Atki 401 - have the money, but NO secure space!!!

Good luck with the 'B' series, least you don't have to worry about rust too much!!

Chris

[mmjosh]

thats the good thing with fibre glass cabs and i like the gardner 180 engines or the 240 gardner lots of smoke

[POMMReg]

Much more fun driving a Cummins/Rolls.

Not much chance of falling asleep at the wheel of a cummins 220 engined Big J4T.

(don't 4get the cotton wool for your ears!!)

Off 2 bed to dream of a Seddon 32.4 that's been parked in a barn for 30 yrs!!!

there's a Scania 111 parked alongside, together with dozens of ex-GPO Minor vans.....

then I usually wake up !!!!

Chris