A proper 'Bristol' truck..

[adrian jordin]

Let me start by saying I'm not a truck spotter...
However, yesterday I was on the Bristol Harbourside waiting for a Chinese Lion Dance performance, when this wonderful 1950's 'Bristol' flat bed truck drove down the quayside with the dancers onboard.

This is an original Bristol Commercial Vehicles vehicle of the kind that would have been commonplace along the harbourside in its day...
This truck is in the livery of the British Road Services, the company formed when they nationalised the road haulage industry in 1947...


image2901009 by jordin57, on Flickr


image2901011 by jordin57, on Flickr


image2901010 by jordin57, on Flickr


image2901007 by jordin57, on Flickr

 

[Allan Batchelor]

liking them a lot Adrian. comes from my dad driving lorries of variouys sizes all his days

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Truck spotter!

Love an old truck - these shots remind me of the old trucks that used to deliver the funfair to my home town every April - wonderful

 

[Hamish Gill]

I'd love to own somthing like that!
No use for it, I can't even drive... But how ace is it!
Lovely thing! And well snapped

 

[Chris Dodkin]

No way Hamish! - you never learned then?