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Vehicle & Technical => Not Anything Listed Above.... => Topic started by: Bush Tucker Man on May 19, 2005, 23:15:54

Title: They Didn't Just Make Trailers
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on May 19, 2005, 23:15:54: Sankey, which is part of the GKN group also produced a lot of sheet metal & pressings work for the Leyland consortium in the late 60's & early/mid 70's.

If anyone remembers the AEC, Albion, Leyland 'Ergomatic' cabs on trucks of the day (right up to, in upgraded form) the Marathon.

Yes, they all share common ground with the big green trailers

This is the cab design, I mean (http://www.users.waitrose.com/~aecbuses/p3a_ergo.htm)

I only realised this a few days ago after reading the February copy of 'Classic & Vintage Commercials' (http://www.kelsey.co.uk/magazines/commercial/index.html)

Incidentally, one of the regular photgraphers (Nick Baldwin) has a Labrador with a good 'motoring related' name; Dunlop :lol:
Title: They Didn't Just Make Trailers
Post by: thermidorthelobster on May 20, 2005, 08:20:43: Brought to you by the historical archive of Bush Tucker Man, our very own Fred Dibnah! Richard, I think you should try for a television contract, there's currently a gap to fill. And everybody secretly likes lorries.
Title: They Didn't Just Make Trailers
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on May 20, 2005, 13:20:04: Quote from: "thermidorthelobster"
Brought to you by the historical archive of Bush Tucker Man, our very own Fred Dibnah!
Now that's a big pair of boots for anyone to fill

Quote from: "thermidorthelobster"
Richard, I think you should try for a television contract, there's currently a gap to fill.

No, too introverted & camera shy

Quote from: "thermidorthelobster"
And everybody secretly likes lorries.

Of course they do, all males from ages 4 to 104 (& some females)
Title: They Didn't Just Make Trailers
Post by: hobbit on May 20, 2005, 17:48:46: Was tought my class 2 in militants and the 50's leylands, definately something you dont forget especially with the crash boxes and no power steering, we had to pass our test on these wagons before they would let you loose with the new trucks we were getting at the end of the 70s, the foden with a rolls royce eagle engine, talk about chalk and cheese :shock:
Title: They Didn't Just Make Trailers
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on May 24, 2005, 11:40:11: I know that GKN is a very big company with fingers in a lot of pies.

I will hazard a guess that Sankey is mainly a steel pressings/fabrication concern??
(i'm undoubtedly wrong. Again! :lol: )
Title: They Didn't Just Make Trailers
Post by: hobbit on May 24, 2005, 16:19:41: There's a sankey in nottingam, but they make gardening plastics, like plant pots upwards to furniture :wink:

Not the same compay I think though
Title: They Didn't Just Make Trailers
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on May 24, 2005, 23:39:45: Quote from: "hobbit"
There's a sankey in nottingam, but they make gardening plastics, like plant pots upwards to furniture :wink:

Not the same compay I think though

Like these that we bought a while ago :lol:
Title: They Didn't Just Make Trailers
Post by: hobbit on May 25, 2005, 18:08:49: Yep thats em, they are made about a mile from where I live.
Title: They Didn't Just Make Trailers
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on May 25, 2005, 18:46:58: Just happened to notice that the clip on my Hospital ID badge was made by Sankey as well.
Talk about 'fingers in pies'
Title: They Didn't Just Make Trailers
Post by: hobbit on May 25, 2005, 22:14:35: I think that they have a lot of injection moulding gear quite a repetoir of stock too, last time I went past their place they take up a number of units on the industrial estate