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Another great collection. Very proud Scottish heritage,love the names,Claymore,Reiver,Cheiftan and Clansman.The company made a huge amount of trucks during both world wars.There’s no mistaking the “Sure as Sunrise” radiator badge.
I'm not sure my dulcet tones would aid too many company's advertising aspirations, but I appreciate your comments :) All the best for 2022 and thanks for watching/listening
I enjoy seeing the old beautifully restored vehicles and those that are not restored! You do a great job of presenting these classics, thank you for sharing!
At the beginning of 1971 I started driving 22 ton Reiver tippers on a civil engineering job. In retrospect, they were awful to drive, almost dislocating your shoulder to get it into reverse.
Hello, As an Albion apprentice at the London service depot I found the video very interesting, surprised that no pictures of the beautifully painted Robertson's Jam vehicles not included.I often worked on the "Charlies Cars " coaches ,6cyl side valve petrol ,I still have a driver's cap badge I found in the chassis rail while "decoking " the engine, later I was appointed demonstration driver for shows and brief vehicle loans to customers .I left the Leyland group in1964 and joined Standard Triumph,loved the video and would like to see more many thanks Alan Burrell
Thanks,a long time ago I sent pictures of Charlie's cars aero coaches,manuals and my apprentice papers to the Albion museum at Biggar somewhere in the loft there are other pictures but they are posed and include people , thanks for the reply I'm now working through the videos on utube
I think the1934 Albion Bus with the fin was my pick out of this collection. I'm a fan of any vehicle built before 1975, so all vehicles on you channel interest me, to some degree or other.
Great collection. My favourite has to be Charlie’s coach. What a stunner. A similar model in blue was operated by Skinners Coaches in Hastings when I were young 😂
As A boy I lived 3 miles from the Albion Works and regularly saw chassis and engines out for tests on the road with the driver wearing leather helmet and leather coat
Some really nice trucks with as you say beautiful sign writing. Many years ago I used to watch a man who would come down to my fathers workshop to sign write commercial vehicles and in those days you were required to have the name of the company secretary usually written on the fuel tank why I’m not sure but that’s where it ended up!
I like your picture shows. I'm always amazed by the difference in styling of UK trucks and trucks on the European Continent. Between let's day 1945 and 1980 the styling was totally different. Not to mention signwriting, virtually unknown on the Continent.
Interesting to see the Hovingham gravel truck early on. Dad drove for them out of their Quarry at Brandesburton near Hull when he started on trucks before setting up on his own with a Leyland Buffalo, must have been early '80's.
Great video. I really like the commercial videos (as well as all your other videos) and was wondering if you could do a video on the Scammell Scarab trucks and their trailer hitch as I have never seen one in Australia.
Thanks for watching it, I don't have many photos of the Scarabs or the details of their hitch arrangements, but I may well end up doing a Scammell-only vid one day
In my schooldays in the early sixties we would often see Bulwark tankers going past the school before the A361 was re-routed to form the Frome by-pass, judging by the Wiltshire tags on the two examples shown they're the real deal to boot!
When the city of Glasgow were updating their Corporation buses to the modern style at the time,the wrap round windscreen and closing doors at the front made by Leyland the city refused the order after the first was delivered as there was no Albion parts on it. The orders was altered and the rest of order came with Albion Parts and Badge as well as thevLeyland one.
Great viseo, I love all old trucks in any shape and form. Can youn do a vid on Scammel? I have queued up your vid about 3 wheelers to watch. this past weekend I was in Germany and saw a Renault car that looked like a single seater Smart car. Fortunately it was parked up so I took 2 photos, if you are interested? I also have a photo of a Citeon corrugated panel van I saw in Malta last year, I photoed it but it's not too good as I was on a bus when I passed it. It was parked up advertising a flower shop, I think.
My favourite is the Harrington bodied coach. They were always more stylish than other coach builders and must have been much more expensive and no doubt the fin helped enormously with the aerodynamics.
I’m sure I must have seen some Albion’s in some of your videos but really didn’t know they existed. Not many of them roaming around here America as far as I know!
JOHNNIE WALKER NAG - This was restored by the Late Frank McDougall of Galston, Ayrshire and lead the Kilmarnock workers march when Diaego announced the bottling plant was being transferred from Kilmarnock to Leven, Fife. Frank also restored the City of Glasgow Police Albion Black Maria which had spent it's latter days as a Fruit & Veg mobile shop around the Scottish town of Strathaven.
Albion isn't a brand I think of very often. It's a long time since I saw any on the road. The later Claymores look 10 years older than they are. Considering they would've been 10 years old in the mid 70's, I don't remember ever seeing one in the flesh. Quite a neat looking lorry. My favourite though has to be the Ergo cab variant, the Super Reiver. It confused the hell out of me (and still does) that the same cab was used by Leyland, BMC, AEC and Albion. Obviously these companies were closely tied. Did the Albion variant use the excellent Leyland 0.680 engine or did they have their own powerplant?
It has to be the 1934 bus, what a beautiful design. I enjoyed seeing all of the collection though. I think I may be right in saying that the modern lorries (cabs) were used as fire engine or the basis of. Could be Leyland though? I know there were Dennis's built not far from where I lived, closedown now I think. Thanks for sharing this video. 👍
@@dashcam26 Thanks for the information, that's good to know. The plant that closed was in the south of England and I knew someone who worked there. I have a vague recollection of him saying he could've moved elsewhere but he didn't want to go.👍
@9:30 you correct yourself about the truck not being a Claymore. "It's an Albion Can(?)." What's the difference? Please explain. And, is the truck @ 6:16 front wheel drive? It features very aggressive tyres as if it might be.
Ampol Australia use run a lot of Albion and Scammel trucks. Armstrong power steering of cause, Organic air conditioning for the tropics. Drivers where Drivers not premadonas we have today.
Hi, thanks for watching, a full list of the videos on the channel is here:
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Channel homepage:
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Another great collection. Very proud Scottish heritage,love the names,Claymore,Reiver,Cheiftan and Clansman.The company made a huge amount of trucks during both world wars.There’s no mistaking the “Sure as Sunrise” radiator badge.
Always great watching these old trucks takes me back to my youth
Best narrator on the whole of TH-cam - get yourself an agent for some adverts and audio books!
I'm not sure my dulcet tones would aid too many company's advertising aspirations, but I appreciate your comments :) All the best for 2022 and thanks for watching/listening
great ALBION LORRIES VIDEO
I enjoy seeing the old beautifully restored vehicles and those that are not restored! You do a great job of presenting these classics, thank you for sharing!
At the beginning of 1971 I started driving 22 ton Reiver tippers on a civil engineering job. In retrospect, they were awful to drive, almost dislocating your shoulder to get it into reverse.
Hello, As an Albion apprentice at the London service depot I found the video very interesting, surprised that no pictures of the beautifully painted Robertson's Jam vehicles not included.I often worked on the "Charlies Cars " coaches ,6cyl side valve petrol ,I still have a driver's cap badge I found in the chassis rail while "decoking " the engine, later I was appointed demonstration driver for shows and brief vehicle loans to customers .I left the Leyland group in1964 and joined Standard Triumph,loved the video and would like to see more many thanks Alan Burrell
Glad you liked it, as for the vehicles featured I could only draw on the photos that I had in my own collection.
Thanks,a long time ago I sent pictures of Charlie's cars aero coaches,manuals and my apprentice papers to the Albion museum at Biggar somewhere in the loft there are other pictures but they are posed and include people , thanks for the reply I'm now working through the videos on utube
my father served an apprenticeship at the old foundry in Glasgow back in 1942, it's so cool to see what he was probably working on back then
What a great collection of Albion's. I did not know they originally made cars, great info.
I think the Glasgow Transport Museum has a Albion car
I think the1934 Albion Bus with the fin was my pick out of this collection. I'm a fan of any vehicle built before 1975, so all vehicles on you channel interest me, to some degree or other.
Thanks for watching, yes that half-cab is a stunner isn't it
That bus was really awesome and my favourite but there are some very nice vehicles there 👍👍👍
I love all those trucks brilliant to see them
Thanks pj, plenty more where that came from!
Great collection. My favourite has to be Charlie’s coach. What a stunner.
A similar model in blue was operated by Skinners Coaches in Hastings when I were young 😂
I worked for RMC london in the 1980's so to see that mixer done so well brings back great memories of that now past name seen all over Great Britain,
Keep those old lorry videos coming.
As A boy I lived 3 miles from the Albion Works and regularly saw chassis and engines out for tests on the road with the driver wearing leather helmet and leather coat
Lovely truck nice to see them
Some really nice trucks with as you say beautiful sign writing. Many years ago I used to watch a man who would come down to my fathers workshop to sign write commercial vehicles and in those days you were required to have the name of the company secretary usually written on the fuel tank why I’m not sure but that’s where it ended up!
I like your picture shows. I'm always amazed by the difference in styling of UK trucks and trucks on the European Continent. Between let's day 1945 and 1980 the styling was totally different. Not to mention signwriting, virtually unknown on the Continent.
Interesting to see the Hovingham gravel truck early on. Dad drove for them out of their Quarry at Brandesburton near Hull when he started on trucks before setting up on his own with a Leyland Buffalo, must have been early '80's.
I still have a 1964 chieftain grain tipper.
Nice!
Brings back memories carting sugarbeet to Selby factory with my SuperReiver like the one at 5.25
Great video. I really like the commercial videos (as well as all your other videos) and was wondering if you could do a video on the Scammell Scarab trucks and their trailer hitch as I have never seen one in Australia.
Thanks for watching it, I don't have many photos of the Scarabs or the details of their hitch arrangements, but I may well end up doing a Scammell-only vid one day
@@oldclassiccarUK thanks, I will keep watching.
What a brilliant pre Christmas gift. Thoroughly enjoyed watching this.
Merry Christmas ⛄ 🎄
Glad you enjoyed it, Merry Christmas
Beautiful! Thank you!
We even had Albion trucks here in South Africa in the old days - probably in the 1950's or earlier.
Good stuff 👍👍👍 Definitely interested in old lorries. Keep them coming. My favourite the reiver mixer with the LAD cab...
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Your time must be spent photographing or videoing fabulous old lorries busses and cars, however I enjoy what you do.
Ha yes I spend a fair bit of time peering through my camera at things, this collection of photos spans the last 15+ years or so
In my schooldays in the early sixties we would often see Bulwark tankers going past the school before the A361 was re-routed to form the Frome by-pass, judging by the Wiltshire tags on the two examples shown they're the real deal to boot!
When the city of Glasgow were updating their Corporation buses to the modern style at the time,the wrap round windscreen and closing doors at the front made by Leyland the city refused the order after the first was delivered as there was no Albion parts on it. The orders was altered and the rest of order came with Albion Parts and Badge as well as thevLeyland one.
Great viseo, I love all old trucks in any shape and form. Can youn do a vid on Scammel?
I have queued up your vid about 3 wheelers to watch. this past weekend I was in Germany and saw a Renault car that looked like a single seater Smart car. Fortunately it was parked up so I took 2 photos, if you are interested? I also have a photo of a Citeon corrugated panel van I saw in Malta last year, I photoed it but it's not too good as I was on a bus when I passed it. It was parked up advertising a flower shop, I think.
My favourite is the Harrington bodied coach. They were always more stylish than other coach builders and must have been much more expensive and no doubt the fin helped enormously with the aerodynamics.
I’m sure I must have seen some Albion’s in some of your videos but really didn’t know they existed. Not many of them roaming around here America as far as I know!
JOHNNIE WALKER NAG - This was restored by the Late Frank McDougall of Galston, Ayrshire and lead the Kilmarnock workers march when Diaego announced the bottling plant was being transferred from Kilmarnock to Leven, Fife. Frank also restored the City of Glasgow Police Albion Black Maria which had spent it's latter days as a Fruit & Veg mobile shop around the Scottish town of Strathaven.
Excellent, thanks for the info
Albion isn't a brand I think of very often. It's a long time since I saw any on the road. The later Claymores look 10 years older than they are. Considering they would've been 10 years old in the mid 70's, I don't remember ever seeing one in the flesh. Quite a neat looking lorry.
My favourite though has to be the Ergo cab variant, the Super Reiver. It confused the hell out of me (and still does) that the same cab was used by Leyland, BMC, AEC and Albion. Obviously these companies were closely tied. Did the Albion variant use the excellent Leyland 0.680 engine or did they have their own powerplant?
It has to be the 1934 bus, what a beautiful design. I enjoyed seeing all of the collection though. I think I may be right in saying that the modern lorries (cabs) were used as fire engine or the basis of. Could be Leyland though? I know there were Dennis's built not far from where I lived, closedown now I think. Thanks for sharing this video. 👍
Dennis is still going in partnership with Alexanders Coach builders in Scotland.
@@dashcam26 Thanks for the information, that's good to know. The plant that closed was in the south of England and I knew someone who worked there. I have a vague recollection of him saying he could've moved elsewhere but he didn't want to go.👍
@9:30 you correct yourself about the truck not being a Claymore. "It's an Albion Can(?)." What's the difference? Please explain. And, is the truck @ 6:16 front wheel drive? It features very aggressive tyres as if it might be.
I'd have to research the differences between the Claymore and the Cairn, offhand I'm not sure.
Ampol Australia use run a lot of Albion and Scammel trucks. Armstrong power steering of cause, Organic air conditioning for the tropics. Drivers where Drivers not premadonas we have today.
Certainly driving those oldies was a different proposition to a modern equivalent, thanks for watching
Can anyone tell me the difference between a clansman and a cheiftan?👍
I think most of these Albions have been photographed south of the border.
That's correct, thanks for watching
Nice photos but without information on the engines and mechanicals used, and their evolution it, is a bit boring.
Thanks for watching, sorry the level of tech info wasn't sufficient