Foden lorries of the 1920s - 1970s | Classic Fodens in preservation

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Hi, thanks for watching, a full list of the videos on the channel is here: kzbin.infovideos Channel homepage: kzbin.info/door/KaTg9fPUvmUQi94FcnDbrg

[@stefantrnacek1394]

I really love the cabs on the old Fodens.

[@knifetrain3118]

Yes please more videos like this! Wonderful old trucks.

[@suzannedonaldson7497]

i worked at Fodens in elworth sandbach most departments 1963/ 1964, amazing factory, very innovative and amazing staff,such fond memories, had a ball , , so sad to see these companies disappear, i worked on many foden trucks and overhauled both the 6 cylinder and 12 cylinder engines on return to New Zealand, Bruce Donaldson

[@markwilliams4258]

Another good documentary on classic trucks thank you.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks for watching!

[@alltransman5033]

My memory of the foden was sitting in a cafe, under the met line rail bridge at Kilburn, and a greenham concrete mixer two stroke pulling away from the traffic lights, the howl from that engine echoing under the bridge was fantastic

[@1quickstep]

I was brought up on Fodens in the 50s and 60s so these are great to see. I had an 8 wheeler that would only do 28 m. p. h. And I travelled al over the U.K. in it. Thank you. Cheers from Scotland 🥃.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks for supporting the channel Mac

[@craigsibley8161]

👍👍👍 Nice collection of fodens 👍👍👍

[@quietman2672]

21.30. That's my dad's lorry, he drove for Kendricks Walsall. I used to go with him In the school holidays. He picked up coal from the collieries in Cannock and delivered to either Rugeley or Walsall power stations. 5am start but I loved it. There was a fleet of 4 or 5 doing it all day. They could do about 8-9 runs depending on the pick up and the destination, Rugeley being a lot closer than Walsall power station. When I got home at night I was always covered in coal dust, dunno why, I never got out of the cab. Late 60s,I was 9-10 years old. Happy days. Thanks for this, she still looks superb. DH is the Walsall registration btw. 👍

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Wow thanks for posting that background history, great stuff

[@funlifebananas1061]

Another great collection of trucks.It’s very interesting to see the cab design evolve from the austere designs from before and during the war gradually getting more stylish during the fifties.The Mickey Mouse cabs are very ornate and quite beautiful before cab design getting more restrained during the seventies and eighties.You’d never mistake them for any other brand.

[@stephenricketts7764]

All of those are very nice, the S20 & S21 series have to be my favourite. Loved the Tate & Lyle truck, excellent! I also loved the half cab buses. Thanks for sharing this collection. 👍👍

[@colinsdiecast164customs]

Hello, I collect diecast vehicles and I have been on the old site where they built Fodens, just before they built a housing estate, older vehicles fascinate me, especially American ones, but I do like the older British stuff, the Thames trader being my Favourite, I did not know that they were made by Ford until I just Googled it. I do have lots of Corgi trucks, but Heavy Plant and trucks fetch some serious money, so I have lots more cars than trucks. You cant beat the older Dinky and Corgi for their durability and design, if your canny, they can be picked up at low prices. I can no longer work do to ill health, but I was a driver for AVIS, so I have driven nearly every type of car and many vans and trucks in my working life. I will watch lots of your videos and try to pick up some info, I know the truck stop well, where you filmed the Cheshire run.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Hi, glad you found the channel, I've just uploaded another lorry vid made at that truck stop.

[@funlifebananas1061]

I like how the windscreen shape is almost determined by the sweep of the wipers.

[@ivanolsen8596]

Please do some on ERF, Leyland and Commer, I drove these trucks back in the day, Commer Knocker, Leyland Hippo and Foden and ERF with Gardners.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Hi, you're in luck, here's the Commer one I did recently: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKeuiqath9-Ho9E Thanks for watching

[@tonyhawkridge9201]

Hi, very enjoyable, l have owned and driven Fodens for years and l won’t hear a bad word said about them ! ODH990E was in one of the line ups that we saw early on in the video, it is an S21 6x4 tractor unit with the 220 Cummins engine and 12 speed box plus the twist down hubs for moving heavy loads. When it was up for sale a few years ago prior to it being beautifully restored it was test driven by me for a friend who was looking to purchase it. I think it was originally owned by Shellabar Price from the Birmingham area. Great video, regards Tony Hawkridge.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Interesting stuff, thanks for watching Tony

[@raychambers3646]

Love the photos and the music ( a bit project binky ) .

[@1KJRoberts]

I'm smitten with the Foden lorries. We never got them in America. This is truck porn at it's finest. Thanks for the pictures.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Thanks for watching!

[@davidbarnsley8486]

How can you pick one favourite I like them all Round cabs bright colours and lots of chrome 😍😍👍👍

[@debby541]

love these great trucks

[@lenniecapuano521]

started lorry driving when i left the army in 67 these lorries were before my years brill videos

[@neilwilliams6716]

I'd be very interested to see other videos featuring makes such as ERF, Leyland etc.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Yep I'll see what I can put together :-) thanks for watching

[@RayRowsell]

@ 18.14 - YTP 753 This was one of the first trucks I ever "drove" aged 17/18 on private land. It was originally purchased by Brickwoods Brewery in Portsmouth. Back in the day it had an enclosed body comprising slatted wooden sides and rear with a number of doors to enable off loading to public houses. I believe the design was by a local Portsmouth body builder. It was one of 3 or 4 very similar Fodens, including YTP 265, in a fleet of mainly BMC 7 tonners

[@torstenthiele770]

The best proot of this is MAN, to this day.

[@torstenthiele770]

For you in England, design and optics still played a role, whish was no longer an issue in the 80s, for us in Gemany it was no longer an issue in the 60s, the only think that counted was how far the car went Came on a full tank of fuel until the 90s changed when the eye was on the move again.

[@eliotheasman5378]

Hi brilliant 👏

[@andrewsnoozy]

Like the older Foden's. Some had two stroke diesels.

[@jonathangriffin1120]

Those 'oily rag' trucks make me want to paraphrase Dolly Parton - 'It takes a lotta hard work to look this neglected',

[@FAS1948]

I quite liked Fodens, although the 2-stroke made my ears ring.

[@keithwelton]

My late Mother who grew up living in Congleton road, Butt Lane told me The lorries with no cabs, just the chassis, used to be driven past their house to wherever they were fitted with cabs. The driver just had a temporary seat in the wind and rain whilst delivering them. Not sure if that was ERF or Foden though.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Made of tough stuff in those days weren't they!

[@martinstewart5205]

Back to a time when you would drink 3to 4 pints with your lunch and do another six hours behind the wheel 😂 I never drove a Foden I had a couple of ERF’s Cummins power 👍

[@TheCelticlion]

The Rolls Royce diesel engine, I think the Eagle if that is what it is, is a Foden engine they sold the rights to Rolls Royce, but parts were still made by Fodens. First job I had in the factory was making the cylinder head castings.

[@kaywalker4433]

full of character these old lorries, i find the lorries and cars of today have none,

[@PIasmaZombie]

i like that one @ 0:39, a 1961 Foden S21 if i understood right. i like those big housings for the lights, like a cute babyface, those big cheeks c: . That grill and the lines beside are in somehow expressive stylish, a distinct look on its own, i like that. even the that tread on the rear tires as seen suits to it, same that two tone red black color pattern, with some chrome to it. how reliable would these be for daily use? i think of having a long version of that truck made to a motorhome to travel with it to places, an all electric conversion with solar panels on the roof.

[@TheCelticlion]

Used to build them

[@eliotheasman5378]

Recovery trucks

[@evanhernandez5069]

Are the Horrid Lorries bases in this

[@oldclassiccarUK]

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[@evanhernandez5069]

@@oldclassiccarUK Their Thomas Characters

[@walterchadwick7195]

Drove a 1936 foden six wheel single drive reg RJ1333 need to find model typ

[@jenniferbroad9633]

My Husband worked at fodens at sandbach and drove WMA350M 1974 Cummins enginedS80 artic has anyone got a photo of it please .

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Hi if you search Google images for that registration (put it in double quotes, with a space in it, ie "WMA 350M") you'll see a few photos come up of it on various image hosting websites.

[@MattJarvis78]

They are trucks!!!!!

[@oldclassiccarUK]

And lorries!

[@the_discovery_channel]

Could i suggest that you don't need to read out every number plate. I assume that anybody watching a slide show will be sighted, and therefore able to read them themselves if that is what interests them. For me it is just irritating.