As a teenager I worked for my uncle who had 6 butchers shops ,he had a Thames Trader to deliver to his shops.
@johnmcqueen31596 жыл бұрын
I used to drive Thames Traders at the start of my driving career,they were a really great British motor. Its good to see them again.
@darrylkennedy22368 жыл бұрын
My uncle here in New Zealand had one of these in the early 1960s.I remember riding in it from paraparaumu to Wellington and helping him deliver furniture when I was about 7 or 8yrs old.All I really remember is it was very noisy and bumpy.In my 20s I traveled to the UK on my big OE and stayed for eight and a half years. in 1977 I started driving for a company called Brain Haulage. The head office and workshop was in Braintree in Essex and they had a small London depot in Canning Town .I drove for them for almost 4yrs starting in a Volvo F 88 and finally a Volvo F10.Drove allover England and then was put on continental runs. The roads in this video were so empty but it was 20yrs between this video and when I was driving them.Trucking in the UK and Europe was so different then compared to today. The border crossings could be a pain but there was no trouble with refugees as in Calais today. I like watching these videos as they bring back good memories at least the one's from the mid 1970s onwards and the older ones show how far the transport industry has come and the development of trucks.
@rooftopjump11 жыл бұрын
Louis and Sid were driving like nutters on some of those stretches. Wonderful film.
@theonlybuzz19693 жыл бұрын
The Thames Trader Cab does really remind me of the Mercedes Unimog, great film...
@gordongonegolfing71295 жыл бұрын
Lovely to see, the trader was brilliant at the time once you got the hang of climbing in and out of the cab. Thanks 👏👏👍
@fredgrove42205 жыл бұрын
My dad was a transport contractor, and he was a Ford man through and through. he had 17 traders, both the bull nose ( like the one in this video ) and the bonneted. He also had one of the very first D series, it has a Perkins V8, with a chrome bumper. I learned to drive in a Trader.
@eugenegilleno93442 жыл бұрын
A Thames Trader was the first commercial that I ever drove, for Mother’s Pride, on an ordinary driving license, but I passed my Commercial Class 2 in a Ford D series. 😜👍🏼.....no power steering then !
@anguscopland1485 жыл бұрын
My Dad had 2 x 6-wheeler and 4 x 4wheeler tipper trucks in the 60's and 70's. Hardy machines.
@stevedoubleu99B7 жыл бұрын
When I was in primary school in the sixties, we had a soft spot for the old (new then) Trader. Ahh those were the Spangel-eating days!
@Golo19494 жыл бұрын
You will have to explain to the youth what spangles were.Ha Ha
@earlwilliams73A774 жыл бұрын
@@Golo1949 That's true. Spangles , hobo and bazooka.. Golden old days. Also I explained to them We're robbed 140 pence; it was 240 pence to the £ in those days. My school dinner money for the week was ; Seven & Six = 035.5 pence these days. ( Smile)
@COIcultist4 жыл бұрын
@@earlwilliams73A77 1 shilling = 5p Sixpence =2 1/2p so Seven & Six is 37.5p
@earlwilliams73A774 жыл бұрын
@@COIcultist Thanks for the correction... Now I'm short change my self by 00.02p.... It's nought to do with age.
@Jefferson1969-u4s4 жыл бұрын
Earl Williams 7/6 exactly up in Manchester where I came from. I used to take it to school in a little brown envelope and give it to my class teacher on arrival at school.
@alanhaydock55837 жыл бұрын
Never seen a Thames Trader driven like a rally car before!!
@vijayjagannath28704 жыл бұрын
Very pleasing to view.. Had many miles of ride in old fords
@davidcrawford53048 жыл бұрын
traders were great with 2 speed ceaton back axle . 65 on the old a 6 ,17 yhears old and loved it great trucks
@tonytrivinogavilan6903 Жыл бұрын
El camión que sonríe. Irrepetible.🙂♥️
@josephp50583 жыл бұрын
London to Paris in under 24 hr - those were the days - the windscreen wipers on a Trader were quicker than the engine, old Ford Lorry driver motto “wouldn’t pull a greasy man out of bed”
@nickwillobey22052 жыл бұрын
Thames Trader to France??..very brave!
@mowbray999 жыл бұрын
i used to drive a thames trader in the 1960`s it was never as clean as that one.Driving down the A1 near Doncaster I looked athe speedo and I was doing 70mph not bad no speed limitters in those days
@JimmersThomas11 жыл бұрын
My grandfather bought 3 Traders new in about 1960 - 2 tippers and a flatbed. One of the tippers got caught in the tide at Marazion I think but the other 2 lasted years
@bob-ut3go8 жыл бұрын
My first lorry was a Thames Trader............1967.
@rubblejohnstone44605 жыл бұрын
I say Mr Cholmondeley-Warner, spirited driving od boy!
@richardmartin88514 жыл бұрын
FORD TRADER at its finest i remember trying to get around in spitalfields covent garden etc with no power steering lol
@stevetew196912 жыл бұрын
A wonderful reminder of how it was, no Sat-navs, Trackers, or even a mobile phone. How did we survive ? (very well thank you !)
@kenh3344 Жыл бұрын
Used to drive one in the 1960s but did not like the gear lever where it was situated. But then that's life.
@jandupreez56455 жыл бұрын
Good old memories ty
@Cerebrum724 жыл бұрын
good old days
@ahmednaim10175 ай бұрын
I love this truck 😅
@michaelwest78745 жыл бұрын
Driving through those little French villages wouldn’t mind doing that
@denysmith94694 жыл бұрын
Oh hell Louie and Sid you got a load of swinging beef on how bout slowly on the corners
@flipper23922 жыл бұрын
Not the best load to carry.
@alistairkewish6512 ай бұрын
This is an excellent scheme but if the ferry service is suspended,what then?
@harrygato25825 жыл бұрын
A version of this film will be made around 2045 when trade is reestablished with the continent.
@chrysostomgunaseelan39074 жыл бұрын
This episode in the 1950's occurred at a time when Britain was not in the EU: NOTE THE CUSTOMS FORMALITIES. Clearly, this film is appropriate for post -Brexit trade of the current times. Business as usual.
@harrygato25827 ай бұрын
@@chrysostomgunaseelan3907This reply aged like milk.
@jaimecastro13424 жыл бұрын
This trucks were very popular in my country El Salvador..
@richardemms30506 жыл бұрын
It did look a bit lop sided in France. Did they set the suspension to fit the camber?
@frankthomas42539 жыл бұрын
back in 1967, playing at the wheel of my next door neighbours Thames trader, c.w.s. Liverpool pretending I was a night driver as it went dark....!!!!
@brianmarshall16374 ай бұрын
They made a good topper truck to.
@peterkiondo455912 жыл бұрын
History. A wonderful video shot long ago. I have the same vehicle running in Uganda. Iam going to send a fresher movie on this site
@turkcan042 Жыл бұрын
Adamın Yarısı Hep Dışarda, Hapı hiç Kapanmaz. Ama O bir klasik.
@honda40044 жыл бұрын
got a thames trader engine 590e vacuum air throttle for sale at bolsover
@tonyj16824 жыл бұрын
When I was 9years old I would go to work with my dad and go for rides with the drivers in their Thames traders owned by f Bowles and sons sand and gravel in Cardiff I am now 68 years young
@johnrooney17494 жыл бұрын
Loved these fords I was a van lad 1969 railway NCL traders watson st Manchester. JohnRooney
@bulldogbarks5512 жыл бұрын
The grille resembles the 1953 USA Ford trucks. Were these cab-over-engine trucks? The short hood (bonnet) resembles what we call in the USA a "snub-nose" in that the entire drivers cab is hinged at the front and opens by releasing a rear latch that allowed full access to the engine compartment. It was a breeze to work on those in the USA. In the USA the F-600 with an OHV V-8 was the most-popular size for medium-light heavy hauling. Was the British 6D the approximate equivalent?
@anguscopland1485 жыл бұрын
I'd say that most cars and trucks in the 60's, made in Britain, whether Ford, or Vauxhall/Bedford (General Motors), tried to copy their American counterparts.
@tedvicarri61535 жыл бұрын
What....no headlight deflectors for driving in France!
@lfewell21615 жыл бұрын
Your right. I have a set of these, looking at them now, a 7inch yellow lucas with three metal clips affixed with elastic, with the words "converter unit" upon, purchased by my father for a trip through France in 1965, used several times on a few different vehicles until 1987, different headlight types after then so a bit of insulation tape cut to shape did the job.
@glurbpot13 жыл бұрын
I worked on Traders as an apprentice. Not the nicest truck to service, especially trying to replace an injector pump. Bloody uncomfortable hanging in the doorway. I hope the Trader they took to Paris was a 6D otherwise they would have had sore ears by the time they got there. The 4D was only about 52hp. Little sound or heat insulation and if they were lucky; it might have had a heater too!!
@Darwinion13 жыл бұрын
I'm just surprised the ports weren't blockaded at the prospect at all that British beef entering their country. And at 4:03 it looks like he's drifting that Trader!
@stevewilson63905 жыл бұрын
It did didn't it .
@johno45218 жыл бұрын
The Trader is 'insulated' (but not refrigerated?)
@archibaldchimpin5 жыл бұрын
I worked at a ford dealers when the new d, series took over from the trader, blimey where’s the time gone?
@trafalgarssn3 ай бұрын
The way that old truck was being driven no way was it hauling hanging beef or anything else for that matter
@68modelpete106 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing they had to stop and retrieve the seat covers from their arse after the 4 min mark 😀
@rockingphil5810 жыл бұрын
My dad had two traders from new when he was driving for Crosfields hauling animal feeds then they gave him a new D800 in 66 and then he had 3 D 1000s one in 69 one in 71 one in 72 his last new wagon was Volvo F 7 bulk tipper in 85 he died in 2001 when he was 76 .
@Darwinion12 жыл бұрын
LOL it looks like it's almost drifting at 6:42 hahaha
@trevortaylor7702 Жыл бұрын
It takes two to drive a 12 ton truck only in Britain
@pagantruckie12 жыл бұрын
Damn starting to feel old
@gaffurbukhory9953 жыл бұрын
Top lorry from mauritius
@mickyboy2234 жыл бұрын
Ah the Free Trade area of Europe!
@postscript674 жыл бұрын
Amusingly edited to give prominence to the Ford vehicles leaving the ship and stop anyone getting a good look at the Morrises!
@donaldbartram63155 жыл бұрын
That grille was definitely FORD looking
@farhanpratama02853 жыл бұрын
Truk yang pernah merajai jalanan Indonesia sebelum Mercy L Series Bagong dan Mitsubishi Fuso Goprak.
@billswain11 жыл бұрын
my dad had two of these when I was a kid a single wheeler and twin wheeler which he bought of of fosse joinery freeman road nth hykeham Lincoln England
@paullacey29992 жыл бұрын
Couldnt happen nowadays......Europe is doing fine without us.....
@YouAreSpotOnWithThat10 жыл бұрын
Les Halles 4:51 On n'est dites pas le s ... The S is silent. (both of them) !
@Khayyam-vg9fw9 жыл бұрын
+YouAreSpotOnWithThat Quite right! I would have pointed that out if you hadn't. It's a common (if understandable) mistake.
@soedartoliem29544 жыл бұрын
Bahas juga dong truk GORKHA TAHUN +/-- 1944-1948
@bulldogbarks5512 жыл бұрын
No biggie. Hey, it was 1958 after all. You had to be there. The '50s were great here in the USA.
@richardemms30506 жыл бұрын
All that faffing around at customs just to send some meat to Paris. Dead easy now due to the EU and France finally stopping their block on British beef. I think they had it easier in those days in that driving a van to Paris was considered a cutting edge idea.
@eugenenoonan18862 жыл бұрын
Brexit.
@WAYNE197710013 жыл бұрын
I would love to drive that truck to paris.
@davidzammit55069 жыл бұрын
Home pried bakery 1970 Transport ford d series
@airaction22575 жыл бұрын
Some of that driving looked a bit dodgy.
@petemullen8423 жыл бұрын
Being a. X. Trucker of that time that particular wagon Thames trader was one of the worst wagons on the road, none of the drivers I knew like those wagons big clumsy things.
@mr.polemikus493310 жыл бұрын
ok, a truck can be powerful, cheap in fuel consumption & maintenance, high payload, not a design masterpiece like a GT car, but there some difference between "adequate design" and "ugly & awkward design".
@cilahmet11 жыл бұрын
babamın ilk arabası damperli thames
@CosgroveNotts4 жыл бұрын
Obviously not many driven one lol
@matthewharding10644 жыл бұрын
You can't beat a bit of bully............here's what you could of won!
@hikmetakcay611811 жыл бұрын
Babamın ilk. Arabası . Fordun. Babası Thames trader yol ver birader 63 model
@tangerinedream7211 Жыл бұрын
And with brexit theres all the customs and passport checks again, takes forever at Dover and Calais again.thanks brexiteers.
@kurtmu-b7w5 жыл бұрын
There was life before the EU 👍
@folksinger21004 жыл бұрын
Yes just hard, inconvenient and bags of paperwork.
@elizabethrowlands94194 жыл бұрын
how british !
@williamredfern55045 жыл бұрын
MY CATS PREFER PLAIN CRISPS TO FLAVOURED ONES
@eugenenoonan18862 жыл бұрын
Ah...so this is Brexit.
@darrylkennedy22368 жыл бұрын
My uncle here in New Zealand had one of these in the early 1960s.I remember riding in it from paraparaumu to Wellington and helping him deliver furniture when I was about 7 or 8yrs old.All I really remember is it was very noisy and bumpy.In my 20s I traveled to the UK on my big OE and stayed for eight and a half years. in 1977 I started driving for a company called Brain Haulage. The head office and workshop was in Braintree in Essex and they had a small London depot in Canning Town .I drove for them for almost 4yrs starting in a Volvo F 88 and finally a Volvo F10.Drove allover England and then was put on continental runs. The roads in this video were so empty but it was 20yrs between this video and when I was driving them.Trucking in the UK and Europe was so different then compared to today. The border crossings could be a pain but there was no trouble with refugees as in Calais today. I like watching these videos as they bring back good memories at least the one's from the mid 1970s onwards and the older ones show how far the transport industry has come and the development of trucks.
@darrylkennedy22368 жыл бұрын
My uncle here in New Zealand had one of these in the early 1960s.I remember riding in it from paraparaumu to Wellington and helping him deliver furniture when I was about 7 or 8yrs old.All I really remember is it was very noisy and bumpy.In my 20s I traveled to the UK on my big OE and stayed for eight and a half years. in 1977 I started driving for a company called Brain Haulage. The head office and workshop was in Braintree in Essex and they had a small London depot in Canning Town .I drove for them for almost 4yrs starting in a Volvo F 88 and finally a Volvo F10.Drove allover England and then was put on continental runs. The roads in this video were so empty but it was 20yrs between this video and when I was driving them.Trucking in the UK and Europe was so different then compared to today. The border crossings could be a pain but there was no trouble with refugees as in Calais today. I like watching these videos as they bring back good memories at least the one's from the mid 1970s onwards and the older ones show how far the transport industry has come and the development of trucks.