Borderer back end--complete with steel-sprung back axle...comfy!.
I ove the door panel embossed with the 'Big A' what was it made of..wood, metal..Bakelite?...
If this was still going in 2005 it must have been well looked after Bob...
The only thing missing is an altimeter...
True sleeper cab! Note the old-style tacho bolted on the end of the dash!
Full exterior 'Long Distance' exterior locker package--including special strap to tie your sheets to the spare wheel.
Still you can't knock it..
The man behind the wheel--that seat's never the original one surely? It's got an arm-rest!
And next to another one that we'll never see again...anyway before I get too depressed Bobby says: "I'm not telling you any more Brian so you - and your readers - will have to pick up a copy of T&D to get this great story. Cheers Bob." it's a give BT!
i am sure i once read in t+d that this atki was running to italy regularly.i know for a fact that it's now owned by dick robinson from sandy bedfordshire as i went to ireland with him along with several others in june 2007.
Brian, the Atkis that I used to drive at Mobil in the 60s (before the Borderer) had 2 armrests for the driver's seat, this was the first time I had ever seen armrests on a truck seat. We all thought that it was absolute luxury to be able to sit there with both arms on the armrests!
wow! what a beast of a borderer!dick robinson from robinsons transport sandy beds.owns this truck now and has done for about three years.
The door trim panel is plastic - ABS, I think. I think it was John's other Borderer, KED 505P that had been used on at least one run to Italy.
Proper lorries!!
One to look forward to Bob, Did "your" Mk2 Atkis have springs outside the chassis? One of key advantages of the original chassis design for Aussie operators was that it made access to the big engines easier.