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Remember this? The Foden Twin-Load. Does such a beast still exist today? Meanwhile, John 'Kite Marque' Ormandy has very kindly responded to a nudge from Biglorryblog for some classic Foden ephemara and he's replied by sending me this memory from 1965...Foden's very own wagon and drag...offering 2 x 16ft 2in load platforms. I seem to recall another Foden fan raving about how this was one of the most important trucks of the 20th Century Now click through here for more....
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John adds: "Brian, there'll be more of my own Foden pics from 1970 onwards soon, when I'm a bit more organised in Spain. (Be very afraid!) Meanwhile, remember these? Best wishes John O."
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Great stuff John...and I wonder what the drag coefficient was of the above cab?!
Hi BLB:
That Foden Twin-Load is the closest thing to a B-Train in Blighty I've ever seen, non?
I know of one Twin Load still in existence in the UK but am sworn to secrecy - until it's finally restored. It should be a cracking example of this odd ball concept.
Great pictures from John.As a young apprentice fitter at the old Foden service depot at Cowplain Nr Portsmouth regular callers were Harvy,s Bristol Cream Sherry who were running "Twin Load" tankers with Mk7 turbocharged 2 strokes and 12 speed Foden gearboxs (way ahead of their time) between Portugal, France & Bristol through Shoreham or Dover bringing in wine to turn into sherry.The screwdrivers and buckets were soon brought out,it's amazing how many buckets you could fill from the disghage hoses and pipework,went down well with the pies
Froggy, what were you thinking? A B-train has two trailers. Remember? What the Twin Load MIGHT be confused with is a drom or load-carring tractor unit although of course it was not designed as such.
The MOD operated some Foden 8x4 tractor units (not sure if they were S90s or 108s) which operated with very large curtainside trailers. As to what they carried it is probably better not to go there.
Yes Martin, you're right on (being Canadian I know what a B-Train is). I was being facetious, mocking the Brit government's refusal to even experiment with 2 trailers.
Just noticed the reverse slope windscreen cab (can't remember the S number), there was also a half cab version with a different S number which looked even more strange. I gather they didn't catch on because of weird internal reflections in the screen and Kaye Goodfellow drivers called their's something like 'Foden ice cream vans'.
Dave, re the reverse slope windscreen cabs.
The half-cab model was called an S50 and the full-cab was called either an S60 if it was made of steel or an S70 if it was made of fibreglass.