Although his old Motor Transport photo doesn’t have a date on the back, those headlight black-out covers immediately date it to some time during the WWII. Note also those white wheel arches, which were painted this colour in order to maximise its visibility to other light-starved motorists.
We are looking at an Albion, which according to the number plate, was registered in 1938. It’s being operated by Frank Pickard Haulage & Removals of Leeds – and it doesn’t take a genius to work out which of these two men is Frank. Look at the state of the driver’s overalls – do you think they have ever been washed. He certainly wouldn’t get a job at Eddie Stobarts would he?