old bus

[puntogtbax]

iv got this job in when the weather is good
goin to be a big job

[Saloony]

Want to elaberate on that?

[puntogtbax]

http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx76/puntogtbax/f1c58d03.jpg

http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx76/puntogtbax/30ce6bdc.jpg

its getting fully shot blasted then on from there

http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx76/puntogtbax/e98da560.jpg

http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx76/puntogtbax/01b420c5.jpg

[Saloony]

lol nice... hammerite? lol

[Mike]

Bedford RL?

Edit: AEC Matador - That things PROPERLY old!!!

[Bubba]

nato green it !

[puntogtbax]

the guy who owns this has got armoured cars n tanks just as toys lol

the guy wants it tan with camo effect
and sorry not sure on the make

[Angus Closier]

Looks good! I love trucks like that! wouldnt mind one a project but can imagine they swallow money more than a nova!

[Stuart]

needs lowering, put an XE in there, paint it something like silk violet lol

[Mike]

the guy wants it tan with camo effect
and sorry not sure on the make

Its an AEC Matador from the 40's or 50's according to my old man (used to drive these an Bedford RL Radio Trucks)

[puntogtbax]

thats wot it is i remember him saying its meant to be a 10 or 12 litre
only does 30 flat out tho
saying that it will do 30mph over anything lol

[floydy13]

what a weapon!

[Danny s-p]

am i right that the engine is next to the drivers seat in that pic

[boyle_46]

looks a fair lump of a project , is there much missing from it ? .

[Jack]

Luxembourg called, they want their army back lol

[puntogtbax]

its all there mate he driven it back as it is it doesnt even need an mot because its an historic truck dont know how true this is
and yes the engine is at the side of the driver

[Bubba]

needs lowering, put an XE in there, paint it something like silk violet lol

and a set and a half of speedlines lol

[puntogtbax]

with the gearing on wheels that small it probably wouldnt even do walking speed lol

[Danny s-p]

yes it don't need a mot or tax we have wot my boss calls it a paddy pusher was a armer d truck to scare of peeps in Ireland when all the **** hit the fan all them years ago. me and my work mates call it the pig all try and get a pic

[boyle_46]

looks in fair shape for its age , built circa 1940 wouldnt like to know how many miles to the gallon lol

[puntogtbax]

looks in fair shape for its age , built circa 1940 wouldnt like to know how many miles to the gallon lol
I know it doesn't do slot to the galoon maybe even gallon to the mile lol
it is in full working order and is very solid it's just got surface rust and flakey paint

[burgo]

i know a bloke with an old truck that does 3 gallons to the mile lol

[brainsnova]

my mate had a vw camper that done a mile on a full tank cause the tank leaked like a sive lol

[Derick-Sport]

thats is cool as feck!

[puntogtbax]

im actually looking forward to do it

[dj_wudgey]

im sure they have one of those at eden camp in north yorks! Its a ww2 exhibition place btw!

[16v Nova Kev]

sand or shot blaster required i think.

[dj_wudgey]

id be thinking the same easiest way imo!

[Hobbit]

Very cool, I want one.

[L14MNP]

Awesome truck mate. Check out a programme on presented by Marke Evans, called Wreck Rescue on Discovery. he oversees resto projects taken on by other people. One was a Matador that was dragged out of a forest and restored to be used as a wedding car. :)

Just the cab (wooden frame) took the father a good few months to repair/replicate! lol

[blue_peg_16v]

isnt the cab wood framed on them

scratch that looked at the pics proply lol

was thinking about that restotation program with the bloke of a bike is born etc the rebuilt one but must of been older as the cab was a timber frame

[Hobbit]

this is the wreck rescue one that had a timber framed cab

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p72/wiggardywoo/wreck_rescue_4.jpg

looked awesome when it was finished

[Sloth]

a mate of mines dad runs a haulage firm, and they have still got their 1952 scammell "coffeepot" wrecker. it does 3 miles to the gallon if your gentle with it!!!

[L14MNP]

Scammell FTW. I always think of those mad 3 wheeled things when I hear that name.

IIRC on Wreck Rescue Mark drove a Matador that some pikey still used for hsi fairground. lol

When the gyppos tip up here once a year it's Fodens and BMC's everywhere. lol

[Mike]

When the gyppos tip up here once a year it's Fodens and BMC's everywhere. lol

LOL same here!

[mowgli]

there is a showmens village near us & up the back of the yard, they have got some amazing old stuff, all erf's, scammells & fodens... only the younger generation lads have a foreign truck.. we know them well, & advised them to try a scania & they couldn't believe how crap the old stuff was compared to it... they still airbrushed the sides to look like wood though

[puntogtbax]

Awesome truck mate. Check out a programme on presented by Marke Evans, called Wreck Rescue on Discovery. he oversees resto projects taken on by other people. One was a Matador that was dragged out of a forest and restored to be used as a wedding car. :)

Just the cab (wooden frame) took the father a good few months to repair/replicate! lol
i seen it mate

[puntogtbax]

everything on it is getting shot blasted might even do a project thread lol
maybe not tho

[muzzy]

I would definitely like to see a project thread when you start on it!

[puntogtbax]

ok mate will do its goin to be a big old job

[muzzy]

I love projects like that, although when I was working on HGV's I didn't find it as enjoyable lol

[puntogtbax]

i hope to get my nova finished first to make some room for it in my workshop

[puntogtbax]

got it in primer now n found out its a matador its a militent coz its a 6 wheeler
ill put pics on when i find them

[dj_wudgey]

ha ha allready get pictures off it up mate!!