Growing up in the 70,s

[TOMO 29,612]

3 minutes ago, WILF said:

Funny, my D series Tipper did the same ! lol 

Funny ain't it ...some motors I recon are just lucky....or possibly they don't look like any kind of threat to plod....me and me mate chipped in together and bought a Bedford rascal pick up.....remember the little sooty and Sweep van....we were out all time poaching in that little thing driving about all hours....it didn't even have an old tax disc in the corner....not MOT...no insurance...never ever got stopped in....

 

[WILF 51,671]

9 minutes ago, TOMO said:

Funny ain't it ...some motors I recon are just lucky....or possibly they don't look like any kind of threat to plod....me and me mate chipped in together and bought a Bedford rascal pick up.....remember the little sooty and Sweep van....we were out all time poaching in that little thing driving about all hours....it didn't even have an old tax disc in the corner....not MOT...no insurance...never ever got stopped in....

 

My tipper wasn’t exactly inconspicuous! lol 

This is obviously not the actual motor but it was exactly like this !……a 17 year old behind the wheel, plodding round Essex over loaded to f**k….what could possibly go wrong ! lol 

[truegrit 118]

Lovely old trucks me granddad had them loaded with scarp metal rags the lot plus me grandad always getting the  tank dipped

[Qbgrey 4,399]

11 hours ago, WILF said:

My tipper wasn’t exactly inconspicuous! lol 

This is obviously not the actual motor but it was exactly like this !……a 17 year old behind the wheel, plodding round Essex over loaded to f**k….what could possibly go wrong ! lol 

Nice wagon , I had a recovery one of those . Solid ole wagons

[pesky1972 5,740]

Born ‘72 so limited memories of the 70’s, but a really early memory is my old fella had this ancient works van with a crank handle. He was chuffed to bits when they gave him a green Morris van. 
My transport, apart from the hand built go-karts or ‘bogeys’ as we called them, I had the obligatory Raleigh bikes. First was a Boxer, then my brother’s old Commando (which got nicked) and lastly a Grifter. Last two had the three-speed gear hub, notorious for slipping in 2nd. Lost count of how many times the pedals would spin from under me as the little yellow flag on the twist grip told me I’d gone from 1st/3rd ‘nearly’ into 2nd before landing on the crossbar bollocks first.

 

[WILF 51,671]

1 hour ago, pesky1972 said:

Born ‘72 so limited memories of the 70’s, but a really early memory is my old fella had this ancient works van with a crank handle. He was chuffed to bits when they gave him a green Morris van. 
My transport, apart from the hand built go-karts or ‘bogeys’ as we called them, I had the obligatory Raleigh bikes. First was a Boxer, then my brother’s old Commando (which got nicked) and lastly a Grifter. Last two had the three-speed gear hub, notorious for slipping in 2nd. Lost count of how many times the pedals would spin from under me as the little yellow flag on the twist grip told me I’d gone from 1st/3rd ‘nearly’ into 2nd before landing on the crossbar bollocks first.

 

There used to be a tidy BMX shop on the road between Lee Green and Lewisham in south London, we would all sit outside looking at all the bikes…..they sold all the tidy ones like PK Rippers and all the accessory’s like Renthal bars and all that caper.

My cousin had a PK Ripper and that was what the gang of coons tried to mug us for on Blackheath at knifepoint !………what a magical childhood ! lol 

[WILF 51,671]

2 hours ago, Qbgrey said:

Nice wagon , I had a recovery one of those . Solid ole wagons

Don’t know about you mate, but I’d be stiff as a board after driving it all day….no power steering, seats like a crate ! lol 

[pesky1972 5,740]

26 minutes ago, WILF said:

There used to be a tidy BMX shop on the road between Lee Green and Lewisham in south London, we would all sit outside looking at all the bikes…..they sold all the tidy ones like PK Rippers and all the accessory’s like Renthal bars and all that caper.

My cousin had a PK Ripper and that was what the gang of coons tried to mug us for on Blackheath at knifepoint !………what a magical childhood ! lol 

Graduated to a BMX after my Grifter. Cheap one for Christmas from Marshall Ward catalogue if I remember…, and not like the more expensive burners or mongooses some of the other kids had. I remember the following year scraping money together to strip it down and going to buy all new parts for it. CW bars with mushroom grips, mx 2 finger brake levers with new cables and calipers, new saddle with a lay back post, white skyway wheels,  beartrap pedals (still have the scars on my shins) foot pegs front and back and new black/silver chequered pads. It looked the absolute fcuking business (at least to me) and certainly not another one like it. I might have been 12 or 13 and did everything myself…, only time I’d ask for help from my old fella would be if a nut was on too tight for my puny wee hands/arms to shift.

Great memories…, and I did literally have to fight to keep it a couple of times, and once went mob-handed to retrieve it from a neighbouring (rival) estate after it got pinched. 

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[fireman 11,550]

15 hours ago, WILF said:

Funny, my D series Tipper did the same ! lol 

Mine was a flat bed and on a MOT exempt showmans tax disc blag, the rest of the legalities were the same as yours funnily enough..

[Greyman 32,774]

3 hours ago, WILF said:

Don’t know about you mate, but I’d be stiff as a board after driving it all day….no power steering, seats like a crate ! lol 

I used to drive an old D series from avonmouth to London and back when I was 15 to noisy for a radio and about 50 mph on the motorway lol  

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