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AWD TL 17-ton gross tipper, produced after the 1987 David JB Brown takeover of Bedford. AWD survived for only five years

HISTORY MASTER

The 1980s saw the decline of British-made trucks and consolidation by the continentals. A new book by leading author Peter Davies tells the story

By Ed Burrows PHOTOGRAPHY PETER DAVIES

If you have a shelf or two of road transport books, it’s likely the titles include at least one by Peter Davies. The former Bedford publicity man has had a richly productive second career as a writer and photographer on truck and road haulage subjects. His dozen or so books have included impressive make histories and decade-by-decade records of Britain’s transport scene since World War II. These have recently been joined by a

fourth volume, Britain’s Lorries in the 1980s . Like the three earlier titles in the series, it is published by Roundoak and available from the publisher’s transport and construction equipment online bookshop arm.

The new book chronicles the period during which, confronted by continental imports, once-thriving British marques variously capitulated, entered terminal decline or were ‘rationalised’ out of existence.

26 MAKES When World War II ended, there were 26 British truck manufacturers. The government’s foreign earnings drive resulted in the country becoming the world’s number one truck exporter.

Commer Commando, re-badged Dodge after Chrysler’s 1976 Rootes takeover. Ripponden ran nearly 100 parcel vans

Iveco-badged Cargo after Iveco’s 1986 merger with Ford Europe’s truck side. GVW of this drawbar outfit was 28 tons

The book also commemorates some well-known hauliers which alas are also no more. Adding to its value as a historical record, it benefi ts from drawing on the massive archive of photos taken by Peter Davies that in every case depict a vehicle in its everyday working environment. The liveries, the bodywork, the loads and even the backgrounds combine to portray the 1980s haulage scene as it really was. This creates an authenticity impossible where images in a book are mainly recycled manufacturers’ press photos or are shots of pristine restorations on parade at classic vehicle events.

Giving truth to the aphorism that ‘the child is the father of the man’,

job. Straight out of school, he moved from the family home in Wales to Luton, taking up a position in the publicity department.

And there he stayed, for almost 30 years, until General Motors closed its UK truck manufacturing operation down in 1986.

He progressed from trainee to brochure maestro and hands-on all-rounder. And in Peter Davies’ case, hands-on publicity executive responsibilities extended to scaring journalists half to death on Army training areas like Bagshot Heath, demonstrating the cross-country agility of the MK and TM 4x4s – Bedford’s immensely capable military

with his interest heightened by his father, who drove trucks and buses, Peter Davies readily admits to having been obsessed with trucks since boyhood. He was determined that, after leaving school in 1957 after taking A-Levels, he would work in the industry in whatever capacity matched his talents and turn of mind.

Eight-legged treats In those days, eight-wheelers were the standard maximum gross heavies. They captured his imagination to the extent that his career ambitions were focused on working with one of the elite eight-legger builders – Foden, ERF, AEC, Atkinson, Leyland or Guy. But it was Bedford that offered him a

208 bhp Bedford ‘Blue Series’ turbodiesel powered TL 2440. Seen here in 1983, three years before Bedford’s closure

244 bhp DAF 2500 with penthouse sleeper operated as a high-cube drawbar outfit for transporting paper products

derivatives of its civilian-market offerings. Work could scarcely be more fun than that.

Hard to believe, but in 1960 Bedford production exceeded 100,000 units. The big numbers were sustained throughout the 1970s – but, reflecting a central theme of the book – by the mid-1980s annual output declined to under 15,000.

One incident he recalls was being asked to collect a GMC Brigadier bonneted 6x4 from Liverpool Docks

for eventual exhibition at the 1978 NEC Motor Show. Barrelling down the M1, the unique sight of the big Yank must have caused more than a few drivers of other trucks to disbelieve what their eyes were telling them. Only when he finally parked up at Bedford’s Dunstable truck manufacturing plant did it become apparent that, somewhere along the route, the rear trade plate worked itself adrift. As a born truck enthusiast, driving the big GMC on UK roads most certainly ticked a box, though bragging rights were offset by the rollocking he received over loss of the trade plate.

Diesel in the blood Having been excited by trucks from an early age, Peter Davies was surprised to find that for a large percentage of his colleagues, working in the industry was just a job. Energy provided by enthusiasm for the task at hand is what drives progress in many fields – and also leads to books like the subject of this article. But Peter Davies’ innate enthusiasm has propelled his interest to an even higher level. His magnum opus is The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trucks , an authoritative A to Z of over 280 past and present world truck makes. There is quite literary no other current

BOOM TO BUST After 40 years of heroic success, the 1980s saw the bubble burst. By the end of the decade the only British-owned makes left were ERF, Dennis, SD and Unipower.

Hard to believe, but in 1960 Bedford production exceeded 100,000 units.

book like it. The product of thousands of hours of diligent research, the present updated edition draws on the author’s earlier works in this vein, the first of which was published 20 years ago.

Away from the day job, Peter Davies’ enthusiasm led to active involvement in preserving and restoring a number

of eight-wheelers, the layout that in its heyday set Britain’s heavies apart from the Continent and North America. Peter Davies is currently president of the Commercial Vehicle and Road Transport Club, which he helped found and which has some 400 members in the UK and elsewhere.

Turbulent times After Bedford’s closure, it was natural for Peter Davies to freelance for AWD, which took over GM’s Bedford operation in 1987. AWD was relatively short-lived – partly the consequence of lacking a suitable response to a market that was by that time dominated by sophisticated 32-38 tonne artics instead of the light/medium trucks that had been Bedford’s forte. While Bedford had an answer on paper in the shape of the TM, it was tainted by the initial decision to use Detroit Diesel twostrokes; engines that were great for their US home market, but insuffi ciently frugal for UK conditions.

Fortunately for history, after the demise of AWD Peter Davies channelled his knowledge – and photo

6x4-based Hino eight-wheelers built by J Harries (Assemblers) in Dublin found a market with demolition contractors

Narrow-cab T45 range eight-wheeler, introduced by Leyland after a Leyland agent had success with six-wheeler conversions

archives – into books like Britain’s Lorries in the 1980s. Illustrated with over 275 of his own photographs, it divides into four sections, respectively covering four-wheelers, six-wheelers, eight-wheelers and artics. These are preceded by a perceptive commentary on the market dynamics – and political factors – that changed UK truck manufacturing and the road haulage industry in the peak years of the Thatcher era.

Catastrophic climate Reflecting a view that the government policy-making machine of the time had scant understanding of the management of change, the author points out the decimation that took place in the 1980s across Britain’s once-thriving truck manufacturing sector cannot be understated. By the end of the decade there was little left of an industry that had previously earned valuable export income and provided many thousands of skilled

jobs. This was in stark contrast to the hopeful outlook in 1980, which saw the launch of a clutch of new British truck models that included Leyland’s Roadtrain artic tractor and the wider T45 series and Bedford’s light/medium

payload TL. And to meet the demand for more powerful Fodens, SeddonAtkinsons and ERFs, Gardner unveiled the 265 bhp 8LXC straight-eight. The book reminds us of the vociferous and misguided anti-truck

A Volvo 10x6! This FL10 tractor unit is mated to a Multidrive permanently coupled tipper trailer with steer/drive axles

RARE MAKES With only six main commercial vehicle makes today, it’s hard to reel off the 28 on the UK market in the 1980s that included AWD, Britannia, Dennison, Ebro, Quest and Steyr. Air-cooled V8 diesel-powered Magirus, which became part of Iveco. ‘Maggies’ were assembled in Cheshire for a time

By 1982, some 900 local British councils had introduced lorry bans.

lobby that existed in those days – the 1980s equivalent of today’s Extinction Rebellion protest movement. By 1982, some 900 local British councils had introduced lorry bans, a glaring example of offi cialdom’s disgraceful ignorance of how the nation’s supply chains actually work.

But there was worse. Leyland – propped up by the government – rejected a takeover bid from General Motors of the US. At the time, GM was the world’s largest manufacturing

group – and Bedford’s parent. The rebuff contributed to GM closing Bedford down. Leyland was ultimately rescued and reversed into DAF by PACCAR, parent of Peterbilt and Kenworth and (from 1980) Foden. Britain’s Lorries in the 1980s is available from Nynehead Books (www.nynehead-books.co.uk), price £25.95 (plus shipping). It is an excellent read, nicely printed, and its wealth of photos are accompanied by informative extended captions. ■

A Peter Davies personal favourite, a grey-and-red liveried three-axle Leyland Roadtrain artic hauled 38 tonnes gross

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