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Old 25-12-2009, 06:27 PM   #1
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Default K ? series thames truck

looking for some pics of the mid `60s long bonnet thames trucks. i think they were called a " K " series ???

any body no of a link or have you got some photos??
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Old 25-12-2009, 08:50 PM   #2
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I know of some older blokes that drove them in the 1960's, they rekon that they were the worse trucks they ever drove.
They had axles the size of broom sticks and they used to drop valves all the time, they were called "Thames Traders".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Trader
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Old 25-12-2009, 09:47 PM   #3
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http://www.truck-photos.net/picture/number785.asp
There ya go. A quick search of google turns up plenty of results.
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Old 25-12-2009, 10:28 PM   #4
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http://www.truck-photos.net/picture/number785.asp
There ya go. A quick search of google turns up plenty of results.

thanks for that... we tried googling it but didnt come up with what we wanted .

its the long bonneted model we were looking for.

dad had one of the short bonnet style back in the `70s that he used to carry mill logs with.

that was the first truck i drove.





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Old 26-12-2009, 01:38 AM   #5
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That is a very long way from the truck I drive now... got it 2 weeks ago.

FSR 850 Isuzu. Auto, LCD touch screen in the dash, navigation, bluetooth hands free and plug my iPhone in to the AUX jack and have my iPod going...

Not to say I haven't had horrible trucks as I have, all rigids. But it really goes to show how far technology has come.
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Old 26-12-2009, 11:35 AM   #6
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That is a very long way from the truck I drive now... got it 2 weeks ago.

FSR 850 Isuzu. Auto, LCD touch screen in the dash, navigation, bluetooth hands free and plug my iPhone in to the AUX jack and have my iPod going...

Not to say I haven't had horrible trucks as I have, all rigids. But it really goes to show how far technology has come.
and I'd still take a nicely restored old one any day simply due to the character they have. Of course if it was a work vehicle that'd be a different story. Dad had an old Ford D-series when we were younger and I loved the thing. This wasn't it but it's the same model
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The long nose one seems very similiar to a Bedford also.
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Old 26-12-2009, 07:52 PM   #8
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righto heres the pics ( borrowed from truck photos .net.)

this is the K series that we were looking for





this is the cab over / short bonnet style Mk1



Mk2


this must have been an older model ??






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