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◊ 2006-01-02 17:45 |
I worked on one of these..for several years..so know the name ..& body manufacturer.! -- Last edit: 2006-01-02 17:46:01 |
◊ 2006-01-08 02:14 |
It's not a Seddon-Atkinson - it's a Seddon-Allen municipal chassis. Seddon built the chassis-cab (usually 13:Four or the larger 16:Four variants), and Allens built the compactor bodies that went on them. Seddon bought Allens in the late sixties. |
◊ 2006-01-08 10:29 |
So we'll wait for stronghold's answer to this |
◊ 2007-04-25 00:13 |
Its a Seddon chassis (note, not Seddon Atkinson - a different company) powered by a Perkins engine and carrying an American designed "Colectomatic" compactor body that was built and sold in the UK by the Birmingham based company of Jack Allen (Motor Bodies) Ltd. A joint marketing venture between Seddon and Jack Allen was known as "SAM" or, Seddon Allen Municipal - the vehicles all carried a grill badge depicting a chirpy chap carrying a dustbin. Jack Allen did continue to build the Colectomatic in their own right, even building some on Dennis Paxit chassis - the main competitor to Seddon. http://ccmv.fotopic.net/p36781513.html I can't be 100% sure, but it's very likely the low roof crew cab in the linked picture taken in Malta is an ex Birmingham Salvage Department example - many were exported there in the 70's and 80's. I hope this helps, I know all of this because my father went to school with one of Jack Allen's sons (they remained an independent up until only recently), I also drove a 1976 "R" reg one (NON 573R I think it was) with Birmingham Salvage Department for 3 years. Thanks -- Last edit: 2007-04-25 00:18:57 |
◊ 2007-04-25 01:35 |
As already said long ago ..Seddon atkinson.! I lived in and worked for Lambeth council (11 years.!) and rode on many different Seddons,Dennis,Bedfords,fords & dodges.(I lived with my parents in a flat above the depot, as my dad was an emergency call-out driver) Here is a photo of my uncle's opel rekord in the Lambeth council depot in streatham,London with Seddon Atkinson Refuse trucks behind.! (Yes it has a 'SAM' dustman logo also on the front ...but it doesn't change the maker, Seddon Atkinson) -- Last edit: 2007-04-25 01:36:33 |
◊ 2007-04-25 09:56 |
Seddon took over Atkinson in 1970, so "Seddon" and "Seddon Atkinson" ARE the same company. Seddon Motors of Oldham, a division of Seddon Atkinson Vehicles Limited, continued to build municipal chassis with the old Motor Panels cab until at least the late 1970s, including the "Seddon Allen" vehicles (badged as SAM) described above. In other applications, the old MP cab had been superseded by the new range of Seddon Atkinson cabs (200/300/400 Series) also built by Motor Panels, but exclusively for Seddon Atkinson. The photo appended by Stronghold shows the later Seddon Atkinson 201 chassis(also badged as "SAM") |
◊ 2008-08-15 16:34 |
erm, the one in the first pic is definitely a Seddon, not a Seddon Atkinson. They might have been made by the same company but so were Austin and Morris but you wouldn't call a Morris Minor a Austin would you |
◊ 2022-05-18 16:43 |
1978-1979 'VOX 5T' Looks brand new and possibly a demonstrator vehicle? |
◊ 2022-05-20 08:00 |
If I had to act sitting in the back of a bin lorry I would want a brand new one -- Last edit: 2022-05-20 08:00:32 |
◊ 2022-05-20 14:07 |
A stunt man rather than Charlie Drake was launched into the back but more than likely he had a soft landing of some sort. VOX 5T listed as a Leyland on DVLA 'OX' Birmingham registration which I guess could possibly be registered by Jack Allen (Motor Bodies) Ltd. ✗ Untaxed Tax due: 15 November 1989 Incorrect tax status? Vehicle make LEYLAND Date of first registration December 1978 Year of manufacture 1978 Cylinder capacity 58 cc CO₂ emissions Not available Fuel type DIESEL Export marker No Vehicle status Untaxed Vehicle colour BLUE Vehicle type approval Not available Wheelplan 2 AXLE RIGID BODY Revenue weight 16260 kg Date of last V5C (logbook) issued 28 October 1982 Possibly "Seddon Allen Municipal" confused the DVLA and they assumed it was a Leyland? Alternatively Jack Allen had also used a Leyland Clydesdale chassis, but wheel diameter and cab details are as the Seddon low-line chassis and cab design. It could be that the registration was transferred between demonstrator vehicles possibly. |