Recovery truck "The Lion"

[blueboar]

many moons ago I use to pass a recovery truck called "the Lion" on the way to work. She was a converted Diamond T45 tank transporter. She was based at a place called Sandside (top end of Morecambe Bay), Cumbria.

She use to be called out to accidents on the A6 Shap road, before the M6 was built.

Does anyone know is she is still around or has a any pictures of her?

just been on a good site

http://public.fotki.com/bedgar/truck_photographs/modern_trucks/uk_recovery_trucks/

[Bush Tucker Man]

Can't say I remember it, but here's a Martian for you.  
I spent many holidays as a kid at Morecambe


Try these 2 'fellow' WebShots users, they've got some very nice images in their albums;
http://community.webshots.com/user/cherokeeflyer100

http://community.webshots.com/user/davesimages

Ah, the A6 (pre-M6) from what I've read & old footage, it was one hell of a road. I'd have loved to have experienced it in its hey-day

[thermidorthelobster]

just been on a good site

http://public.fotki.com/bedgar/truck_photographs/modern_trucks/uk_recovery_trucks/

I've just spent a happy few minutes browsing there...  great site!

[blueboar]

Thanks for that, I remember nearly crashing my car, as I drove past trying to get a good look at it, she use to be tucked in the corner of the garage.

There was an artical in a magazine called "Truck" i think, it's the same magazine which ran an artical on three trucks built by a company called Hendrickson.

The trucks were called "The Hulk" and "Kermit" and "the lemon", but this is going back a good 20 years.

She has probably been scraped now, but she was one hell of a machine.

Thanks

 2 good sites

http://groups.msn.com/VintageHeavyHaulageUK/    some nice diamond T on second page, under Dizzy T's

http://www.chrishodgephotos.co.uk/funpics/pageww/pageww.htm