hi don - i was looking at different things on milko group and found your details - do you have any pictures for sale ?? i collect all electric float pictures -...
I visited the science museum at Manchester today and they had two sinclair C5's. It states that they were build with a top speed of less than 15MPH as that is...
Hi Jim. Thank you for your reply to my question recently about position of pedals on a W&E float. I think yours is the most feasible one! Thanks again Martin...
You'r right it's down to the weight, also what the law terms pedestrian operated vehicles. I'm going off memory so might be a bit out but: 1: The vehicle has...
Hi there, Newbie to this forum here. My name is Rex and come from New Zealand. Found this site from a Google search and thought that you may be able to help us...
Hallo Rex, Â How about a picture of it.v That may then help the more Technical members in assisting you. By the way I quite liked Nelson when I stayed there a...
Thanks for the reply Dave. Have made an album called "Nelson Milkfloat" and put in some photos. As you can see it is in a fairly rough condition, but we are...
Hi Rex, I rebuilt a 1946 brush electric float about 20 years ago and just to give you some idea of what your NCB would have looked like when it left the...
Hi Nick, Many thanks for that. You have made an excellent job of your float. I hope ours comes out as good. As you say, the timber and aluminium bodywork...
Hi Rex, I am sending you those photos again have managed to get them to 500 dpi but any higher resolution than that and my scanner doesn't want to know, hope...
Hi Nick, Many thanks for the photos. They look great and came out a lot clearer. Can see a lot more detail now. On behalf of our other club members a big...
... Hi Mark are you the Mr Brookes or is this person a relation of yours who while i was there was one of the checkers,checking the floats out and in i was...
Not sure if anyone here remembers the epic road trip undertaken by the Three Men In A Float a few years ago, but we're doing an event at the Slow Down London...
Hi Dan, E-mailed you off the group. But for the record we have one in Ealing, not sure who else on the group has one in London. Adam -- Attend IT Limited| The...
... Hi Paul, I worked at Woolners '75 to '77 before moving back to Walsall Co-op Dairy in Midland Rd. The Mr Brookes you're thinking about was sales manager...
Hi, I've seen a news announcement about Waitrose now using 3-wheeled electric delivery vehicles. They seem to be bicycles with a large rear box body, one wheel...
Hi, I've seen a news announcement about Waitrose now using 3-wheeled electric delivery vehicles. They seem to be bicycles with a large rear box body, one wheel...
Hi I am looking to tow a 3tonne boat 5 miles every couple of weeks. Rather than maintaining a expensive 4x4 I was wondering if a milk float might do the job! ...
We use milk floats to tow in other milk floats when they have broken down, and most floats are above 3 tonnes. We have no problems towing (except snapping tow...
I have been told of a milk float pushing a broken down fully loaded coal lorry out of a cul de sac, if that's true then I think you will be ok! Regards...
... They seem to be bicycles with a large rear box body, one ... Going by the photo, it's a standard electrically-assisted bicycle towing a separate...
Hi all I am seriously considering a milk float now :) I am wondering if it would be possible with some fairly simple modifications to get the top speed of a...
... Hi paul Me again just looked at your photos they bring back some memories, The battered float FCN851 Was round 15 (Albert Lote) it went round Caldmore...
... hi paul I am not Gordon Brookes (Sales manager) I just have the same surname. I worked at wolners from 1981 (Started in the Garage) Untill 1987. Your right...
