Hi Josh, A couple of photos you may like? They are copyright photos from Arthur Ingram. Dave. ... From: joshhayles To: milko@... Sent: Wednesday,...
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Ward Family
wards@...
May 5, 2012 12:00 pm
Hi Josh, Yes Scammel Scarabs were a very common sight. The Grampian Transport Museum is rebuilding one as we speak. Come and see it and our various milkfloats....
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john.burtt@...
john.burtt...
May 3, 2012 10:30 pm
Thanks Tim and David, Not something i'd feel confident enough to do safely at the moment so I'll advise they get a specialist, cheers for your help...
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Jürgen Lomme
lomme01@...
May 2, 2012 2:24 pm
Hello This is my Milk Fload for sell. Greetings Jürgen Von: milko@... [mailto:milko@...] Im Auftrag von Jürgen Lomme Gesendet:...
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ian wilson
nhn542e
May 2, 2012 5:03 am
Do you mean the Scammel Scarab 'mechanical horse' ?...
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joshhayles
May 2, 2012 2:41 am
When I was a kid, as well as the milkman, there were all sorts of other delivery businesses that came down our street. The British Rail parcel lorries, the...
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Jürgen Lomme
lomme01@...
May 2, 2012 2:14 am
Hello I want to sell my milk FLOAD. You know what this is worth FLOAD Milk, or whether they know anyone looking for a Milk FLOAD. It's all ok in the FLOAD and...
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David Harris
Batterymanltd@...
May 1, 2012 6:59 pm
Some are welded together. And we would advise this be carried out by someone who is used to this. Most are now bolted together and if removed they should be...
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Tim Fardell
derek_the_ra...
May 1, 2012 6:58 pm
DISCLAIMER: WARNING: Very, very, VERY dangerous! Don't tamper with batteries unless you are absolutely CERTAIN you know what you're doing! I've removed the...
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john.burtt@...
john.burtt...
May 1, 2012 6:47 pm
Evening gents, Hope you're good, just got asked a question I'd never even considered the answer to before... Is it possible to remove the batteries from a...
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Tim Fardell
derek_the_ra...
Apr 19, 2012 8:41 pm
[image: Inline image 2][image: Inline image 1] Hi Tim, We are writing to you to let you know about an exciting artistic journey we will be making in April...
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gnome719
Apr 11, 2012 11:01 am
Hello, I'm looking to fulfil the lifelong dream of my best friend who is getting married in October, by her travelling to the church on a milk float. When we...
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W MORRIS
morris657...
Mar 19, 2012 7:03 pm
What brilliant news that a Morrison A1 survives.  I do not know of any others in preservation ?  I drove a 1970 van for several years and thought it a...
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ken.yankey@...
ken.yankey...
Mar 17, 2012 7:36 pm
Having recently acquired a 1970 Morrison A1 Van without any user manual or maintenance instructions, I would like to contact any person with a knowledge of...
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David Dalton
davedaltonuk
Mar 7, 2012 10:35 pm
You are not the only one....I build model milk floats too! This was built for a competition a couple of years ago using the contents of a Meccano 00+ set. I am...
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ian wilson
nhn542e
Mar 7, 2012 4:39 pm
Electric vehicle used at South Cleveland Hospital, Middlesbrough, or James Cook as its called now. Seen last Wednesday....
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CLIVE
cliveburke...
Mar 7, 2012 2:23 pm
The good days, when everyone lived in a black and white world! My son has built Lego floats before now, we even built one together - it had wings, missile...
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Brian Wollaston
wollaston.brian
Mar 7, 2012 2:16 pm
Hi, While searching through my old photo negatives I came across these two photographs of a Meccano model that I had made of the milk float that my father...
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john.burtt@...
john.burtt...
Mar 1, 2012 11:59 am
Hi All, I hope you are well, I'm certainly no Bill Shakespeare (ahem) but I have penned my first attempt at a (very brief) history of the milkfloat.... It's...
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Brian Dixon
bdixon4349@...
Feb 16, 2012 5:45 pm
John, Just tap in to the lighting circuit, that should be 12 volts. If it is 24 volts then connect accross any 12 cells in series using an in-line fuse and...
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john.burtt@...
john.burtt...
Feb 16, 2012 2:12 pm
Good afternoon all, I have recently brought a orange beacon light which will attach to my roof and hopefully improve safety when working in populated areas,...
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John Burtt
john.burtt...
Feb 3, 2012 3:21 pm
Thanks all, Will certainly utilise all those techniques, and book suggestions are very welcomed will get on to them now, I think £20 to not electrocute myself...
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Van den Bossche Peter
LHOON
Feb 3, 2012 5:46 am
... I have this book. Discovered it in our university library, and finally managed to get a copy of my own. It is great indeed. It is still a valuable read...
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Tony
parlicoot
Feb 2, 2012 6:40 pm
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W MORRIS
morris657...
Feb 2, 2012 6:56 am
Have you got a copy of Keith Roberts superb book 'Electric Avenue, The Story of Morrison-Electricar' ?  Not a guide to operation and maintenance, but...
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W MORRIS
morris657...
Feb 1, 2012 9:52 pm
'Battery Electric Vehicles' by S.M.Hills, published by Newnes in 1943, gives a really good account.  If your Morrison is fitted with traditional...
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RICHARD EVANS
richard964265
Feb 1, 2012 7:19 pm
Putting the vehicle in gear is a good idea. I recall leaving my float in reverse gear backed up 3' to a brick wall. When I depressed the accelerator I forgot...
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Kevin Read
kevinthemilkman
Feb 1, 2012 6:17 pm
The other option is, assuming that you have a yellow metal plug, is to put a bit of cardboard in the plug!! Â One of our milkmen used to take great delight...
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TIM FARDELL
derek_the_ra...
Feb 1, 2012 11:13 am
Disconnecting the run/charge plug is probably the easiest way to immobilise it. Your average unsavoury character probably doesn't have enough intelligence to...
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joshhayles
Feb 1, 2012 1:51 am
None of the milk floats I helped on as a kid had any doors. Re the exotic neighbourhood problem, are you worried about someone driving it away or just sleeping...
