Vintage British Rigs
A neat article in the Daily Mail Lots of vintage rigs.
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Yes, 16 feet. There weren't many bigger than that in the UK back in my early driving days (mid-1950's). Most people didn't have a dedicated tow vehicle and used the family car. It was unusual to see family cars any bigger than 2 liters.
One year (maybe 1959), my folks rented an older Eccles 16' trailer, very much like the one in the opening post. they towed with our family barge, a 1938 Austin 12 - a 4-cylinder L-head that was less than 40 HP. At the time, I had a Vespa 150 and I acted as "forward scout" looking for potential problems ahead. There were two adults and three teenagers in the car. On hills, one of the teens rode on the scooter with me.
It certainly wasn't high-speed transportation, but we covered about 600 miles through the south-west of England in two weeks. The old car only boiled over 4 times!
One year (maybe 1959), my folks rented an older Eccles 16' trailer, very much like the one in the opening post. they towed with our family barge, a 1938 Austin 12 - a 4-cylinder L-head that was less than 40 HP. At the time, I had a Vespa 150 and I acted as "forward scout" looking for potential problems ahead. There were two adults and three teenagers in the car. On hills, one of the teens rode on the scooter with me.
It certainly wasn't high-speed transportation, but we covered about 600 miles through the south-west of England in two weeks. The old car only boiled over 4 times!
