When I started my Apprenticeship at Arlingtons Bristol, the AEC dealership, our wrecker was a Matador, air over hydraulic brakes, no power steering, crash box, no seat belts, machine gun turret fixing in the roof, and 77 hp I think, pulling 32 ton wagons, I’m still in shock 55 years later.
MY DAD DROVE A AEC MATADOR NEARLY ALL AROUND THE WORLD WWII,HE COULDNT SING THEIR PRAISES HIGH ENOUGTH,HE WAS LINKED TO MONTYS EIGTH ARMY,THE GHURKAS AND FOUGHT ALONGSIDE THE POLISH ARMY,THE REGIMENT WERE AWARDED THE POLISH MERMAID EMBLEM AND SCROLL IN RECCOGNITION OF TIME SERVED, SADLY MY DADS GONE,BUT THE AEC MATADORS LIKE A MONUMENT TO HIM AMEN TO THAT!
When I started my Apprenticeship at Arlingtons Bristol, the AEC dealership, our wrecker was a Matador, air over hydraulic brakes, no power steering, crash box, no seat belts, machine gun turret fixing in the roof, and 77 hp I think, pulling 32 ton wagons, I’m still in shock 55 years later.
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no it dont
AEC Matador is my biggessssssst love !!!!!!💙💙💛💛🧡🧡
MY DAD DROVE A AEC MATADOR NEARLY ALL AROUND THE WORLD WWII,HE COULDNT SING THEIR PRAISES HIGH ENOUGTH,HE WAS LINKED TO MONTYS EIGTH ARMY,THE GHURKAS AND FOUGHT ALONGSIDE THE POLISH ARMY,THE REGIMENT WERE AWARDED THE POLISH MERMAID EMBLEM AND SCROLL IN RECCOGNITION OF TIME SERVED, SADLY MY DADS GONE,BUT THE AEC MATADORS LIKE A MONUMENT TO HIM AMEN TO THAT!
Nice to see one with an intact cab, most of the surviving ones seem to be fucked!
thats a tidy one !
that matador seems to have a long nose
MC C indeed, plus it’s on a H plate. Cab on a bus engine?
@@gordonmcmillan5556 most likely an 11,3 litre A220 150 ponies, 53 more than the original 7,7 litre A180,s 97.
Used them in the RAF 58/60
What's the story with the tyres
won a tender at withams and were using it to collect, which it did splendidly!
ugly driver's cab