Bonneted Albion Chieftain type FT38L, S11543. (Andrew Blacklock, Beenleigh Showground, QLD, 21/5/06)

1960 Albion FT111KTR Chieftain recovery vehicle (497NTD) with its unique version of the Homalloy cab. (Gyles Carpenter)

Rob Hood's 1962 LAD-cabbed Albion Chieftain HSX316 seen on the 2007 Jim Clarke memorial run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion LAD Chieftain seen at Pwllheli in about 1998 or 1999. (Andrew Wright)

1966 Albion Chieftain GRH248D seen at Redhill Steam Fair on August 12th 2007. (Harry Clark)

Traveller Dave's Albion LAD Chieftain HNR307D seen in March 2006 in Montfavet, Avignon. (via RH)

Ex-Chettle's 1966 Albion Chieftain Super Six JAU9D seen in April 1992 at Chettle's Industrial Estate in Nottingham. (Traveller Dave)

1966 Albion Chieftain JAU9D seen at the Morton Steam & Vintage Weekend near Bourne Lincs on June 24th 2007. (Paul Pearman)

1968 LAD Albion Chieftain tipper KTP698F, Madeira Drive 7/5/06. (Gyles Carpenter)

Chassis of Albion Chieftain CHS200J on the back of Albion artic LSX906H during its restoration.
(Gareth Brydon)

1971 Albion Chieftain CHS200J from the Alex Anderson fleet seen in beautiful Scottish scenery on the 2006 Ayrshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

1971 Albion Chieftain CHS200J from Alex Anderson on the Scottish National road run from Lathalmond on August 17th 2008. (Dave Gothard)

The Leech family's LAD-cabbed Albion CH13 Chieftain Super Six RBK634J on the Cheshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

"My Scotstoun Lass" [20816H] is a 1965 4-cylinder 6-speed LAD Albion Chieftain brewery lorry owned by HVCCVC member Keiran Jeffriess, seen at the Vintage Truck Muster, Swansea NSW, October 2005. (Andrew Blacklock)

Smith's Beer lorries at the Hunter Valley Truck Muster in May 2009. (Andrew Blacklock)

HVCCVC Albion Chieftain 20816H [left] and Albion Chieftain 20555H from Dubbo [right] at the Swansea NSW truck muster. No info about the Albion in the centre. (Andrew Blacklock)

1950 Albion Clansman DCS179 was originally an explosives carrier for the ICI Nobel works at Stevenston, in Ayrshire. It would have had a short boxvan body. (Dave Gothard/Bill Reid)

1950 Albion Clansman DCS179 seen on the Cheshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Military Albion FT103N Clansman (GSK499) seen at Chatham Dockyard. (Gyles Carpenter)

1951 Albion Clansman JSV232, Welland Steam & Country Rally, Worcs, 29-30/7/06. (Gyles Carpenter)

1951 Albion Clansman JSV232 at Gaydon, June 2006. (Ted Taylor)

Albion Clansman KSJ148 at the Luton Festival of Transport, 11/6/06. (Richard Haughey)

Frank Smith's 1951 Albion Clansman RFO539 seen on the Trans Pennine run on August 5th 2007. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion Clansman RFO539. (Gyles Carpenter)

Preserved Albion FT35N Clansman BTS605. (Gyles Carpenter)

1950 Albion tipper HSF511 at Lathalmond. (Dave Gothard)

1950 Albion Clansman tipper HSF511 at the start of the NE Scotland run. (Gyles Carpenter)

William Kettle's 1950 Albion FT35 Clansman JWW804 in the livery of its original owners. Seen on the Tyne Tees run on June 3rd 2007. (Gyles Carpenter)

David Stevenson's 1955 Albion FT27A (SP) Claymore DSY25 seen in the Great Western Docks at Bristol before departing for Glasgow. (Gyles Carpenter)

1955 Albion Claymore FT27A DSY25 seen at Gaydon 2004. (Ted Taylor)

1955 Albion Claymore FT27A DSY25 on the 2008 Cumberland Trunk run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Lyall Norrie's 1956 Albion Claymore OSR90. North East Scotland run, 11/6/06. (Gyles Carpenter)

Alwyn Thomas' Albion FT27AN Claymore PAD698 seen at the start of the CTP A-Z run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Jim and Linda Dykes' Albion FT27AL Claymore PYG569 seen in Portpatrick on the Ayrshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

1955 Albion FT27AL Claymore PYG569 in Haworth West Yorkshire in May 2000. (Doug Spencer)

Terry Mellor's Albion FT27N Claymore wrecker WRA571 on the Cheshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion Claymore WRA571 in foul conditions on the Limestone run on October 4th 2009.
(Dave Gothard)

Albion Claymore GSD315 of Peter McCall & Sons of Kilmarnock. (Frank MacDougall)

Ian Shand's 1961 Albion CL3AL Claymore seen on the Rest and Be Thankful in Scotland. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion Claymores HSO875 (1961 type CL3AL) and DSY25 (1955 type FT27A) at Lathalmond bus museum open day. (Dave Gothard)

1956 Albion Claymore JCL921. (Ken Reid)

1952 Albion Claymore KAS607 at the Ridgewell event on 9/7/06. (Richard Haughey)

Paul Adams' Albion MR7N Claymore XWA417. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion Claymore XWA417 seen at Wirksworth Station on the Limestone run. (Gyles Carpenter)

1960 Albion Claymore 1201ED at Astwood Bank Vintage Gathering near Redditch on June 13th 2009. (Graham Dyer)

1961 Albion Claymore 2163SP. (Bill Reid)

1959 Albion Claymore 32BCR seen on the Thornycroft Society's 5th Hampshire Road Run, August 19th 2007. (Phil Rawlings)

1964 Albion Claymore ANF369B seen at Gaydon in 2006. (Dave Gothard)

1964 Albion Claymore ANF369B & 1951 Albion FT21N OZ4310. Gaydon 10/6/07. (Peter Quinn)

Albion CL5AL Claymore FGV229D seen on Shap Fell. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion Claymore CL5AL FGV229D seen at the Leyland Autumn Transport Show, 24/9/06. (Andrew Wright)

Albion Claymore 63MN502 from the Bob Grossert collection seen on a run in Ireland. (Gyles Carpenter)

VS8268 a sister Albion Clydesdale to Tyson Burridge's VS8268 seen here many years ago when in Derek Bushnell's collection. Where is it now? (Gyles Carpenter)

1955 Albion Clydesdale PYO935 seen at Belvoir Castle near Grantham on May 18th 2008. (Harry Clark)

1957 Albion Clydesdale FT10 LHH171 at Gaydon in 2004. (Ted Taylor)

Colin Pattinson's 1957 Albion FT101 Clydesdale LHH171 on the Tyne Tees run on June 3rd 2007. (Gyles Carpenter)

Colin Pattinson's 1957 Albion FT101 Clydesdale LHH171 seen outside Campbeltown on the 2008 West Coast run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion Clydesdale OWW991 taken at Ackworth, 20906 possibly. (Dave Gothard)

BRS-livered Albion Clydesdale PYO935, one of the non-AEC exhibits at Newark on May 25th 2008. (NF)

Albion Clydesdale badge as fitted to PYO935. (NF)

Peter Midgley's Albion FT101KY Clydesdale SWF707 on the "Sure as the Sunrise" run from Bristol to Glasgow. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion Clydesdale SWF707. (Gyles Carpenter)

Derek Bushnell's Albion FT101KL Clydesdale (TYH823) seen near Laugharne on the Swansea run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Bob Tuck driving Tyson Burridge's Albion Clydesdale UWW23. (Gyles Carpenter)

Tyson Burridge's Albion Clydesdale UWW23 seen at Kirkby Stephen 16/4/06. (Gyles Carpenter)

Tyson Burridge's 1957 Albion Clydesdale artic VS8268 seen on September 6th 2008 before leaving for the 6th Cumberland Trunk. (Gyles Carpenter)

Believed to be a maximum weight, maximum length Albion Clydesdale CD21FXLW, BBC Colour TV outside broadcast unit AL418 (reg AMU418H) is seen in London Wall, January 1971. (Peter Newman)

1969 Robert Johnstone's LAD Albion Clydesdale tipper MBK558G seen on the Ayrshire run 08/07/07. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion Clydesdale MBK558G. (Dave Gothard)

Alex Anderson's LAD Albion CD21FTR Clydesdale tractor unit LSX906H seen approaching Portpatrick on the Ayrshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion Clydesdale LSX906H. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion CD21AYW Clydesdale KAL657K restored by Jeff Simmonite and now owned by Terry Bullas, seen on the North of England run about to climb Strawberry Bank before tackling Shap itself. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion tanker NGU629L photographed near St Neots in late 2005 used to be worked in Cambridge. (John Wakefield via RH)

Leyland Clydesdale DP267 in Limassol Cyprus in 1991 or 92. Possibly sent to Cyprus as a new vehicle hence the Leyland badge and not an Albion one. (Robbie Ritchie)

Leyland-badged Albion Clydesdale DP267 returned from Cyprus and seen at Astle Park in 2004. (Dave Gothard)

Leyland-badged Albion Clydesdale in Cumbria on July 6th 2008, but where is DP267 from? See comments for more info! (Richard Edge)

1959 Albion Clydesdale with aluminium cab, ex Hall & Co. (Mark Bone)

1970 LAD Albion Clydesdale Super Six LAD661. Malta 2006. (Peter Skerry)

Graham Bailey's Albion Super Clydesdale HBO792D making its debut on the A-Z run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Graham Bailey's 1966 Albion Super Clydesdale HBO792D in Glencoe on the West Coast Run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion CD65ATR Super Clydesdale tractor unit MUF549F seen in the bluebells on the North of England run a few years back. It has since been sold and is in the process of being rebuilt. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion Clydesdale PDA185F in 2004 prior to its lengthening and shortening. (Dave Gothard)

Albion Super Clydesdale at Gaydon 2005. (Ted Taylor)

Neil James' rare Albion CD65LW Super Clydesdale PDA185F seen in the snow on the English/Scottish border. (Gyles Carpenter)

Having sold an Albion Super Clydesdale tractor unit, Graham Bailey acquired the unique Super Cydesdale rigid PDA185F (ex-Neil James) and chopped it into a tractor. Very strange! Here it is descending Shap on the Cumberland Trunk run, September 2nd 2007. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion Clydesdale PDA185F and tank semi-trailer seen at Leyland in September 2009.
(Dave Gothard)

Albion tipper with Ergo cab (without the rear window), disused on Gozo. April 20th 2009. (Peter Skerry)

Harry Thomson's 1939 Albion CX1 BRG229 seen going over the Cabrach on the NE Scotland run on May 31st 2009. (Gyles Carpenter)

1946 Albion CX1N BRS935 seen at Lymm truckstop in 2004. (Dave Gothard)

1946 Albion CX1N BRS935 from Andrew Justice seen on its way to Brighton on May 3rd 2009.
(Gyles Carpenter)

Bill Struthers' 1947 Albion CX3 741XUD new to the vintage scene in summer 2008 and seen at the Albion/Biggar vintage rally in East Kilbride. It is fitted with a livestock body built the way Mr Struthers' company made them in the 1950s & 60s. (Bill Reid)

Albion AVP366 seen on the Cheshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion FT3ANT BCH585 seen on the HCVS London to Brighton run, a compressor unit powered by an industrial version of the EN218 engine used in FT25/FT27 Claymores. (Gyles Carpenter)

1948 Albion flatbed EX6042 seen on show in 1990 at Elvaston Castle, Derbyshire. (Harry Clark)

Albion FT3L FOU166 seen on the A-Z run in the Spring. (Gyles Carpenter)

George Taylor's 1954 Albion FT3N NFG332 on the North East Scotland run at Miller Plant Ltd, Midmar in Aberdeenshire, 11/6/06. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion FT3AL PGC409 photographed at the Coors Brewery at Burton in 2004. (Richard Haughey)

Jim Buckle's Albion FT3AN (PPP48) seen resting on Shap summit. (Gyles Carpenter)

This Albion SPFT3AT was the first armoured security van for the Commonwealth Bank of Perth WA, remaining in service until 1977. (Andy Wright)

Terry Burrowes' Albion FT3 seen at Sandown in November 2006. (Andy Wright)

1950 Albion FT21N HSR112 seen on a Pennine run. (Dave Gothard)

JGD426, Frank MacDougall's 1951 Albion FT21N police prison van seen on the Ayrshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

1951 Albion FT21N flat OZ4310. Gaydon 10/6/07. (Phil Rawlings)

Bill Struthers' Albion FT23N FVD448 seen on the Ayrshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Bill Struthers' Albion FT23N FVD448 seen on an Ayrshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

1950 Albion FT111 artic DRS664 photographed at St Andrews in October 1999. (Ken Reid)

This rare Albion HD55 is one of two such vehicles to be owned by the LVVS. FTL277 has become a donor vehicle for sister FTL138 which is fully operational. Photographed in the LVVS yard in 2005. (Richard Haughey)

1950 Albion 6-wheel HD55 FTL277 ex-Smiths Crisps retained at the Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum as a source of spares for FTL138. (Richard Haughey)

1948 Albion FAM375 at Gaydon, June 2006. (Ted Taylor)

1948 Albion FAM375 at Gaydon, June 2006. (Dave Gothard)

Albion HD57 FAM375 seen at Gaydon. (Dave Gothard)

1954 Albion Model HD HJW23 seen parked next to an AEC Mammoth Major 8 Mk V at the 1980 CCMS. (Ted Taylor)

1957 Albion HD57L tanker KWV962. (Dave Gothard)

Robin Smith's 1957 Albion HD57L tanker KWV962. (Gyles Carpenter)

1957 Albion HD57 KWV962 restored by Robin Smith & John Tyson and now owned by Tommy Taylor. Seen on the Cheshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion tanker [8-wheeler HD57?] seen in a scrapyard in the East Anglian Fens. (Tony Barfield via Richard Haughey)

1955 Albion Reiver VS6841 restored in the running livery of Mick Hayton of Dumfries (inset). Now part of the Alex Anderson collection. (Bill Reid)

Albion Reiver YSM218 as originally restored. It had begun life with Scottish Agricultural Industries in Dumfries. (Bill Reid)

Dave Glynn's rare Albion FT107KL Reiver. (Gyles Carpenter)

1955 Albion Reiver OWW991 (ex-YSM218) lays down a smokescreen at Belvoir Castle in 2007.
(Steve Holmes)