these mud flaps were fitted to them......................
and the only way you could get one ,was to sneek up to your local lorry park in the dead of night with a big hacksaw and perloigne one for youself.........at the time ,it was considered an achievement worthy of praise....and a real status symbol to have one..........
in fact a badge of honor............in hind sight of course.........i was just a silly 17 year old,under peer presure............ 
I remember this experience very well..............indeed..........
half way through cutting mine off the "doner" wagon......(which had already taken me a 1/2 hour..........cos the rubber was so thick.........and my hacksaw blunt)......., I heard the cab door open .....and the driver get out............
so i hid behind the rear wheel............i was sure that he had maybe heard me and was coming to investigate..................
my heart was pumping........i was terrified............
i remember thinking .......should i run for it ,or just hide and hope for the best............
i chose to hide..........
the driver came down to my rear wheel...........
i could see his legs as i looked from behind the tyres...........
had he spotted the half cut off mud flap............?
and OH my god............the hacksaw.......that i,d dropped.........just under the back wheel...................
there was a pause.............i wasnt sure what to do.........should i reach out and retrieve hacksaw or not...............?
but before i knew it ............
he was taking a p155 all over me.....................
when he,d finished...........and shaken it off.....he went back and got into his cab again.......
and so i ressumed the cutting...........but with a re newed vitallity driven by the thought of getting home sooner and into the shower...................
