Astran / Middle East Drivers

chrisarbon · 28 February 2012 03:53

RIP John Bruce, A top bloke who took a lot of time and trouble to show me the way. Gone but never to be forgotten. Chris.

orientmack · 28 February 2012 16:20

In Jordan Dessert

240_gardner · 28 February 2012 17:08

orientmack:
In Jordan Dessert

That is just magnificent! Do you have any more pics of ancient Britons heading east?

orientmack · 28 February 2012 17:45

As soon as my album comes from Turkey, which I will always scan…

davnic · 28 February 2012 23:16

What a photograph!

There must be loads of stories that wagon could tell.

Fantastic.

pete_359 · 29 February 2012 07:07

orientmack:
In Jordan Dessert

hi all,
for me that’s one of the best pictures on trucknet ever .heroe’s.
regards andrew

rward · 29 February 2012 07:30

spot on there andrew i salute that bloke all that way in a scammell brilliant pic im very envious as i didnt do that job regards rowly

nz_jamie · 29 February 2012 08:04

Yep what a great pic,all that way in a Handyman with a 180 Gardner,what a legend. Can you imagine how long that trip would have taken and all the Scando’s that would have passed him in their 141’s and F89’s.

I bet she would have worked hard on some of those pulls in Eastern Turkey and where did old mate kip and the end of the day,accross the seats?

Good on him,he would have to have been a subbie,I can’t see a company man being too keen to do the trip in the old banga’

The don’t make truckies like they used too.

5thwheel · 29 February 2012 12:58

NZ JAMIE:
Yep what a great pic,all that way in a Handyman with a 180 Gardner,what a legend. Can you imagine how long that trip would have taken and all the Scando’s that would have passed him in their 141’s and F89’s.

I bet she would have worked hard on some of those pulls in Eastern Turkey and where did old mate kip and the end of the day,accross the seats?

Good on him,he would have to have been a subbie,I can’t see a company man being too keen to do the trip in the old banga’

The don’t make truckies like they used too.

or drivers Jamie!!

kr79 · 29 February 2012 13:06

That’s why we won the war due to nutters like that.

mushroomman · 29 February 2012 13:23

kr79:
That’s why we won the war due to men like that.

Fixed that for ya .

scaniia141 · 29 February 2012 18:04

proper driver.
i would love to hear them air horn’s.

marcus_22 · 29 February 2012 20:13

hello flysheet

i worked for big kris kristiansen(viking) 1989-90 i used to enjoy his stories of the middle east runs when he worked for van hee and also jimmy hill (SHAGGER) i still keep i touch with them, we had the north east drivers drink at xmas thats the last time i had a pint with them, heres a photo of the lorry i had when i drove for kris, this thing would have been no good where the M/E drivers took their lorries.it would have shaken the cab of its mountings
Kris and jimmy were 2 good guys to work for.

regards mark

adr · 29 February 2012 22:04

Davnic:
What a photograph!

There must be loads of stories that wagon could tell.

Fantastic.

Couldn’t agree more, it’s pictures like that, that make you realise why we once had an Empire

hutpik · 29 February 2012 22:30

Hi all.That old Scammel makes my ERF with the gardner 150 look like a '‘proper’'truck,if only because I had a sleeper.Mike

bestbooties · 1 March 2012 11:51

It’s been said on here before,a German driver was alledged to have made the remark,“No wonder you English won the war,you have to be tough to drive a truck like that on this run!”

john_mcvey · 1 March 2012 16:01

240 Gardner:

orientmack:
In Jordan Dessert

That is just magnificent! Do you have any more pics of ancient Britons heading east?

Hi Chris, check out what’s left of a “Big J” I took this June 1977 Syria/Jordan border, quite sad really, I always liked the big J with the Eagle Diesel, highly underrated.

240_gardner · 1 March 2012 22:41

John McVey:

240 Gardner:

orientmack:
In Jordan Dessert

That is just magnificent! Do you have any more pics of ancient Britons heading east?

Hi Chris, check out what’s left of a “Big J” I took this June 1977 Syria/Jordan border, quite sad really, I always liked the big J with the Eagle Diesel, highly underrated.

Thanks John - is that a bit of a wimp motor though, having a sleeper conversion? Seriously, though, you really do have to take your hat off to the chaps that headed off to exotic far and distant lands in motors like that

I’m sure you must have seen quite a few that made only a one-way journey? Then you came to Pandoro and saw plenty you wished someone would send (away) one a one-way journey!

kr79 · 2 March 2012 05:24

mushroomman:

kr79:
That’s why we won the war due to men like that.

Fixed that for ya .

I can assure you the term nutter wasn’t meant to be derogatory and appoligies if it offended anyone.

5thwheel · 2 March 2012 11:23

John McVey:

240 Gardner:

orientmack:
In Jordan Dessert

That is just magnificent! Do you have any more pics of ancient Britons heading east?

Hi Chris, check out what’s left of a “Big J” I took this June 1977 Syria/Jordan border, quite sad really, I always liked the big J with the Eagle Diesel, highly underrated.

I’m sure that Dennis and others will agree that Guy’s power plant looks like a 240 Percy!!!

Take it easy,

David