Wheel Nut:
Portugal owned 6 or 7 African countries including Angola. Cape Verdi and Mozambique. This could explain the ERF with BMC cab
Thinking a bit more about this, the Professionals imported to GB were simply badge-engineered into ERF EP6s, albeit with ■■■■■■■ power, IIRC. Almost certainly, the “Portuguese” BMCs with the ERF badges were the same.
Aside from the use of ERF’s name as a marketing lever to get the vehicles into those African markets, maybe those countries had a bit of bad history with Turkey? Does anyone know of any spats between Turkey and any African nations?
The BMC-cabbed ERF I started this thread with definitely bears a resemblance to the Turkish version. BMC-Turkey marketted the Fatih model with this cab and a ■■■■■■■ engine. Yavuz, another Turkish truck manufacturer, used the same cab for their lorries but with Volvo engines. BMC’s ‘Profesyonel’ was the successor, as you point out. It may just be that the Chinese were already getting into Africa by the time the new cab came out. Robert
…and the use of the obsolete-even-in-Turkey cab was a desperate attempt to beat them on price?
ERF-NGC-European:
A well-blinged C-series with tilt! Robert
Nice to see the photo of the Sovereign Transport ERF C Series…Sovereign Transport were a small firm based in Sheerness Kent with about half a dozen lorries. The one in the photo was driven by Dale Jacques who was the son of one of the partners who owned the company. Another brother Colin was in my class at school. In fact the ERF in the photo was the last lorry they ever had if I remember rightly.
ERF-NGC-European:
A well-blinged C-series with tilt! Robert
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Nice to see the photo of the Sovereign Transport ERF C Series…Sovereign Transport were a small firm based in Sheerness Kent with about half a dozen lorries. The one in the photo was driven by Dale Jacques who was the son of one of the partners who owned the company. Another brother Colin was in my class at school. In fact the ERF in the photo was the last lorry they ever had if I remember rightly.
All these small fleets with 10 or less wagons, family firms with father’s & sons driving for them that have disappeared Chris
ERF-NGC-European:
A well-blinged C-series with tilt! Robert
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Nice to see the photo of the Sovereign Transport ERF C Series…Sovereign Transport were a small firm based in Sheerness Kent with about half a dozen lorries. The one in the photo was driven by Dale Jacques who was the son of one of the partners who owned the company. Another brother Colin was in my class at school. In fact the ERF in the photo was the last lorry they ever had if I remember rightly.
Nice background info. I’d have put it on the Kent thread if I’d known! Robert
Looking at the Linkman ERF in Malta there’s still quite a few E series around out there doing a days work.I saw plenty of Leylands a few Fodens even a S80 the odd AEC which was definitely v.o.r
Chris
. Robert