Looking at your post about the Preval erf being probably a demonstrator on page 32. I have to agree as
the cab has not been painted in the company colours.
Thanks for these, Dean - much appreciated! Robert
A couple of bits from a 1970s commercial motor magazine.Not sure if this has been on here before ?
(Copied as best as i could but cant get very good focus on pics)
Another bit.
DEANB:
A couple of bits from a 1970s commercial motor magazine.Not sure if this has been on here before ?
(Copied as best as i could but cant get very good focus on pics)4
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Not seen that bottom item, ‘another bit’ before. The others are available on CM archives. Which issue is it from, Dean? If we can know that, we can find an original magazine and unearth the pictures and info. Robert
If anyone has a copy of Commercial Motor 12/01/73, I’d be grateful if you would scan the above page and post it on here for us. Cheers!! Robert
robert1952:
If anyone has a copy of Commercial Motor 12/01/73, I’d be grateful if you would scan the above page and post it on here for us. Cheers!! Robert
Re the Beresford erf that was based in Le Havre. Found this bit about the French company Philtrans that
were partly owned by Beresford at Le Havre.
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anorak:robert1952:
If anyone has a copy of Commercial Motor 12/01/73, I’d be grateful if you would scan the above page and post it on here for us. Cheers!! Robert
Thanks Anorak! I’ve printed off the part of the page it will let me zoom in on, then scanned the print, as follows. Robert
DEANB:
Re the Beresford erf that was based in Le Havre. Found this bit about the French company Philtrans that
were partly owned by Beresford at Le Havre.1
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That’s a handy snippet, Dean and useful as I’m still piecing together the role this unit played at Le Havre. Cheers, Robert
Looks like calor gas had only the one NGC. The fella that posted this seems to know alot about the calor
fleet and posts alot of pictures ?
DEANB:
Looks like calor gas had only the one NGC. The fella that posted this seems to know alot about the calor
fleet and posts alot of pictures ?
Ah good! Well that narrows it down a bit if they only had the one. I’m pretty certain this later became a wrecker. Good detective work again, Dean! PS the only other pic we have of this is the one below:D Robert
Going back to page 89 you posted the following message and photo.
The picture was in a commercial motor magazine and below is the paragraph that accompanied it .
Not alot of information but confirms what you said.
Another good find, Dean! As you will be aware, I have since spoken to the ERF field engineer who drove the NGC on that trip. They also went to Qatar, by the way. Nonetheless, we should still be vigilant for photos that were taken on that demo tour of the Middle-East, as at the moment we just have the one above and the colour pic taken by ERF’s publicity officer, Alan Rickett as shown in Book 2 (and in b&w on this thread). There must have been dozens taken in those countries! Robert
It would still be good to get decent full page scans of pages 40-43 of CM 12/01/73 to read the small print. There were clearly other pieces about the NGC in that issue, as I have just found this item in my file, also scanned from the same magazine. Robert
Great stuff 
And getting down to the nitty-gritty in the ‘cheeky ■■■■■■■■■ corner’ 
, here is the nearest thing to the real Sandbach Scania! Robert
Hiya… that ERF dump truck looking thing was a tractor unit with a body on it. yes there was a 5th wheel under the body.
i thought they was bound for Africa… i know we sent out spare set of floor panels ( flat plates )due to drivers sweating and
rotting the (3mm)floor plates, the cab frame was angle iron with no interior panels… the cabs was full width cabs not half
cabs like dump trucks, they was basic and i think had 220 rolls engine,s…
John
3300John:
Hiya… that ERF dump truck looking thing was a tractor unit with a body on it. yes there was a 5th wheel under the body.
i thought they was bound for Africa… i know we sent out spare set of floor panels ( flat plates )due to drivers sweating and
rotting the (3mm)floor plates, the cab frame was angle iron with no interior panels… the cabs was full width cabs not half
cabs like dump trucks, they was basic and i think had 220 rolls engine,s…
John
Nice detail about the dump truck, John. If you scroll back to page 89, someone posted detailed info about the dump trucks. I’m not sure what happened to our M/E demo one in the end. But I know the NGC was sold in Kuwait. And I know which of the two I’d have rather driven from Beirut to Doha! Apparently, they were caught up in some really bad weather (sand storms) twixt Saudi and Qatar. Cheers, Robert
robert1952:
It would still be good to get decent full page scans of pages 40-43 of CM 12/01/73 to read the small print. There were clearly other pieces about the NGC in that issue, as I have just found this item in my file, also scanned from the same magazine. Robert0
That seems to suggest that the small cam was capable of 420 hp and available in the NGC.I wasn’t aware of such a high output for the small cam.It would be interesting to see the exact torque and power peaks for that spec as the small cam wasn’t known for having as much torque output capability as the big cam.But that must be one of the most if not the most powerful available truck options in the day ?. 