loads more once i find the other photo album 
come on then whos got some picture of rosie 
That lad was Joseph . Ace runner!
the story i got regards the crash was on the slip road at granada, you come off on to a tight ish right hander slip road, it was foggy and he when right up the back of a bus (im sure this was animal)
burnley-si:
the story i got regards the crash was on the slip road at granada, you come off on to a tight ish right hander slip road, it was foggy and he when right up the back of a bus (im sure this was animal)
Its a long way from his regular run to Madrid? I heard it was N1 outside Madrid Northbound. Dual track on a bend ,drove into the back of stopped bus while being overtaken, but somebody on here said he had a left ■■■■■■ ,so…?
harry:
burnley-si:
the story i got regards the crash was on the slip road at granada, you come off on to a tight ish right hander slip road, it was foggy and he when right up the back of a bus (im sure this was animal)Its a long way from his regular run to Madrid? I heard it was N1 outside Madrid Northbound. Dual track on a bend ,drove into the back of stopped bus while being overtaken, but somebody on here said he had a left ■■■■■■ ,so…?
This was at least 15 years ago. Do the details matter lads? It was Stuart: he died. Drivers were sad. Robert
Very evocative pictures, Harry! Is that not Richard Mountain in the pic labelled ‘Mr and Mrs John’? ‘Mc’ is John McFarlene. The lad in front of ‘Metal Micky’s’ DAF was called Mohammed and the other lad, Joseph was really called Yussef (Arabic for Joseph, of course). I like these pictures with people as well as lorries in - when is Simon Greg going to put his wonderful people-plus-lorries pictures on here? Robert
robert1952:
Very evocative pictures, Harry! Is that not Richard Mountain in the pic labelled ‘Mr and Mrs John’? ‘Mc’ is John McFarlene. The lad in front of ‘Metal Micky’s’ DAF was called Mohammed and the other lad, Joseph was really called Yussef (Arabic for Joseph, of course). I like these pictures with people as well as lorries in - when is Simon Greg going to put his wonderful people-plus-lorries pictures on here? Robert
It certainly looks like Richard Mountain, The one I knew was from the Boston area in Lincs if its the same One ■■
Regards
Kenny
sgt major roadworks:
robert1952:
Very evocative pictures, Harry! Is that not Richard Mountain in the pic labelled ‘Mr and Mrs John’? ‘Mc’ is John McFarlene. The lad in front of ‘Metal Micky’s’ DAF was called Mohammed and the other lad, Joseph was really called Yussef (Arabic for Joseph, of course). I like these pictures with people as well as lorries in - when is Simon Greg going to put his wonderful people-plus-lorries pictures on here? RobertIt certainly looks like Richard Mountain, The one I knew was from the Boston area in Lincs if its the same One ■■
Regards
Kenny
it is 100% richard mountain
burnley-si:
sgt major roadworks:
robert1952:
Very evocative pictures, Harry! Is that not Richard Mountain in the pic labelled ‘Mr and Mrs John’? ‘Mc’ is John McFarlene. The lad in front of ‘Metal Micky’s’ DAF was called Mohammed and the other lad, Joseph was really called Yussef (Arabic for Joseph, of course). I like these pictures with people as well as lorries in - when is Simon Greg going to put his wonderful people-plus-lorries pictures on here? RobertIt certainly looks like Richard Mountain, The one I knew was from the Boston area in Lincs if its the same One ■■
Regards
Kennyit is 100% richard mountain
I’d forgotton Richards name and his wife’s although I’ve ran with them and spent time in port with them.
boyzee:
These are very rare in Algeria , do you remember the plates ? i think it belongs to an American company ?
I thought that perhapse some of you guys might be interested in this article I have scanned.
cheers
gaz
tetragaz:
I thought that perhapse some of you guys might be interested in this article I have scanned.cheers
gaz
Oh, well done. Yes that’s the article I was talking about earlier, when I was recounting the sword incident in Sale. I wrote several long-distance diaries for both Truck and Truck & Driver magazines during the '90s. I think this one was my last. Robert 
Nicely written article Robert, very evocative of the place and time . . . and certainly worthy of more than a mere three pages in the mag. I was Dep Ed on TRUCK from late 2000 to 2002 and sadly we had few contributors with the same flourish of the pen (or keyboard!). We talked on the phone once while I worked there, I believe you rang to tell us about the prototype Stralis you’d seen running about in disguise. I guess it was at the time when you were operating your own Iveco?
~ Craig
Craig 111:
Nicely written article Robert, very evocative of the place and time . . . and certainly worthy of more than a mere three pages in the mag. I was Dep Ed on TRUCK from late 2000 to 2002 and sadly we had few contributors with the same flourish of the pen (or keyboard!). We talked on the phone once while I worked there, I believe you rang to tell us about the prototype Stralis you’d seen running about in disguise. I guess it was at the time when you were operating your own Iveco?~ Craig
Thanks Craig! It might have been the new MAN TGA I contacted you about. One came into the port in Tangiers in thin disguise: here’s the pic I took of it! Robert
Benntrans, Swiss firm ,German drivers.
Question one of you might know
Need oermit to take truck over
But what about a 3.5t sprinter no olucence needed
Freind of mine had an enquiry today take load to morocco
But not sure in permit requirements for van
He does also have intl o licence for trucks so wouldnt be an issue for him to get one
And might be able to charge extea premium as mist wouldnt be able to do
robert1952:
tetragaz:
I thought that perhapse some of you guys might be interested in this article I have scanned.cheers
gazOh, well done. Yes that’s the article I was talking about earlier, when I was recounting the sword incident in Sale. I wrote several long-distance diaries for both Truck and Truck & Driver magazines during the '90s. I think this one was my last. Robert
glad I could bring back some memories for you robert
robert1952:
Thanks Craig! It might have been the new MAN TGA I contacted you about. One came into the port in Tangiers in thin disguise: here’s the pic I took of it! Robert0
Interesting pic Robert, but that was before my time at TRUCK, the MAN had already been launched by the time I started at the mag. The thinly disguised TG-A (as they originally called it) in your pic was the truck in the MAN brochure pics, with the photos taken in the early morning sun somewhere in Morocco, hence why there’s virtually no disguise panels on it, aside from the taped up windows.
Thanks for taking the time to post up so many interesting pics from the Maghreb, make very enjoyable reading 
~ Craig
Craig, I remember you got the 510 TG-A to test and I got a bloody ERF (sorry Robert )
TG-A was just hitting the roads when we started at TRUCK, I had an LX version on a TransEuroTest and it was the first one I had seen.
The only scoops we got were the Stralis (you) and the version 2 FH (me) yours involved a motorbije dash across London, mine pulled up next to me in the services