On the way to Algeceras for ferry to Tangier.
Cliff luxton:
On the way to Algeceras for ferry to Tangier.
Fine looking wagon, Cliff. And those big DAFs were great for that job. I drove a lot of different DAFs down to Morocco. You must have carried on quite a bit after I packed it up: when did you come off North Africa work? Robert
Evening all, you know as this poor old geriatric never travelled as far as you Gentlemen did…apart from a singularly unhappy few months in Maroc…(Rather abbreviated by me leaping from my Berliet Maroc company Renault 4TL, when I saw a “local” dispatching…(in a very cruel way), a rather handsome Anglo Nubian Goat), and giving him…in very plain English…a B… good hiding…(I cannot countenance cruelty to animals in any form)…and I was back on the Caravelle to Paris that very same night…and a “mega” , (in modern parlance) Bolll…ing!!!
Then the management sent me to the Press Liason Department, …and I made a balls of that too!!!
So off to the USA…and that was Great!!!
But back to North Africa…I had become very close to one of my clients, Transports Chapuis, of Lyon.( Part Government funded), they ran a mixture of Saviem, 4x2s, and 6x4, 340 V8 MAN powered outfits, (as well as their poor quality neighbour Berliet TR 356 v8s), on trans Africa work.
Paris-Lagos-Paris…and yes, they did go both ways, Algeirs, (naturally), Tamanrasset, Agadez, Lagos. All the units on this “job” were 6x4 Saviem 340s, coupled to Trailor single wheeled tri axle tilts, bearing the motto, France-Nigeria-France.
I have given all my photographs, and details of these lorries to a pal of mine, who is a great model creator down in Narbonne.
If he wins out and creates the models of these lorries that he wishes to create, I will let you all know…
But what a journey, and what drivers these men where…they regarded Tehran…as a “local”"!!!
Cheerio for now.
hi cliff kev says hi that superspace looked well reminds me of me ol boss hot to trot his first one 
OssieD:
Will:
Here is a story from a more recent magazine…And he is still running there,83 this year+1
Ossie
Yes ,met up with Tony on the crossing to Santander the other week , great to see him again.
gr8 pics cliff nearly fell of chair laughing at kev he lot slimmer these days must of been the booze consumption on morocco job as it was quite good . gr8 times tho is hot to trot still at it . and kev asked if u were still rolling
Hi Robert I stopped going to morroco around 2004.
Steve as far as I know Tony is still going down for D.T.Tell kev I am no longer driving but am landlord of a pub in West Bay that will make him laugh.
This was John Vanadee at Bouknadel.
oh gr8 cliff lol me and kev planning to be in uk at some point well call in m8 stay well
You are right Cliff ,Tony is still on for DT and he does 2 trips a month,he still has the silver DAF which he told me is now 14 years old.
hey kerbut if u see tony say hi to him for me its roadrage i remember meeting up with him on his maiden voyage in the silver daf down in cassa me him and black magic supped a few brandys in the daf that nite i was working for him at the time
Funnily enough Steve he mentioned the other Steve Jones ,I said there is also another (ie you ) and he said you worked for him .
Funnily enough Steve he mentioned the other Steve Jones ,I said there is also another (ie you ) and he said you worked for him .
kerbut yes all good i hope lol but knowing tony nearly 30yrs could well of been oh that c…t in his best cockney voice lol but hope hes well anyway
Cliff luxton:
Get kev to have a look at this one Steve.
Isn’t that Cornish Jerry on the right? The last time I saw him, he was driving the ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ DAF and there was detour running north up the N1 because of roadworks and we had to go via Bilbao and drive up the coast to Irun. Must have been about 12 years ago. Robert
Never did moroc but did alot of spain 99-03
One guy always use to bump into had a white daf super space and was from north east
Od sure was oulling for manns seamed a genuine bloke
Remember one time in ids nr somme sierra filling up and he came in with two mannsthat were
Muppets
All they kelt going on about where you off to we are going to Africa etc
Having coffee with the guy in daf after turns out they were first trippers lol and goving the big one
Bet there wasa few like that in the hey day then not go again after
Yes Robert that is Gerry. Toe tapper and Kevin .
gettin on ye the north east guy sounds like my ol m8 eddie midford gr8 guy /cornish gerry what a guy was with him in tangier shipping home when he slapped one of the customs guys that took a few dirhams to put right hope hes doing well
