That Breda truck was mine. It was the only DAF artic in the fleet without a wind deflector on the roof. It had zero maintenance,except for the self greasing system,& just kept going for years.
Love these old pics. So, who can we see? ACH, Hangartners, Trasnolli, East-West. Come on Wheelnut. you`re usually good at this!!! 
I can see a Laurent, with a Nobert logo…
harry:
I can see a Laurent, with a Nobert logo…
Hey Robert, Is that not an Irish East West behind the front of your trailer??.
Bye Eric,
Mushroomman,our camp was 3 portacabins in mostagenham,there was a small port there where our containers and cargo came in.If it was a larger ship it would dock at oran just round the coast about a 2 hour drive through Arzew where there was a gas or fuel plant,the flames from the stacks there were always blazing with the heat coming off them being felt from the road.When we went to Tamarasset we started from Algiers then down to Blida and on to Laghouat (spellings may be wrong of the places) where we found a cafe to get a nice meal before spending the first night.From Laghouat the roads got really rough down to Ghardaia,El Golea,Ain Salah,then on to Tamanrasset.On the fist trip we had an army land rover with 2 soldiers as guides but then the return was without them and we got into all sorts of trouble with the trucks and food.We did 3 months there an fly home for 2 weeks,at the time there was,nt much work in uk an to be honest being younger then I just wanted a bit of excitement.
The Queue for the docks,a few of Bagtels kenworths from the oil refinery,me an Johnnie Forser who worked for SAS on fridge work when he returned to uk,he lived near wandsworth south london.
Ain Salah
The Mali,drove round three times for good luck and the diesel tank straps broke!
Nice pics Jelliot. Did you buy that Globetrotter down west as I see it was on Cornish plates (I don’t recall anyone owning a Globey down there in the early 80s, most bosses were too tight to invest in big cabs!)
~ Craig
Craig 111:
Nice pics Jelliot. Did you buy that Globetrotter down west as I see it was on Cornish plates (I don’t recall anyone owning a Globey down there in the early 80s, most bosses were too tight to invest in big cabs!)~ Craig
Hi Craig, I noticed that RL number plate as well. As it happens I took my HGV test in Redruth in the early 70’s through the infamous ■■■■ Benney from Helston, past the test at 1pm and at five I was up the road with 20ton of milk powder through those narrow roads, stayed a year working out of Cornwall then started on my own as an OD. ■■■■ B had a brand new 110 Scania sleeper cab in 1970 the first in the county and also had a year old F88 which on one occasion I drove a bit different to the GUY big J that I drove, there were also 3 ERF A series and some rigids good old days but hard work, cheers Buzzer.
Hi Boyzee fantastic photos there I’ve never seen a square sun before, and with the hand of god as well, must have been some strange stuff in that hooka pipe. I love photos like that
Apologies to Robert for hijacking his thread for a few minutes.
Craig and Buzzer here’s a photo of my Globetrotter on the first run I did after getting it.
As always there’s a story to go with it…
I was driving an F7 which although a good truck wasn’t able to keep up with the demands of the tank work we were doing. Surprisingly my Dad suggested we get a bigger truck. I’d been searching for months and one day when I was down at Launceston delivering potatoes I spied the Volvo sitting at a Sed Atki dealers yard. The previous, and first owner was a fruit and veg dealer from Redruth that had gone to the wall so even though I wanted the truck straight away it was ■■■■■■■ in red tape. It eventually took the best part of 9 months to it sorted out. NZ Jamie might know something about it as he’s from down that way.
It was the only series 1 right hand drive F12 Globetrotter 4x2 rigid registered in the UK, 385turbo intercooler,and it had the full kitchen pack, sink cooker fridge, night heater as well as air con. I believe it was ordered through Western Commercials at the sane time as Western Tires got their Globetrotter.
Out of all the trucks I have owned or driven it was my favorite by far.
Dad and I were out the house at 2 am drove from Scotland to Launceston collected the the Volvo around 10am on Friday morning. I drove it back to Scotland painted the chassis, fitted the body went to Peterboro Truckfest, came home, fitted the extra fuel tanks, lights, mud guards, and serviced it, and that photo was taken at Marshalls yard in Aberdeen on Tuesday morning after delivering a load of tanks to Thurso.
Favorite shot of My Globetrotter
And there’s this as a close second… The only thing I’m saying about this photo, is it’s not a trick shot…
I also have a good story about Lib from Transnolli but I’ll save that for another time.
There you go Robert back to you.
Jeff…
Thanks for taking the time to reply about the F12. I seem to have some vague recollection about it, but I’m surprised anyone in Redruth had the money to put down as a deposit on such a fine machine! Looks like you had years of good service out of it, and I can just imagine your excitement driving down west to collect the Globey after the delights of an F7 . . .
Anyway, back on topic . . .
Jelliot said: ‘Apologies to Robert for hijacking his thread for a few minutes.’
I think this is a fantastic use of the thread. These are wonderful, epic North Africa pictures and we don’t hear enough about the Algeria runs. Keep 'em coming! Robert 
Seeing them Breda Transport trailers brought back memories of unloading them in the UK filled with garments some hanging mostly boxed. Every now and then you would get halfway through a trailer and find a hole in the roof and a few bottles of tizer and carrier bags containing poop.
Craig 111:
Thanks for taking the time to reply about the F12. I seem to have some vague recollection about it, but I’m surprised anyone in Redruth had the money to put down as a deposit on such a fine machine! Looks like you had years of good service out of it, and I can just imagine your excitement driving down west to collect the Globey after the delights of an F7 . . .Anyway, back on topic . . .
That was the big problem he didn’t have the money at all, in the dealers yard there were 5 Sed Atkies and few fiat Decato vans a New Range Rover and a Porsche they were all A reg. The first time I saw the Globbie was at Bristol veg market and I couldn’t believe my eyes. When I saw it at the dealers yard and Dad said it was a possibility I don’t think I slept fro a week. I had only just gone 20 when we collected it. ( I’m still grinning even now )
I did everything my self, all the painting, Airbrushing, it was the first time I had ever welded aluminum, so I was a bit apprehensive about making the bumper and bull bar. It used to carry the best part of 900 liters of fuel so I could stay out most of the week.
My mate looked it up DVLA and it was last registered in 2003.
The local reaction to it was along the line of… What the hell does he need something like that for, what a total waste of money, spoil brat etc.Who needs a big cab like that, and that airbrushing’ll never catch on.
The best part was that when it was running tanks, which was most of the time, it was doing between 9 and 11 to the gallon, the F7 was scraping to get 7, Dad thought it was gift from the gods, as what it was saving in fuel was more than the cost of the hire purchase so it was like having a free truck, so we had it payed of in 18 months.
Jeff…
Craig 111:
Nice pics Jelliot. Did you buy that Globetrotter down west as I see it was on Cornish plates (I don’t recall anyone owning a Globey down there in the early 80s, most bosses were too tight to invest in big cabs!)~ Craig
As I remember that Volvo was painted green in Bristol Fruit colours & ran out of Bodmin,saw it up & down the A30/M5 all the time.
Will:
Craig 111:
Nice pics Jelliot. Did you buy that Globetrotter down west as I see it was on Cornish plates (I don’t recall anyone owning a Globey down there in the early 80s, most bosses were too tight to invest in big cabs!)~ Craig
As I remember that Volvo was painted green in Bristol Fruit colours & ran out of Bodmin,saw it up & down the A30/M5 all the time.
It was in factory white with red stripes when I bought it, ( as in the second photo ) It was running a tautliner body and 3 axle taultliner drag also in white with red stripes. All the Sed Atkies were green but the Globetrotter was never green until I bought it. There was a fair bit of light damage to the cab when I got it so I bare metaled a lot of it when I was repairing it before painting it and there wasn’t another colour under it.
I also used to re airbrush it with a different theme every 9 months just because I could.
The name Harris or Hargreaves rings a bell but that could have been the Sed Atki dealer in Launceston.
As I mentioned I saw it at Bristol fruit and veg market a few time before I bought it.
Jeff…
ade is your father inlaw bob long from Newport regards rowly