Hi all…
As has been said before… info about this outfit and it’s origins is fairly thin on the ground, particularly the UK side of things…
I recall living in Heston in the early 70’s and I’m sure they had a depot in or off of North Hyde Lane…used to see their motors coming in and out but can’t remember the exact location…
Most of the pics online show the Volvos but I know they ran DAFs later on…
I worked for a company that ran two of their ex units in the late 70’s , did a few runs to Portugal in them , still had all the kitchen and sink etc in them … nice old motors…
I’ve seen some pics of R reggers and think it was around that time 77 78 that they packed it in?
Any Info or pics appreciated! Cheers, Baldrick 
I’m sure I recall a couple of Dafs of PIE when i worked in Saudi in the early 1970s in the Yanbu/Jedda region.
I’ve bumped up the PIE thread that Anorak gave the link to. There’s loads of stuff on there so I suggest we switch to it 
Ro
I got the answer from the PIE Facebook page , one of their old boys
I ran to the Middle East quite a bit around 77/78 and ran with P.I.E. lorries a couple of times, when you were all traveling in the same direction for days on end it was hard to get away from each other sometimes!!
Here’s the only picture I have and I can only remember the DAF’s.
Sorry the picture isn’t any better.
Steve
Birdie4x4:
I ran to the Middle East quite a bit around 77/78 and ran with P.I.E. lorries a couple of times, when you were all traveling in the same direction for days on end it was hard to get away from each other sometimes!!
Here’s the only picture I have and I can only remember the DAF’s.
Sorry the picture isn’t any better.
Steve
I worked for Douglas Freight in 1976, driving a silver grille Volvo exactly like that. The later model with the wipers hung from the bottom instead of the terrible top air driven things. It was a good motor. Not the most powerful, but Totally reliable, which to me was the most important thing on M/E.
Picture of me standing next to it outside Adasco, our agent in Jeddah.
John West:
Birdie4x4:
I ran to the Middle East quite a bit around 77/78 and ran with P.I.E. lorries a couple of times, when you were all traveling in the same direction for days on end it was hard to get away from each other sometimes!!
Here’s the only picture I have and I can only remember the DAF’s.
Sorry the picture isn’t any better.
Steve
I worked for Douglas Freight in 1976, driving a silver grille Volvo exactly like that. The later model with the wipers hung from the bottom instead of the terrible top air driven things. It was a good motor. Not the most powerful, but Totally reliable, which to me was the most important thing on M/E.
Picture of me standing next to it outside Adasco, our agent in Jeddah.
Just read your blog with the video traveling from H4 to Turaif across the desert, do you remember the fort half way across, I was told to keep the fort to my right when crossing, you can just make out another lorry in front near the fort.
Sorry its a bad photo but like me they’re all fading a bit. When following others and the dust started blowing you could be miles apart when it cleared, trying to plot a course back towards them avoiding the soft patches was quite a challenge, it made a big difference when the new road was opened.
Steve
