Just for Saviem - what must surely be one of the most attractive lorries ever to come out of the BERLIET stable.
I’ve been browsing the internet, and have been fortunate enough to find some brochures that I don’t have in my own collection.
Nevertheless, they’re all very interesting, so i’ve downloaded them and will post them here. Where possible, i’ll credit the OP.
Many of them will be right up Saviem’s boulevard, and I hope we’ll be educated further.
Another one for Saviem, this time from LATIL.
gb1:
Just for Saviem - what must surely be one of the most attractive lorries ever to come out of the BERLIET stable.1
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Evening all, gb1, nice pictures, and interesting.
The big Berliet GPRK 26tonner has the Relax cabin of the mid 60s. Avery quiet work place, not in the least due to Berliets adoption of the “M” (MAN) injection system, christened by the marketeers at Venissieux as the “magic” system. Even at that time (early 60s), fuel consumption was a major priority, and Berliets rival Unic made much of the Saurer injection system that they used,(as well as producing French built Saurer vehicles).And Berliet countered this by adopting mr MANS combustion design!!
The Relax cabin had twin doors that provided the radiator grill, that opened like a kitchen cupboard, to expose the front of the engine and ancilliaries. The basic cab structure with the addition of a bonnet gave the " GB, and TB ranges their distinctive look.
White wall tyres, (les flancs blanc), were very much a feature of 50s and 60s French lorries, as shown on the factory shot, as is the peculiar “cranked frame” with over slung springs for the bogie.
Now the F715T Mack, with its naturally aspirated V8, sitting beneath one of Sir Alfred Owens Motor Panels cabs, is a totally different animal. Arguably not designed as the Berliet, but more a product of a Manufacturer who was suffering from a “bloody nose”, and desperate to Europeanise its product.
Mack had purchased the remains of Frances premier lorry builder, Bernard, and sought , by inserting Mack mechanicals beneath the superbly stylish cabins of Pelpel, and Cottard, to regain the market lost by Bernards unsuccesful , and spectacularly unreliable , air cooled Alsthom diesel venture. It did not work, and Mack struck out with its own vehicles. Searching for a "French/European identity Mack evaluated cabs by Cottard, but they could not supply the forecast volume. But Motor Panels could, and so was born one of the ugliest lorries ever built. The photograph makes the lorry look quite handsome, believe me in the flesh, it was just horrible! And exactly the same to drive! The forward control Pelpel cab, as fitted to contemporary Unics was also tried, again a pretty ungainly lorry.
I saw elderley examples of both cabs at Tpts Borca et Fils,in Paris, a long time Bernard user, but the Mack/Bernards…oh dear.
When I was working with Mack in the US, in their museum was a French built tractor fitted with the Cottard cab, a very handsome lorry indeed, and maybe would have been a better seller? Still Coventry exported some cabs!!
Cheerio for now, (need to go to bed, Im getting on age wise)!!
I guess this a more anonymous model from Volvo to see here in Europe, it´s a rare model in Sweden anyway. Brochure from 1993, and history already… 
Brochure from 1982, thirty years old… and already history. Sorry for the language, maybe the pictures says a lot by them selves 
/Stellan
Another British brochure from my collection. I´m not sure, but I guess it´s from 1972 if the “code” in the last page is what I believe it is
/Stellan
Any one got a scania streamline brochure ?
Nice one here for Saviem.
Didn’t realise that PERKINS ENGINES were supplied to such a major French manufacturer as RENAULT.
Volvo bought Perkins too for their F82 and F83 as an alternative to the petrol V8 they had, and a lot of manufacturers of forklifts here in Sweden used their engines.
/Stellan
gb1:
Nice one here for Saviem.Didn’t realise that PERKINS ENGINES were supplied to such a major French manufacturer as RENAULT.
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Evening all, gb1, stellan, Perkins did a lot of European business, as did AEC , Leyland, and later Rolls Royce. Then of course there were the licence built Gardners, (and how did Bernard manage to give “their” version a light throttle pedal)?
Perkins were the main power source for the Renault, Billancourt, G range of light vehicles, which when production was put under Saviem, became the SG Range , which was sold in Germany as a Henschel. When that collaboration ceased, and the close collaberation with MAN began the SG received a MAN 4cyl engine, and of course was sold in Germany as a MAN!
The last use of Perkins power came about with the early 80sJK75, 7.5tonner for the UK market which received a Perkins engine, Did not the equivelent Volvo also have 4CYL pERKINS POWER?? cHEERIO FOR NOW.
I´m not sure, but I believe that Volvo F4 had a Perkins engine… it was a small four cylinder engine anyhow, but it looks like Peugeot not was the only French company buying Perkins.
The front of this Citroën must be one of the ugliest ever built… it looks like it has been in an accident 
/Stellan
My guess is that this little van is unknown outside the Nordic countries. It was the Swedish government that decided (in all their wisdom) that Sweden should build a small van for the Swedish Mail.
Here´s a link in English I found: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjorven_%28vehicle%29
I´m sorry if the language in this brochure is a bit difficult to understand 
/Stellan
Maybe this bilingual brochure from 1975 can help someone out if he wants to have a Scania demo lorry from that time… or to learn Swedish.
(Sorry for the word “truck” used in the brochure) 
/Stellan
Hi Lads, I have been enjoying this thread for quite a while and reckoned it was about time I posted some of my truck brochures up. I collect all makes and models of heavy truck from all over the world…
Great brouchures Richard keep them coming in . Tony
It´s great to see brochures from all over the world, and from different periods. Many of the makes are gone today, so it´s a bit of history to save for the future. Looking forward to see more of it
/Stellan
Richard, you’re reknowned for having possibly the finest collection of brochures. I’m so glad you’ve “joined us”, and look
forward to the enhancement you will undoubtedly bring to this topic.
