Thanks for the Merc brochure Tyreman. Good, solid motors they were.
Here’s another bit of German engineering for you, this time from Henschel.
Another brochure from Germany, published in 1970. I think that this kind of information about different devices involved in transportation is very interesting, it shows the development through the years. I´m not sure if this Klöckner is the same as Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG (KHD) who produced lorries earlier… 
/Stellan
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On page 20 the ERF seen through the windscreen was owned by Ellis of Hartington, Derbyshire who were drafted into BRS. One of the fitter’s I worked with at Ballidon was employed by them after the war, they had some ERF’s and Foden’s and their garage is still in the village but is now a basketweave shop I seem to recall! Good pics Mike.
Pete.
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Everything that tells us about the development of lorries is interesting, and the lorries of today will be part of the history in the future. 
Here´s an earlier brochure from Fuso, the label on the binder in my archive says it´s from 1966… but it might be later.
/Stellan
Enjoyed the Klockner brochure, Autotransit.
Following on from the Mitsubishi, here’s another Japanese one, this time from Hino.
Hino had no success in Sweden, they only sold some buses at some time. In Norway on the other hand they sold a lot of lorries in the segment below 16 tons.
Another brochure with “accessories”, this one is from 1975. How common was a tail lift in England at this time?
/stellan
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Hi Pete.Yes I had seen Hartington across the front but can’t remember Ellis’s
so thank’s for that info.Some good Brochures on here,interesting stuff again thanks to all for
taking the time.I wonder what you would do if you rang the number at the bottom off page 24
and got a reply “Hello ERF Sandbach how can I help you” bet you’d drop the phone. 
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Enjoyed the Klockner brochure, Autotransit.
Following on from the Mitsubishi, here’s another Japanese one, this time from Hino.9
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I found some brochures from Telma in my archive that might fit in here, there´s not many of them in use today when most engines have a very powerful engine brake (I believe).
/Stellan
I hope this information sheet from 1975 could be of some interest, and maybe someone can tell us more about this vehicle…
/Stellan
Keep them coming AUTOTRANSIT.
If I remember correctly, I think Walls ran some of those vans, although hopefully somebody with a
better memory can enlighten us further.
Here’s one from Dutch trailer manufacturer FLOOR.
talking of commer vans I was a butcher for about 15 years and in the early 70s I worked for a firm who were a bit on the dodgy side but they paid well they had hospital contracts boy you would not want to know the stuff they supplied but thats a different story , anyway we had a petrol commer 30 cwt petrol it would do 55 mph downhill with a good wind behind you, one of the hospital contracts demanded that meat was delivered in refrigerated vans so my boss bought 2 ex walls commers with the fridge motor they were diesels and would not pull your fore skin back they were knackered top speed 40 on the flat loaded or empty, I recall a driver took his brother out for the day in one when delivering in essex and it was a hot day they had both sliding doors back his brother had his left hand on the door frame where the door closed and he had to brake really hard and the passenger door slammed onto his brothers hand and broke all his fingers poor sod , fredm
I have always thought that those sliding doors must have been dangerous. Is there any of them still in use, or is this kind of vehicle forbidden by EU today? I can´t remember seen any of them in Sweden, but our politicians has always been keen on forbidding things…
/Stellan
i`m sure anything like sliding doors would be banned now, on that meat firm I worked for which had the commers they had a very early bedford cf van l reg 1972 or 3 it had sliding drivers door and a 3 speed gearbox which was great as we did something like 60 or 70 drops around the west end and city of london you would be chasing like mad all morning it was great though jump out while is still slowing down with handbrake pulled on but I was a lot younger then and a darn sight fitter what happy days they were, fredm
Not 100% sure, but got a feeling UPS still have sliding-doors on their vans.
This one may be of interest. I’ve certainly never seen one of these, so if anyone has any photos, please post them.
Sliding doors should have been closed when the vehicle was in motion, we used to test vans with them open but were pulled a couple of times by the Law and cautioned though not fined. This was back in the late '60’s /early '70’s when most delivery van’s had them fitted, they could be locked with a bar arrangement in the open position to prevent them closing when braking.
Pete.