Buzzer:
What is it ? looks French Buzzer
A Renault. The French army had loads of them.
It is indeed a Renault R 2086 or R 2087. Built for military or fire rescue.
This one is a French-built Saurer 10 CXD, fitted with their biggest diesel engin, a proper sleeper cab and registered in 1934-35. The triangle on its roof indicates it’s likely to pull a trailer.
Buzzer:
One more, Buzzer
I think these were built by Simca, with a (Ford-based?) petrol V8. Again French army had them. Froggy will give us the facts I hope!
Froggy55:
pv83:
A crane used by the SNCF, but what exactly is it…?Probably a Berliet-powered Griffet. They were quite common at a time, especially to lift barges or boats.
Cheers Paul 
Fergie47:
jshepguis:
1This has been put on the Heavy Haulage thread a while ago, but just for some information this unit was brought over to the UK for Magnaload to assist with movement of various vessels etc. to the Oil terminal at Milford Haven my uncle had the pleasure of driving it and loved it. I built a model of it for him in the Magnaload colours that it was given.
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That’s a good model, very realistic and close to the real thing, what cab did you use, the doors look very GuyBJ…?
Cracking model mate!
Fergie47:
pv83:
I bumped into this yesterday, who knows more about it?If you go to utube, type in “france: tyred trains - French invention 1931” there is 40 second video on a similar train…
Froggy55:
pv83:
I bumped into this yesterday, who knows more about it?A railcar built by Michelin and fitted with rubber tyres.
Cheers Paul et Senior, I’ll have a look on YouTube
Froggy55:
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An Unic prototype fitted with a Leffondré cab. Certainly a very good visibility, but it also could have competed for the ugliest truck of its year (1950s)!
Ugly, ugly… it’s interesting, that’s for sure 
pv83:
This certainly looks interesting.
An ÖAF, made in that period just after they were taken over by MAN, just before the MAN cab was transplanted onto their chassis (or the ÖAF badge was put on MAN chassis). Why it has MAN badges is unclear. All I can think is that MAN marketed both makes in Spain, under the same branding? Maybe the owner of the vehicle swapped the badges?
Interesting indeed!
I checked the first 10 pages of this site:
baumaschinenbilder.de/forum/ … =0&page=14
…and found some more ÖAFs, with Spanish triangles on the roof:
I found this somewhere else:
pv83:
Paris back in the day…
Not sure at all what the truck is. But it was certainly unusual to see a Morris Minor in Paris. I can’t see the reg. number but I suspect it was a visitor.
Dipster:
pv83:
Paris back in the day…Not sure at all what the truck is. But it was certainly unusual to see a Morris Minor in Paris. I can’t see the reg. number but I suspect it was a visitor.
The lorry is in the service of Citroen according to its headboard. The unit looks like a Latil
As for the Morris Minor, it has a split windscreen, laticed grille and semophore trafficators, which dates it at around 1954 (by '56 they had the lateral slats across the grille). I had an almost identical one 50 years ago! It also has left-hand-drive so it may not be a visitor .
Dipster:
pv83:
Paris back in the day…Not sure at all what the truck is. But it was certainly unusual to see a Morris Minor in Paris. I can’t see the reg. number but I suspect it was a visitor.
The Truck is a FAR/Chenard & Walcker, fitted with an early Scammell coupling.
Dipster:
pv83:
Paris back in the day…Not sure at all what the truck is. But it was certainly unusual to see a Morris Minor in Paris. I can’t see the reg. number but I suspect it was a visitor.
Hey,
It is indeed a visitor but a Frenchman, Morris was sold in France.
And if you have a good look, it’s left hand drive.
Eric,
If the Austin Mini was very popular in France, I have no recollection of seeing French-reg Morris Minors here. Nevertheless, I can understand they could have been interesting, just because the range offered by French manufacturers was very limited. For example, in 1960, the Citroën range consisted only in the 2CV, Ami 6 and, at the top end, DS/ID; Peugeot the 403 and 404. An abyssal gap in the middle of their range!
Froggy55:
If the Austin Mini was very popular in France, I have no recollection of seeing French-reg Morris Minors here. Nevertheless, I can understand they could have been interesting, just because the range offered by French manufacturers was very limited. For example, in 1960, the Citroën range consisted only in the 2CV, Ami 6 and, at the top end, DS/ID; Peugeot the 403 and 404. An abyssal gap in the middle of their range!
In all my years spent in France I only ever saw one Minor in France. That was a dark blue RHD convertible on diplomatic plates belonging to a secretary at the British Embassy! Thus a temporary import.
I like Minors and do not understand why such a simple little car was not, apparently, sold there. Price perhaps. But the Mini, always referred to as an Austin Mini I recall, was very popular. Particularly in Paris. Ironically most I saw were Innocenti built, not actually Austins!
Back to trucks I might point out I never saw and Austin, Morris or BMC truck registered in France. Were there any?
Yes, there were a few BMC trucks imported by Willème c. 1960. They beared both logos.