Down the graveyard…
Fergie47:
A few more oldies.
I drove such a truck, though a Berliet GR 190, for a little time, and can tell you it’s rather awkward and needs a little time to get used to it.
Fergie47:
Few old Berliets
Some excellent photos there Fergie47.
This truck belonged to the Spanish National Electricity Company; could it be a Leyland, and possibly a Rhino?
Wine transport in the Beaujolais country , a Somua JL 17 with Cottard cab. Later this company used Mercedes.
Berliet GRK 10 ( 1961) from a flower orchard in Nice, in the following years, the company will become a famous fridge haulier.
michel:
Wine transport in the Beaujolais country , a Somua JL 17 with Cottard cab. Later this company used Mercedes.
Wow, speaking of design and aereodynamics…that word didn’t exist by then but it certainly affected fuel consumption compared
to the big front cabs!
Transports Jonet of Charleroi (Belgium) bought four Kenworth-chassis…after US-army used them since 1955 toward 1975.
Originally with a Continental (petrol, that would be a thirsty one) engine and later ■■■■■■■ NTK335 as powertrain.
In 1952 Kenworth produced the T10 as a prototype for US-army enabling to transport Atomic Bombs, brrrr and in 1955 after
many modifications and trials they went in Army-services at a base in Germany.
Kenworth took over “Pacific” and mutual engineering resulted in the “Bruck” or a combination of bus and truck.
The idea in 1946 was to offer a combined solution for both transportation of passengers and cargo.
The project was not a top-seller though roughly 20 chassis were produced and sold.
Froggy55:
This truck belonged to the Spanish National Electricity Company; could it be a Leyland, and possibly a Rhino?
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Undoubtedly a Thornycroft Amazon, 1940s vintage.
Some old Italian beasts. Note:- a lot are RHD, lots of axles, and small cabs too.
If you did Italian work in the late 60’s early 70s you didn’t want to get stuck behind these guys, believe me, They were running at 40 tons with not a lot of HP…
Fergie47:
Some old Italian beasts. Note:- a lot are RHD, lots of axles, and small cabs too.If you did Italian work in the late 60’s early 70s you didn’t want to get stuck behind these guys, believe me, They were running at 40 tons with not a lot of HP…
With a lot of “Black Smoke” and the smell from smoke and brakes was not nice either…
Hence Turin looked so bleak most days lol
Fergie47:
Some old Italian beasts. Note:- a lot are RHD, lots of axles, and small cabs too.If you did Italian work in the late 60’s early 70s you didn’t want to get stuck behind these guys, believe me, They were running at 40 tons with not a lot of HP…
In the last photo I imagine he had just cleaned the windscreens and forgot his wipers!
Fergie47:
Some old Italian beasts. Note:- a lot are RHD, lots of axles, and small cabs too.If you did Italian work in the late 60’s early 70s you didn’t want to get stuck behind these guys, believe me, They were running at 40 tons with not a lot of HP…
Max weight in Italy at that time was wht it is in NZ today (well, I think): 22 tonnes for a 4-axle truck or trailer. That meaning they could make it at 44 tonnes with 8 axles. The old 8-wheelers had a 170 bhp engine while the more modern could have 260 bhp.
Dipster:
Fergie47:
Some old Italian beasts. Note:- a lot are RHD, lots of axles, and small cabs too.If you did Italian work in the late 60’s early 70s you didn’t want to get stuck behind these guys, believe me, They were running at 40 tons with not a lot of HP…
In the last photo I imagine he had just cleaned the windscreens and forgot his wipers!
I have a Dutch friend who always lifts his wipers off of the screen whenever his van is parked. He says it saves the rubbers becoming distorted and many Europeans do the same, especially in hot weather.
Pete.
windrush:
Dipster:
Fergie47:
Some old Italian beasts. Note:- a lot are RHD, lots of axles, and small cabs too.If you did Italian work in the late 60’s early 70s you didn’t want to get stuck behind these guys, believe me, They were running at 40 tons with not a lot of HP…
In the last photo I imagine he had just cleaned the windscreens and forgot his wipers!
I have a Dutch friend who always lifts his wipers off of the screen whenever his van is parked. He says it saves the rubbers becoming distorted and many Europeans do the same, especially in hot weather.
Pete.
When we lived in S.France we always had a couple of wine corks on the dash to put under the wiper arms-stop them melting in the summer and freezing to the glass in winter.
Since your post has sparked several memories; … a personal enquiry M. Nydel , … there being no compunction on your part to respond to this query incidentally , … but may I enquire as to the approximate location of your habitat during your sojourn in the midi . My reason for asking being an enduring affection for all things French , little more … I consider the midi to be anywhere south of the 45th parallel.
I’d be thrilled to learn that I may well have ridden past your domicile on my Honda 90 20 years ago . Highly unlikely I’ll admit , although not entirely impossible .