Saviem's fan club (Part 2)

The TK was certainly revolutionary by many ways in 1960! Even here in France.

Pegaso belonging to the Polish state company Pekaes

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I always wondered why Pegaso rounded that cab down towards the back, ruined any chance of sitting up in bed reading I would have thought.

Or is it a daycab? :thinking:

Old mix of wagons










4 X Chinese 6s




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Where old French lorries go to die










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I’d like to know the story here…1930s I’d guess, one company showing its wagons, but where. when.and why…we’ll never know.

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No, it is a sleeper cab, but probably Spanish drivers do not read in their bunks. After all, I never read in bed!

I think I have the answer somewhere in my files, but it would take hours to find it.

This is the fleet of the Caby factory c. 1960. Caby was a big charcuterie manufacturer based near Lille. Several makes of trucks, including Berliet, Unic, Bernard and Renault.

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Picture on topic I think.

An International Harvester in colours of a tractor dealer.

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Delaunay are still going strong I believe. get to see their depots when crawling though the traffic at Nonancourt
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Froggy, no problem, when you have time, it would be nice to know.
I’ll go with 30’s and some kind of advert for a business, and that home could be the patrons…pure quess work of course…

When do I start ? as long as i can have one of the TV Bernards…

Unfortunately for you, Caby closed in 2018.

Even if the TV Bernard was ugly, its cab was spacious and more comfortable than most of its competitors in 1960. Its main problem was rust.

Froggy…typical, l’m always late for the party, missed it by
6 years, still, i quess my Bernard has rusted away to dust by now.
Somewhere I’ve a photo of a TV cab rusted out, and you’re
right, apart from the round window its not recognisable as a lorry cab, I’ll try and find it again…

Couldn’t it be this one?

Can’t be that one Froggy: it’s obviously still a runner, as the air-conditioning’s still working :wink:

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Tip No.99. How to get an artic with a wheel in each corner: match a Volvo G88/9 to a Swedish-spec '70s tilt. Simple.

Thats one of the pics, but there was another I assume taken later, when its almost completely gone.

It looks this Bernard suffered fire, though its tyres are undamaged. Only the metal cores of its steering wheel and bunk remain.
The TV cab was reputed to be subjetc to corrosion.