UZUN - ARAC

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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bigr250:

jj72:

Wheel Nut:

dm46:
Can any of You ex Middle East hands tell me what this means as it was always on the bumper bars
of the Turkish trucks

Thanks
DM46

I’m not a middle east hand but I have been to Portugal

vehicule longo :stuck_out_tongue:

well you weren’t paying attention Malc cos it’s VEICULO LONGO :wink:

Some years ago I was talking to an old mate of mine Steve Nickolson (who was an old middle east hand) and I asked him “are UZUN ARAC the biggest haulire in Turkey cos you see loads of their trucks over hear”!!! He stopped laughing after about 10 minutes!!! :blush:

Ross.

The last time I spoke to Stevie Nick. He was driving low loaders for Chris Bennet from Bredbury.

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Yes Wheelnut

Thanks for the perfect rendering of the super bread from Turkey which most drivers called eggmec,dont be picky over the correct spelling .

Roger

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sinbin31:
Yes Wheelnut

Thanks for the perfect rendering of the super bread from Turkey which most drivers called eggmec,dont be picky over the correct spelling .

Roger

Reddesertfox:

GS OVERLAND:
Hi Mushy
It’s Cok Guzel with a little squiggle under the “C” and an “umlaut” over the “U”. If my memory serves me correctly…
GS

Good to know the memory and the humour stays intact for some of us :wink:

It is called Humour Roger, do you follow every single post of mine? :stuck_out_tongue:

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Wheelnut

Yes Mate I do, I follow and read anything related to the ME or Turkey,and Greece ,What did u do with your eggymeggi the next day :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Roger

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The mention of eggs reminds me of trying to buy some in Turkey once. Not knowing the name for them in turkish, I went into this fantastic act of flapping my elbows and clucking, followed by gesturing something coming out of my backside. The shopkeeper looked at me in total awe and it attracted a bit of an audience. They kept picking up items and showing me. “No, that’s not what I want”. I kept going through my ‘routine’ and eventually the shopkeeper came out holding an egg. “EVET” I shouted. “ah! yumata” he said.
I don’t know many words in turkish but that one has always stuck in my memory.

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By whiplash_012 at 2009-11-17.Beautiful example of an Uzun Arac.Dover late 70s/early 80s.

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whiplash:

By whiplash_012 at 2009-11-17.Beautiful example of an Uzun Arac.Dover late 70s/early 80s.

Not Much in the way of Luxury with this Truck no sleeper etc bet he was glad to get Home to his bed !!