TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)Moderators: ERF-NGC-European, dieseldave By posting content to TruckNet, you're agreeing to our terms of use and confirm that you have read our Privacy Policy, and our Cookie Use Policy. You acknowledge that any personal data you post on TruckNet may be accessed by other members of TruckNet and visitors to the forum Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)A LDD by Mick Hellawell of AS Rawlings for his son to present in school after the school holidays for the inevitable "What did you do on your holidays Stewart Hellawell?"
Back n forth, back n forth! Paddy Air's best customer!
Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)Brilliant, real great way to evoke memories for guys like me who have done very much the same,many times!!
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Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)Peronne Services, sometime in early 80s. Chris
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Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)Remember Lacey's and Moorlock International (MTI) but don't know the middle one looks like a British tilt though, Buzzer.
Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)Looks like the Scania has L.K or CK Macintosh written on the side. Didn't Morlocks do a lot of Spain? and Laceys from Barking had a reputation for employing some real "characters"!
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Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)Found online: bit of sunny Spain as she used to be. Robert
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Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)hi ash, i,ve been lucky to be both a passenger (in the 1980s) and as a driver later on from 1992 to 2014 covering european routes,let me say that your pics of the trucks in the 1980s and the companys i remember is very well documented and a great look back at when euro trucking was in its heyday,i dont think we will see its like again all the time the problems in calais continue.
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looks like my normal summer holidays when i was 15/16 then taking time off from work before getting my hgv! good on him bet it made the teacher get the road atlas out. bet he dosnt know it but he is one lucky boy,
Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)Aha,a photo of Marco [legionnaire].He worked for most of the ME co's during the 70's-80's.Great guy but a bit ''special''
He done a lot of change overs outside France as he seemed to be a bit ''popular'' with the Gendarmes.
Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)Any one know about or where this outfit came from, Buzzer.
Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)East London boys, they used to run yellow F88s and had a lovely wagon n drag F88.
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Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)Have often wondered just what percentage of trucks doing Italy and other European destinations were running on legit permits and how many were not, think the truth would shock us but I knew loads of companies who did half[album][/album] and half. Back then I perfected the art of the begging letters to Newcastle and even when you had goodun's they did not always arrive in time to ship out and you were delayed Buzzer.
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Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)I would like to know how much money the customs at Calais et all raked in over the years with their petit cafe from nearly every lorry that came through the port.
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Re:[Hello KW - Reg Ablitt is my Dad, he's still about , unlike Ken Cleaver, Johhny Miller, Frank Parsons to name but a few. Anyway, that looks like a day cab and doesn't match my old man's reg for his Seddi Ack 400. Good to see some old quotes and opictueres about the old boys. Cheers
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Is that double drive or a tag? If a double drive thats a funny set up,with a fridge on as well it eats in to the payload a fair bit!
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According to Gingerfold they were double-drive with Gardners and did a lot of NAFFI work. Robert Fuller Roadranger
Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)Double drive, very similar to what we had at Waltons. Except we had Cummins E320 with the 9 speed Fuller.
When we looked at 3 axle tractors ERF only had a twin steer or the double drive. No tag option and as the twin steer (no lift option) had poor traction in the wet double drive it was. Not as heavy as they looked but not as light as the double drive Fodens we also had at the time.
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One of Walton's C-series had a top-sleeper (pod on a day cab) if you remember. Did that have double-drive too? Robert Fuller Roadranger
Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)There was two of them. Bought for the longer Dentressangle trailers. Horrible things to spend a week away in.
All the c-series ERFs came with the E320 and 9 speed, with double drive. All the B-series had the E290 except for the one I started on as a 24 year old newbie that had a 240 Gardener The last new Foden came home with the E400, now that did fly and with the 3 position Jake also stopped!
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Hi Robert, I read this recently a while ago on here, it's a good read! download/file.php?id=157241&mode=view Cheers, stew
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Nice one! Robert Fuller Roadranger
Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)Hi Robert, I'm sorry I didn't make much sense earlier ! ' read this recently a while ago' I think it was the pre football tension playing its part!
Thanks again, stew.
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Hi there sorry I'm new do this but my dad (Peter brooks) also ran a Scania 111 just like that one running Swiss work in the 80's early 90's and I recognise the Volvo too,could anyone else cast any more info or pictures? Thanks kris
Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)Its good to see my Dads 141. This started it all for Joe and us Ryders. no one could ever keep up the chase even the Americans! Jersey to Chicago and Even hauling Crude oil in west Texas. He worked cicles around men alot younger then him!But thats what you get when you put a longford man behind the wheel of a rig! Thanks again! Cheers!! -Dean Ryder
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Bit late but here is a pic of the Daf, (pic. Robert Dunn)
Re: TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)Cab roof lights, twin air-horns, windscreen flag strips, classic 80s look.
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