Saviem's fan club (Part 1)

Evening all,

Only a quick one, as must depart for bed at this late hour!

Andre Vilalta from Angers, big Berliet user up until the late 70s when due to the Saviem / Berliet merger the wrong dealer was sacked…so Vilalta began running Mercedes LPs and that led onto the 1626/28/33s. Lovely operation, with a history stretching back to the 1800s with Horse drawn Hippomobiles! Stopped in the late 80s, when they were around 180 fleet strength.

Should I write a bit about Frederici? Interesting company, interesting ancestory…and really interesting lorries in their earlier, (pre KW), days!

Great pictures pv83, that Saviem is one of the military models…but how on earth did it end up there?

Cheerio for now.