oiltreader:
These thanks to Len Rogers, some posted before but now where they belong.
Oily
Some cracking pictures oiltrader!
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All credit to Lawrence Rogers, one of my first contacts a year or two back for permission to use his photos, trust you are well and not getting too much stick from that Van der Vlist bloke [emoji38] .
Cheers
Oily
Cheers for posting Oily, much appreciated mate!
Oh and you’re wrong about me giving stick, it’s actually the other way round, you’ve got no idea what I have to cope with all due to Herr Sutherland… [emoji38] [emoji38]
I feel picked on again by the whippersnapper. I’ll need to send the lads round, again! Finding him at home is the problem. He’s always out and about. What a great life he has. [emoji1]
Grüße aus Deutschland
Herr Sutherland
Out and about? What a great life he has? You’re mistaking me with someone else mate
Oh and don’t send the lads, but the lassies mate, they’re more then welcome!
Froggy55:
The tractor on first B&W picture looks like a Willème R 15 TP 8, powered by the big 18-litre 225 bhp straight-8.
Cheers for the info Froggy! Did a wee search on the net, but there isn’t much info about the R15…? Only pic I could find was this one…
Here are a few things about Willème R 15s. A solidly built truck strightly issued from pre-WW II models, and powered by straight 6 (150 bhp upgraded to 165 bhp in 1951)or 8 cylinder (225 bhp) engines the Deutz licences of which were granted as war repairs.
And now, the cherry on the cake: R 115 TP 8 wine tanker + trailer. TP means it’s a 6x4, and the “8” stands for 8 cylinders. The R 15 and R 115 were replaced by the “shark noses” in 1952. All pictures are from special issue n° 39 of “Charge-Utile Magazine”, THE French magazine about old trucks.
Froggy55:
The tractor on first B&W picture looks like a Willème R 15 TP 8, powered by the big 18-litre 225 bhp straight-8.
Cheers for the info Froggy! Did a wee search on the net, but there isn’t much info about the R15…? Only pic I could find was this one…
Here are a few things about Willème R 15s. A solidly built truck strightly issued from pre-WW II models, and powered by straight 6 (150 bhp upgraded to 165 bhp in 1951)or 8 cylinder (225 bhp) engines the Deutz licences of which were granted as war repairs.
Standard R 15 tipper
R 15 tipper with trailer
R 15 “fourgon intégral”
A Willème R 15 wine tanker beside a Berliet GLM 10 a
The only R 15 I ever photgraphed was in Mr Lorin’s graveyard near Montargis c. 1995.
And now, the cherry on the cake: R 115 TP 8 wine tanker + trailer. TP means it’s a 6x4, and the “8” stands for 8 cylinders. The R 15 and R 115 were replaced by the “shark noses” in 1952. All pictures are from special issue n° 39 of “Charge-Utile Magazine”, THE French magazine about old trucks.
Cheers for the info and pic’s Froggy!
Is there any chance that one of those R 115’s “survived”? Would love to see one in the flesh… oh and cheers for bringing Charge Utile Magazine to our attention, seems I need to get my hands on one of those copies…
edit; found this pic of what seems to be a R15 fitted with a crane.
Robert posted a pic of a Iveco SIVI tractor unit earlier, now there not really “famous” in our teritory, but they’re to be considered quite capable of bringing a task to a good end. SIVI does the same to Iveco’s as what Titan does to Mercedes, making them more powerful and most of the time equip them with torque converters.
Did some searching on the net regarding SIVI, couldn’t find all that much though, but I did learned that they are now part of Astra…
The SIVI SpA (Società Italiano Veicoli Industriali) was an Italian truck modification company founded in 1982. Partnered with Iveco from the start, SIVI builds vehicles using Iveco trucks as a basis, SIVI was absorbed by Astra SpA in January 2002. By October 2004, the SIVI has been integrated completely into the production site of abstraction in Piacenza.
The SIVI Range has always been on the basis of production of Iveco trucks: Eurotech - Eurostar - Eurotrakker and today with the Stralis and Trakker.
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