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ERF 'European' (1975)

Remember when going scotch (if from the south), or going down to the smoke (if from the north), was long distance?
When Middle East work was readily available?.
When driving a 111 or F89 meant you were truly the king of the road?
Recall those companies long gone, where every day was an adventure?

What ever happened to those drivers you spent hours with.. where did they go? and recollect on those characters in the industry sadly no longer with us.
This forum is for us all to indulge in a little nostalgia and remember with rose coloured glasses how much better it was in the olden days

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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Thu Sep 09, 2021 11:08 pm

Just a reminder / back-up pic to support the one above.

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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby DEANB » Sat Sep 11, 2021 6:36 pm

ERF press release dated 12th January 1973.

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Click on pages twice to read.

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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Sun Sep 12, 2021 10:03 am

Re above ^^^. That press release data makes a useful archive of info all in one place. Being a 1973 release (when the NGC was launched), I notice that it includes some references to the 5MW-cabbed model (eg mention of parallel-framed chassis alongside mention of waisted-frame chassis); and references to theoretical models that were never built (or rather, made for sale) in the end ( eg Gardner-engined NGC units).
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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby DEANB » Tue Sep 14, 2021 5:41 pm

ERF-NGC-European wrote:Re above ^^^. That press release data makes a useful archive of info all in one place. Being a 1973 release (when the NGC was launched), I notice that it includes some references to the 5MW-cabbed model (eg mention of parallel-framed chassis alongside mention of waisted-frame chassis); and references to theoretical models that were never built (or rather, made for sale) in the end ( eg Gardner-engined NGC units).


Yes intresting that it mentioned the Gardner engine. :wink:
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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby DEANB » Thu Sep 16, 2021 7:05 am

Intresting advert sent to me yesterday Ro. :wink:

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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:33 pm

DEANB wrote:Intresting advert sent to me yesterday Ro. :wink:

Thibaut.

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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Sun Sep 26, 2021 8:34 pm

Can anyone remember which publication this picture appeared in?

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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby pv83 » Mon Sep 27, 2021 7:53 pm

ERF-NGC-European wrote:Can anyone remember which publication this picture appeared in?

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Looks like a Broshuis brochure..?
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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:34 pm

pv83 wrote:
ERF-NGC-European wrote:Can anyone remember which publication this picture appeared in?

pountains37.jpg


Looks like a Broshuis brochure..?


Ah! Thank you.
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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Mon Oct 11, 2021 3:23 pm

Was sent another picture of it today by email. 8)

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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby vwvanman0 » Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:29 pm

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just seen this on a french (i think) Facebook group, no details

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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby vwvanman0 » Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:35 pm

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Just seen these on a French (i think) fb group the big yellow load is Brest port crane body, the heavy hauler is Pacific based.

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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:42 pm

vwvanman0 wrote:
FB_IMG_1635189976038.jpg
just seen this on a french (i think) Facebook group, no details

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Well spotted vwvanman! That NGC was one of two operated by Loste of Hellemmes-Lille. It is 8814GV59, as it has only one beacon in the middle of the roof. 8)
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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:44 pm

vwvanman0 wrote:
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Just seen these on a French (i think) fb group the big yellow load is Brest port crane body, the heavy hauler is Pacific based.

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The red one is, as you correctly state, a Pacific that has had an ERF 7MW or 8MW cab grafted on. It too belonged to Loste and later passed to Sitca of Hellemmes-Lille in France, in whose livery it is featured here. It had a Mack rear bogie.
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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:47 pm

Another pic from the same source, I believe, was sent to me a couple of days ago. This one shows the other Loste NGC (5673KH59). Amazing how these pics keep cropping up!

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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby vwvanman0 » Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:51 pm

Trust you to know all the details, hopefully one day i will find you something new...
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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:24 pm

vwvanman0 wrote:Trust you to know all the details, hopefully one day i will find you something new...


But you did! The pics are new. 8) :D
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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby pyewacket947v » Sat Oct 30, 2021 7:49 pm

21 April 1986
M1 Sevices
Leicester Forest East
Leicester
Leics
Eng.

URG 852R
Dick Pountains ERF NGC9(that wasn't)
A recabbed RHD MDC 852. 6x4
Not the best of pics, but of interest to some i hope.
Seen alongside a Carlsberg DAF 3300 4x2 + Tandem tank .
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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Sat Nov 06, 2021 4:39 pm

When VIJORE was being set up, Eric Vick had an ERF NGC demonstrator in, which I know Chris Till drove. Does anyone know which demonstrator it was? There were two or three on N-plates at that time (JLG 35N, JDF 132N & KDM 460N spring to mind); bearing in mind that the first NGCs in Vick / Read livery were on P-plates.
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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby DEANB » Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:21 am

ERF-NGC-European wrote:When VIJORE was being set up, Eric Vick had an ERF NGC demonstrator in, which I know Chris Till drove. Does anyone know which demonstrator it was? There were two or three on N-plates at that time (JLG 35N, JDF 132N & KDM 460N spring to mind); bearing in mind that the first NGCs in Vick / Read livery were on P-plates.


May be worth having a chat with Chris Jefferies chap ?
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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby DEANB » Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:24 am

Heres a new pic of Eyckmans ERF. :wink:

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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Thu Dec 09, 2021 12:13 pm

DEANB wrote:Heres a new pic of Eyckmans ERF. :wink:

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A new pic :D .

Probably taken at the same time the others were taken shortly after its conversion to 6x4 with the Fassi crane.

I wonder if any pics were ever taken of it still in its original 4x2 state.
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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby DEANB » Wed Dec 15, 2021 12:02 am

ERF-NGC-European wrote:
DEANB wrote:Heres a new pic of Eyckmans ERF. :wink:

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A new pic :D .

Probably taken at the same time the others were taken shortly after its conversion to 6x4 with the Fassi crane.

I wonder if any pics were ever taken of it still in its original 4x2 state.


No pics yet of it as a 4x2 but here's another new one of it.

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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Wed Dec 15, 2021 8:11 am

DEANB wrote:
ERF-NGC-European wrote:
DEANB wrote:Heres a new pic of Eyckmans ERF. :wink:

erf eyckmans.jpg


A new pic :D .

Probably taken at the same time the others were taken shortly after its conversion to 6x4 with the Fassi crane.

I wonder if any pics were ever taken of it still in its original 4x2 state.


No pics yet of it as a 4x2 but here's another new one of it.

erf eyckmans a.jpg


That lorry still exists in preservation. It would look great restored to original colours with crane and a pole trailer.
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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-Continental » Wed Dec 15, 2021 9:08 pm

Rowena,

For your notes and archive....I remember that some years after Van Steenbergen bought 2 B-series
they received some CDB-signal for the C-series.....and despite the fact that Van Steenbergen was
very loyal as a CDB-customer...I got the idea that ERF was not eager to DO the continental market.

By then the first Volvo F12 and Scania (also Denonville or CDB) came in and CDB lost track with ERF
as well as White.
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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Wed Dec 15, 2021 9:23 pm

ERF-Continental wrote:Rowena,

For your notes and archive....I remember that some years after Van Steenbergen bought 2 B-series
they received some CDB-signal for the C-series.....and despite the fact that Van Steenbergen was
very loyal as a CDB-customer...I got the idea that ERF was not eager to DO the continental market.

By then the first Volvo F12 and Scania (also Denonville or CDB) came in and CDB lost track with ERF
as well as White.


ERF pulled out of Europe in about 1979, (a couple of years after the Euro-spec high B-series came out). So of course there were no European-spec C-series (which came out in about 1985 or 6) and the only LHD versions that I know of went out to the Middle-East as export models. ERF didn't re-enter the European market till about 1994 with the LHD E-series followed immediately by the EC-series.
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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-Continental » Wed Dec 15, 2021 9:43 pm

Don't remember the exact year....but CDB did a 'last' effort to serve their loyal customers
with the Foden (which were available from stock, as per the picture of the hall with some
white new Foden-tractors) but no more Foden for Van Steenbergen, though their only six-
wheeler served well for many years.
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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Mon Dec 20, 2021 10:16 pm

Season's Greetings to all NGC fanciers! Here is a sprinkling of snow-dusted ERFs to get us reaching for the snowchains and the EFES-pils:

(Bugger! I can't turn the 1st pic round :shock: ) :lol:

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Or, in the case of this one, the Jake-brake and the Chateauxneuf-du-Pape :wink:

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Merry Christmas!

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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby [zb] anorak » Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:12 pm

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Re: ERF 'European' (1975)

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:26 pm

[zb] anorak wrote:
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:D Thank you!
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