A few pics

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No particular subject only M/E trucking as Dreva has asked me to post some more pics.My apologies in advance if I’m boring anyone.


Teheran customs park in the mid '70’s


Clearing customs,Thessaloniki docks.


Simon International FB88 “Well freighted”,bound for Baghdad from Stoke depot.(Rinty the guard dog had to get in the pic).


"Falster"loading at Volos,Greece for Latakia,Syria.


Destination Doha.


Syrian registered Bussing,rebuilt with new Mercedes engine pulling a home made drag,and running with 50 tonnes on!

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A few more:


“Death valley” coming down from Bolu heading for Ankara.


Tipped in Baghdad,Families taking the straw that packed the sanitaryware in my trailer,for their bedding.


Atki in Eastern Turkey that did not make it to Teheran.


Stopped for a brew while crossing H4 from Jordan to Saudi.


Baghdad.


Bogged down crossing H4 after following someone who said,“I know the way!”


Mountain top in Bulgaria.It was 'kin colder than the proverbial.


Parked up with “Ace” and “Jerry” on Pan Express in the Taurus mountains,Turkey.

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While on the container job from Cyprus to Kuwait,met up with a guy delivering a Bedford TK to Saudi.


After being turned round entering Hungary from Romania for being 100 kg over weight on my drive axle,I took my tractor spare off the unit and hung it on the back of the trailer,“Sorted!”


Swimming in Adapazarri lake a couple of hours out of Istanbul.


Just what I needed!,a flat while crossing H4.


Having a brew with Saudi truckers.


Shower time in Fallujha customs.

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A Saudi truckstop.


The original Baghdad customs at Abu Ghraib.


South Eastern Turkey.This was the main road to Baghdad in the mid '70’s!.


This was the new road between Jordan and Saudi to by pass H4.This is the police fort at Kaf.


Northern Romania in Winter.


Destination,Doha.

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Excellent pics Ian, dont think you`re boring anyone with them mate, keep em coming. :wink:

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far from it mate keep em coming :sunglasses:

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Smashing Pictures. more & more please.

.(Rinty the guard dog had to get in the pic).

Are you sure his arse wasn’t frozen to the ground?

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Hi Ian
Some good ol pics…
I’ve got some of the old police fort and village, I will dig em out and post them when I get a chance.
GS

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cheers for that ian noooooooooooo your not boring anyone keep them photos coming mate :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses:

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Great pictures and no you’re not boring us at all.Funny reading about the landmarks in Iraq you went Fallujha,Abu Ghraib and various border crossings and then seeing them on the news sadly for the wrong reasons must bring back a lot of memories for all you M/E guys.

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fantastic. but im sure thats a km not a tk :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

anorak time :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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brill :smiley: :smiley:

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Great pics Ian, as you know from a few weeks back we took one or two in the same place all those years back, here’s a couple from that era.

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Being overtaken in Rumania

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Death Valley again

Tidy parking near Marand

Tea time

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Snowtime Eastern Turkey

H4

H4

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great pics Ian, Bolu and Tahir scary places to come down even with snowchains on.freezing nights when the diesel froze in the tanks, and you had to rely on your pal in his f89 with the exhaust pipe you could turn to heat the fuel tank.got crowded but the crack was good.do you have any pictures of john mcneil and sons of glasgow doing the middle east run,it would be about the time of your pictures

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Convoy in Syria.


Picnic time in Hungary on the way home.


“Tonka”…


…and another…


…and another.


On board “Falster” in the Med just North of Cyprus.


Sorting out a tyre problem on the “Tapline”.


Mount Ararat from Barzagan,the border between Turkey and Iran.

That’s all for tonight folks.

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bestbooties:

Simon International FB88 “Well freighted”,bound for Baghdad from Stoke depot.(Rinty the guard dog had to get in the pic).

Did this 88 belong to a paul williams at some time■■?

nice pic,s by the way especially them carman ones

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yorkie 1200:

bestbooties:
Did this 88 belong to a paul williams at some time■■?

nice pic,s by the way especially them carman ones

Sorry,no idea.

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I removed two pics to resize them.but I’ve found that once I have posted a pic and it is too big,if I resize it on Photobucket,it still comes back up too big.
And I thought I’d got this pic posting cracked!

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A break on the way to Athens.


You spend enough time at a border crossing to get to grips with your dhobi.


On the ferryboat from Cannakale to Gebze.


STILL the best motor!


Sand storm starting while crossing H4.

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bestbooties:
I removed two pics to resize them.but I’ve found that once I have posted a pic and it is too big,if I resize it on Photobucket,it still comes back up too big.
And I thought I’d got this pic posting cracked!

Are you saving as original? You need to use the other button