bullitt:
Some good pics there Robert. With regard to the Birdales Scania at Rawalpindi Railway Station, there was a site a while back that had quite a few snaps obviously taken at the same time as that one. Cant for the life of me think what it was now, maybe “Old TIR” page on FB.
Thanks for the lead on ‘Old TIR’ on FB, Bullitt! It caused me to find an excellent picture of a VIJORE ERF NGC in the desert, which I have posted on the ‘ERF European 1975’ thread. Cheers! Robert 
robert1952:
I couldn’t find the data sheets. Never mind, by coincidence I have been looking at their Middle-East drivers’ forum: it is fantastic - about 170 pages of fabulous '70s & '80s Middle-East Run pictures.Here is the link: baumaschinenbilder.de/forum/ … 0&page=139
There are loads of Astran photos on there too: here a couple of samples. Robert
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Not sure that you noticed Robert,that’s a Bedford TK viewed in the corner,and in Astran colour scheme!!!
David
5thwheel:
robert1952:
I couldn’t find the data sheets. Never mind, by coincidence I have been looking at their Middle-East drivers’ forum: it is fantastic - about 170 pages of fabulous '70s & '80s Middle-East Run pictures.Here is the link: baumaschinenbilder.de/forum/ … 0&page=139
There are loads of Astran photos on there too: here a couple of samples. Robert
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Not sure that you noticed Robert,that’s a Bedford TK viewed in the corner,and in Astran colour scheme!!!
David
Oh yes! Actually its probably a Genoto: a Turkish TK tonka version of the Bedford. Robert 
Unterflur:
Have a look in here:
baumaschinenbilder.de/forum/ … r=0&page=1
There are some data-sheets in between, too.Regards
Cheers Unterflur! I found the data in the end. Robert
country.joe:
freshir:
robert1952:
0Hi Robert, I was very interested to see your pic of PIE of Southall, I was very pally with Micky Maunders in our M/E days, I have not seen them mentioned before on the thread and it certainly raised fond memories, thanks, regards Fred
Fred if you do a search for member “Rattlesnake Dave”, he worked for P.I.E for a while,
and posted some photos, also did a diary of one trip from Italy to Denmark.
His posts where back in 2005 so i don’t know how i remembered that far back
I’d put a link but can’t remember how to do that.
C J.
I am in touch with “Rattlesnake Dave” occasionally. I believe that when he drove for P.I.E. he was only on the European side of their operations.
Ron
saturday morning: clean out cab and hoover roof of tilt. Robert
The recent news that Karl Skilton is having this beast fitted with a 13-speed Fuller 'box fills me with enormous glee! There’s something very attractive about the combination of the big Scania V8 and a Fuller to stir it with.
This must be an Astran subbies’ thing: back in the late '90s I parked up next to John Allen with his Astran Scania on the docks in Tangiers waiting to ship back to Spain. His Scania was a 142, but like Karl’s it had an Estepe roof and a 13-speed Fuller. History repeating, and quite right too! Robert
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Catches the moment. Well done m8.
Hi Robert that really sets it off well and I did notice the " twins " one at Astran and the other one at Hungarocamion trailerboxes
cheers Johnnie
sammyopisite:
Hi Robert that really sets it off well and I did notice the " twins " one at Astran and the other one at Hungarocamion trailerboxescheers Johnnie
Aye, those twins are LOVELY little sharers!! Robert
Jakdaw:
Catches the moment. Well done m8.
Thanks! The riskiest thing was my decision not to choose those stereotype concrete one-storey Arab buildings used in war-game models. Having travelled widely throughout the Arab world, I can vouch for an abundance of European-colonial architecture. There’s plenty to be found in Damascus, Aleppo, Beirut, Jerusalem, Cairo, Alexandria, Tunis, Tripoli, Benghazi, Algiers, Casablanca and Tangier - just to start with! So using just the facades of Euro-buildings meant that not only could I save space, but it also necessitated the removal of any pitched roofs - after all, much Euro-colonial architecture in the Middle-East is only European buildings with flat roofs. Just a thought! Cheers. Robert
ray nicholls:
sgt major roadworks:
Hello to You all.I am a new member on this site although i have Lurked in the background reading the postings as a Guest. I did the Middle East
and Asia runs towards the end of the Heyday and what a fantastic experience it was, I look forward to sharing stories with all of
You, and hopefully find old friends on this site.
I was an owner driver in the mid seventies I met a lot of great guys and the bad in my Years, all part of the Fun ! I am retired now
Living on the outskirts of Jandia, Fuerteventura.
This wil be a great way to keep in touch with the memories of something we will never experience again, I have met quite a few of
You guys who have posted on here albeit briefly.
So You know who I am My name Is Kenny Richards, Kenneth to me old Mum I drove a daf 2800 red with a white hoop around the Whole cab
Reg no PRO 724R I am hoping to get My daughter to scan some pictures for Me to put up on the site.Regards
KennyKenny,don’t know if you’re still about PRO724R was my truck while doing M.E.The 2800 with the flags cleaned is the vehicle and there’s a couple of pages from one of my old passports with the reg no. and a Czech visa which I didn’t use with reg at the top.Regards Ray
Good result Robert, it’s amazing what you can do when you finally get a bit of spare time, why don’t you put it on the Model Trucks thread…
Jeff…
Jelliot:
Good result Robert, it’s amazing what you can do when you finally get a bit of spare time, why don’t you put it on the Model Trucks thread…Jeff…
Robert
hutpik:
Hi all.ERF. When i worked for Fransens [after Afghan int stopped] i was the last on to have an F10 as they used to keep saying ‘‘Yes,but you old ME men can keep an old F88 truck going so you save us money’’ Klootzakken.
Hi Mike, I recall a Fransen driver who was standing on his bumper cleaning his window and he slipped and tore his finger off on the wiper blade assembly, yuck. It was in Belgium when I was doing multi drops with fish and we were awaiting clearance. wondered if you may have know of this accident ? 
