Astran / Middle East Drivers

[suedehead]

Greyhound:
Was he the same one from Cola Cowboys ,in Showaddywaddy?

Apparently not and he wasnt a drummer

[greyhound]

Hmmm,well it don’t look like ‘Hooperman’ either.

[mushroomman]

And it dosen’t look like Dave Clark from Whittles .

[wheel_nut]

sinbin31:
Change of Topic any oldtimer like me Checkout Smokie the band of yesteryear ,Classic Living next door to Alice fame go to Alan Silson ,bring in the U Tube of Alan Silson and Band Live at Dollern in Germany this year ,The Question is who is the Drummer a vet of countless ME trips , I know do you

Roger

There is a family resemblance Roger, was it the same Pete Haywood who played with the Tremeloes?

Here he is again with Jeff Brown

[sinbin31]

Spot on Wheel Nut , Pete my Brother was with the Dominoes ,the Trems and now with Alan Silson of Smokie he made several trips to Baghdad in the 80s before returning to music ,now resides in Germany Touring all over Europe and the Eastern Block countries ,Great drummer duoed with many top singers as a session drummer

Roger Haywood

[bradfordlad9999]

Oldtimer Trucker:
Trawling throgh the web i came across these Astran trucks (6).
want this dave williams f88 and the blue 113 scania
Subcontractors by Astran.

Volvo F88

Volvo F88

Volvo F88

Scania 113M 360

Ford Transcontinital

Iveco Eurotech

Salut, Oldtimer Trucker.

[bradfordlad9999]

Wheel Nut:

davemackie:
Nice photo of John Williams Volvo.

Nice Camel too,

sorry its john willams not dave diesal dan

[wheelnutz]

Wheel Nut:

WHEELNUTZ:

Surely you must mean cherryade in your signature, tizer is ■■■■

Unless you meant tigers

theres nothing harder for me than breaking out of my bubble ! I miss the old days,tizer 50p a gallon,newcastle brown ale beer mat in the window,black marker pen tread on the tyres,oohhh the good old days

[gerry_mac]

richmond just got back from doha yesterday prices for ins on borders; turk 100 tl; syria in with agent fees same with jordan; saudi 140ryals qatar 150ryals went through syria last friday no problems lot of military round derra

[reddesertfox]

I just thought I would bring this forum back to the top, as I consider that most of what is posted on the other Astran forum by it’s author is not even worth commenting on.

ATB - RDF

[dreva]

is that aimed at me

[richmond]

GERRY MAC:
richmond just got back from doha yesterday prices for ins on borders; turk 100 tl; syria in with agent fees same with jordan; saudi 140ryals qatar 150ryals went through syria last friday no problems lot of military round derra

thanks for that gerry, im just on my easter break, and when i get back i shall ring up for a load, i have heard from the others that , contary to a few postings !.Its no real problem for the boys to transit syria, and infact a fair few have been through, but as ya know every bit of good information helps, ta see ya soon.

[me_paul_101]

With regard to the F89 ex-Pie International, I took this photo in 2004 while on a day out between Weston-Super-Mare and Brean. I was surprised to see the same truck on this thread as I knew nothing about the history of it. It just seemed a shame that such a work-horse should be allowed to rot… Enjoy…

[jsutherland]

Which truck was the most popular for the brits during the 70s going to the middle east? Was it the big Swedes (Volvo, Scania), the Germans (MAN, Mercedes) or a British make (e.g. Foden, Leyland)? I hope this doesn’t get too controversial

[reddesertfox]

Jsutherland

In all honesty, while the F89 was a big favourite for many of the British drivers in the 70’s, it is a difficult question to answer albeit I think I dare say that, the European manufactured truck, as in Volvo, Scania, Merc, Man, Daf, MAN etc, were favoured by most drivers doing the Middle East at that time.

ATB…RDF

jsutherland:
Which truck was the most popular for the brits during the 70s going to the middle east? Was it the big Swedes (Volvo, Scania), the Germans (MAN, Mercedes) or a British make (e.g. Foden, Leyland)? I hope this doesn’t get too controversial

[mushroomman]

Reddesertfox:
Jsutherland

In all honesty, while the F89 was a big favourite for many of the British drivers in the 70’s, it is a difficult question to answer albeit I think I dare say that, the European manufactured truck, as in Volvo, Scania, Merc, Man, Daf, MAN etc, were favoured by most drivers doing the Middle East at that time.

ATB…RDF

jsutherland:
Which truck was the most popular for the brits during the 70s going to the middle east? Was it the big Swedes (Volvo, Scania), the Germans (MAN, Mercedes) or a British make (e.g. Foden, Leyland)? I hope this doesn’t get too controversial

I think that you are right again Red, I.M.H.O. the Volvo F88 and the F89 were what could be described as the best owner drivers motor and it was certainly up to the job. Having had three differant M.A.N.'s two 16.280’s and a 22.321, I grew to like the M.A.N.'s which I think had more driver comforts and room than the Volvo’s, as the top bunk on the M.A.N. could be dropped down easily and there was no problem to slide over to the passenger seat, although I seem to remember that the Mercs had a lot more room than the column change M.A.N.
The Scania 111 at that time was much more popular with companies like Essex, Daysons and Astran who swore by them so it was probably the Ford Transcontinental that was the most popular British motor to go down that way but thats only my opinion.
I have just remembered a story about a day cabbed Marathon that I shall write down and tell you about later on

Regards Steve.

[reddesertfox]

mushroomman:

Reddesertfox:
Jsutherland

In all honesty, while the F89 was a big favourite for many of the British drivers in the 70’s, it is a difficult question to answer albeit I think I dare say that, the European manufactured truck, as in Volvo, Scania, Merc, Man, Daf, MAN etc, were favoured by most drivers doing the Middle East at that time.

ATB…RDF

jsutherland:
Which truck was the most popular for the brits during the 70s going to the middle east? Was it the big Swedes (Volvo, Scania), the Germans (MAN, Mercedes) or a British make (e.g. Foden, Leyland)? I hope this doesn’t get too controversial

I think that you are right again Red, I.M.H.O. the Volvo F88 and the F89 were what could be described as the best owner drivers motor and it was certainly up to the job. Having had three differant M.A.N.'s two 16.280’s and a 22.321, I grew to like the M.A.N.'s which I think had more driver comforts and room than the Volvo’s, as the top bunk on the M.A.N. could be dropped down easily and there was no problem to slide over to the passenger seat, although I seem to remember that the Mercs had a lot more room than the column change M.A.N.
The Scania 111 at that time was much more popular with companies like Essex, Daysons and Astran who swore by them so it was probably the Ford Transcontinental that was the most popular British motor to go down that way but thats only my opinion.
I have just remembered a story about a day cabbed Marathon that I shall write down and tell you about later on

Regards Steve.

Hi Steve………

Whilst I never disliked the MAN, I did dislike the column change, on the subject of Ford Transcontinental I think I posted a picture taken around Khamis / Saudi back in the 70’s. It was a Left ■■■■■■ German spec, I thought I was the ( :- ) with that motor back then… ……. For those that don’t know the old type setters meaning of the colon / hyphen………just ask…………….

By the way…when I signed in, I noticed Mike Woodman was signed in, Would that be the…Mike Woodman?

ATVB…RDF

[mushroomman]

Reddesertfox:
Whilst I never disliked the MAN, I did dislike the column change, on the subject of Ford Transcontinental I think I posted a picture taken around Khamis / Saudi back in the 70’s. It was a Left ■■■■■■ German spec, I thought I was the ( :- ) with that motor back then… ……. For those that don’t know the old type setters meaning of the colon / hyphen………just ask…………….

By the way…when I signed in, I noticed Mike Woodman was signed in, Would that be the…Mike Woodman?

ATVB…RDF

I am afraid not Red, when woodmanmichael first joined the site I sent him a P.M. asking him if he was The Original Long Haul Pioneer he kindly replied but said he was not. It’s good to see that he looks in on here though .
Are you in The Cape or are you working in Kuwait over Easter, anyway have a good one and don’t eat too many chocolate eggs .

Regards Steve.

[reddesertfox]

Hey Steve…Got back to KW from the Wine Route 3 weeks ago…I would have stayed longer but could not keep up with the spending habits of the one who must be obeyed

Interestingly enough, most of the major stores here in KW are well stocked with Easter Cards and chocolate eggs…

Keep safe

RDF

[freshir]

Hi all - good to see a bit of action on the forum, it’s been very hush lately, I was interested with the various opinions and views
on trucks but it motivated me into raising a point re: the Transcon - ouch !! the name makes me shudder, I took one of these beasts (My opinion) on a demo fully freighted to Romania and the brakes worried me big time with fading - I have never felt so insecure since I first met my mother in-law, have a great Easter everyone . Fred

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