Feel free to input on Brossel
Picture of the heavy transport tractor in the museum and of Stella Artois
ERF-Continental:
Picture of the heavy transport tractor in the museum and of Stella Artois
Hey ERF, This Brossel (s) were long on the road by Stella, nice to drive them alongside the F88’s 
Brossel had a hand in some breweries as Volvo did, by selling nearly at every brewery.
Maes and Grimbergen drove Scania’s.
Here it was mostly Scania LBS at the animal feed producers, some had the LS too.
Bye Eric,
Brewery Lamot of Mechelen (Pilsor Lamot, Colibri & May Bock) had next to the AECs also Brossel lorries.
Nice Brossel in the sixties
Ten-out-of-ten to ‘ERF-Continental’ for starting this new campaign of Belgian truck manufacturers - it’s all fascinating stuff!
I decided to do a bit of homework myself. Apparently, the last Brossel model in 1968 was called the ‘Europ’; it had a Motor Panels cab and a Leyland 0.680 engine. It is pictured below. Robert
Brossel Frères SA based in Brussels let go of its independent designs, in favor of Leyland-based ones. In 1968 it was absorbed into British Leyland.
Earlier, in 1961 Brossel launched a new range of trucks with 12-19 ton GVW that was “developed to meet the common market regulations”. The new truck series, badged “Europ”, was actually a glassfibre cab, modeled after the Vista-vue, and placed over the familiar Leyland components. Interestingly enough, the November 1961 French brochure was printed in the UK, and borne a Leyland sequential “leaflet No.”. This most probably points to Leyland’s strong involvement in the design of the Europ, and may also indicate that the Europ was Leyland’s reply to the European common market. The cosmetic updates to the LAD cab — quad headlamps, an external step and a massive front bumper may hint to the changes mandated by the European type approval regulations…
…Coachbuilder Merkavim Israël. On May 12,1962 a launch ceremony took place in the Merkavim plant in Petah-Tikva. A locally-made champagne bottle was broken against the bonnet of the very first Super Beaver produced in Israel. Merkavim, a bus body producer that had already produced cabs for Volvo L465 trucks, was a natural partner for Leyland until the new plant started operations in February 1963. But whereas the Beaver had an easy-to-manufacture cab, the lighter trucks posed a real challenge. The Vista-vue series cabs, also commonly named LAD for their users (Leyland, Albion, Dodge) included an angular metal cab, linked to a metal skeleton. This was far beyond the manufacturing capabilities that were economical given the small scale of production, a few hundred units a year. Leyland had to find a glassfibre replacement. This cab emerged from Brossel. The glassfibre-made Europ was utilizing Vista-vue’s steel skeleton.
At the Merkavim plant
Top input, we need to start as professional writers and publish this series!
ERF-Continental:
Top input, we need to start as professional writers and publish this series!
We’d probably make a damned good team now that we’ve all learnt to work and pull together. We’ve certainly honed our researching skills over the last year or so! Robert
Herewith the link to the full Israëli part of the story:
Some years ago a group of enthousiast of Belgium intended to form a team of specialists
with the same intentions, however despite the majority has retired they lack of time…
Main goal was to secure the history and put it on paper, collect documentation and pictures.
Cover of a sales brochure with Brossel Diesel features. Pay attention that Bovy & Pipe, previous
separate companies have been merged and acquired by Brossel, so all input on Bovy & Pipe can
also be inputted/discussed over here, or we get too many Belgian-threads.
Belgians and beer, just like Eric (tiptop495) highlighted. Perhaps a Brossel was exported to UK
to distribute the Neame Shepperd?
ERF-Continental:
Cover of a sales brochure with Brossel Diesel features. Pay attention that Bovy & Pipe, previous
separate companies have been merged and acquired by Brossel, so all input on Bovy & Pipe can
also be inputted/discussed over here, or we get too many Belgian-threads.Belgians and beer, just like Eric (tiptop495) highlighted. Perhaps a Brossel was exported to UK
to distribute the Neame Shepperd?
Interestingly enough, Shepherd Neame beer was delivered by Sentinel steam lorries! Robert 
Wauw!!! The driver had a difficult task, steering or stop engine and take some beers! Cheers!
Hey, I think Brossel was the best at buses■■?, surely in the last years.
Maybe they could have sold some in the Netherlands, as Miesse trayed to do so, but if they sold■■?
Kromhout trayed the Belgian market as wel, but I know only of two were sold.
Here some I found on the net.
Cheers Eric,
Sorry! Just realised that A-J has already posted this one. Robert 
