Here’s a question for any of you who were with Eric Vick in the ‘70s and early ‘80s. I’m trying to work out which of EV’s units went down to the Middle East (on VIJORE work) at that time.
First, to avoid wasting time, is a list of those unit that we know DID go down there.
Then there was a DAF 2800 RHD 4x2 that deffo did North Africa; but did it ever do Middle-East work?
So here’s the crunch question. These units were all pictured with Eric Vick Middle-East tilts. Some had roof-mounted aircons, some were LHD and some had both. They all wore the boots and looked the part but which of them actually did Middle-East work?
OFY 867S ERF B-series RHD 4x2
8557 EV ERF B-series RHD 6x2
RDH 181M ERF A-series (pigeon loft) RHD 4x2 [not to be confused with PDG 881 which had a full sleeper]
— —S ERF B-series LHD 4x2
YRF 823S ERF B-series LHD 4x2
And finally, there was TDG 209V, an ERF B-series RHD 6x2 which remains on the preservation circuit, though I’m not sure if that was an original EV unit.
If you can help out with this I’d be grateful!
ERF-NGC-European:
Here’s a question for any of you who were with Eric Vick in the ‘70s and early ‘80s. I’m trying to work out which of EV’s units went down to the Middle East (on VIJORE work) at that time.
First, to avoid wasting time, is a list of those unit that we know DID go down there.
Then there was a DAF 2800 RHD 4x2 that deffo did North Africa; but did it ever do Middle-East work?
So here’s the crunch question. These units were all pictured with Eric Vick Middle-East tilts. Some had roof-mounted aircons, some were LHD and some had both. They all wore the boots and looked the part but which of them actually did Middle-East work?
OFY 867S ERF B-series RHD 4x2
8557 EV ERF B-series RHD 6x2
RDH 181M ERF A-series (pigeon loft) RHD 4x2 [not to be confused with PDG 881 which had a full sleeper]
— —S ERF B-series LHD 4x2
YRF 823S ERF B-series LHD 4x2
And finally, there was TDG 209V, an ERF B-series RHD 6x2 which remains on the preservation circuit, though I’m not sure if that was an original EV unit.
If you can help out with this I’d be grateful!
ERF-NGC-European:
Here’s a question for any of you who were with Eric Vick in the ‘70s and early ‘80s. I’m trying to work out which of EV’s units went down to the Middle East (on VIJORE work) at that time.
First, to avoid wasting time, is a list of those unit that we know DID go down there.
Then there was a DAF 2800 RHD 4x2 that deffo did North Africa; but did it ever do Middle-East work?
So here’s the crunch question. These units were all pictured with Eric Vick Middle-East tilts. Some had roof-mounted aircons, some were LHD and some had both. They all wore the boots and looked the part but which of them actually did Middle-East work?
OFY 867S ERF B-series RHD 4x2
8557 EV ERF B-series RHD 6x2
RDH 181M ERF A-series (pigeon loft) RHD 4x2 [not to be confused with PDG 881 which had a full sleeper]
— —S ERF B-series LHD 4x2
YRF 823S ERF B-series LHD 4x2
And finally, there was TDG 209V, an ERF B-series RHD 6x2 which remains on the preservation circuit, though I’m not sure if that was an original EV unit.
If you can help out with this I’d be grateful!
Thanks Oily! Thanks Oily. From those pictures I can add to the possible M/E list:
GDF 336L – day cab Seddon 4x2
NDF 253P – Jennings sleeper ERF B-series 4x2
JDG 209V – ERF B-series 4x2
i spent many hours play dominos at the queens head in longford against maurice , a very thoughtful intelligent guy . had a habit of ripping the phone out of the wall ,bt were allways fixing the wiring . i thought he was a Ok guy
Super bloke and knew the job inside out! If someone upset him it was best to find something to do outside the office- things would fly around at great speed!
It seems a really long time since this thread was started! Sadly, our pal Laurie is no longer with us but in case anyone else is interested, I can say that yes, he was correct
about the chap called Arthur He was “Air Cooler” on CB and we worked together on the Sharpness and Newport cement jobs until the cement firms pulled out of Sharpness. John sold the powder tanker fleet except for mine, which was still on HP so he subbed me to R.H.Stevens until it was paid off, then RHS bought the outfit.
