Our recent visit to the Kalgoorlie Super pit
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Dig
Cheers to Dean, Oily, dcal, DISPATCHER, DIG, ChrisArbon and Herr Sutherland for putting the pic’s and articles on here! Much appreciated lads! 
Moving the Angel of the North, Starring Gary Porter !! when the page loads click on the image of the trailer and statue for the video… I am there somewhere at Hartlepool, but staying away from the cameras 
DIG:
Our recent visit to the Kalgoorlie Super pit
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Dig
Thanks DIG - amazing machines.
Johnny
pv83:
Been digging in an old shoe box and found this…
Wow, quite a shoe box Patrick!!!
Johnny
The truck is a Berliet GBO (Thanks Froggy55).
Willéme was a French truck manufacturer.
Founder: Louis Willeme
Founded: 1923
Ceased operations: 1970
A short history about ÖAF
ÖAF was created by Fiat in 1907 and is now part of the German MAN group. The manufacture of automobiles began in the new plant built for the occasion in Vienna in 1908, while the number was only 50 employees. A truck of 4 tonnes, similar to the Italian Fiat model was manufactured from 1911.
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In 1938, when Austria was annexed by the Third Reich, German MAN obtained the majority of shares owned by Fiat in ÖAF, reducing the Italian firm’s share to 15%. ÖAF had begun equipping some of its trucks with diesel engines from MAN in 1934.
After the Second World War, the Floridsdorf factory was in the Russian zone and the plants were used for Russian reparations. In 1955, ÖAF was released from these payments and the factory began producing trucks again. They went to Austria to build military trucks but the Austrian army eventually selected rival Steyr for its famous Pinzgauer. The Tornado was ÖAF’ s challenger, best-selling truck in Austria.
In 1970, the company was privatized again; MAN then let it merge with Gräf & Stift, out of which ÖAF Gräf & Stift arose which in 1971 was fully taken over by MAN.
Source: ÖAF - Wikipedia
These thanks to eastleighbusman.
Oily
Here are some photos I took at Derek Parnaby’s auction in the late 80’s at Whiworth Hall, Spennymoor. He had fitted the Scammell S26 with a snout, similar to an S24 bonnet, which I was told could be used to carry heavy duty jacks, could be wrong!
It went to Vic Berry and then to Allelys who removed the nose. It had murals on the sides of the cab of Parnaby’s early Scammell and Rotinoff, both of these were also sold at the auction along with more Scammells and HHT002.
jsutherland:
1I believe it is a Willème - but am not 100% certain.
They were a French truck manufacturer.
Founder: Louis Willeme
Founded: 1923
Ceased operations: 1970Another one below:
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First Pic: Truck n°1 is a Berliet GBO; n°s 2,3 & 4 are indeed Willème-PRP TGs, produced after PRP tokk over Willème in 1971, and until 1978. They were powered either by ■■■■■■■ or GM/Detroit engines.
Second Pic shows a 1949 Willème W 200. One only was built to carry a transformer down to Portugal; powered by a big 18-litre straight-8 Willème diesel giving 225 bhp. No idea what happened to it afterwards, but was probably used locally.
Froggy55:
jsutherland:
1I believe it is a Willème - but am not 100% certain.
They were a French truck manufacturer.
Founder: Louis Willeme
Founded: 1923
Ceased operations: 1970Another one below:
0First Pic: Truck n°1 is a Berliet GBO; n°s 2,3 & 4 are indeed Willème-PRP TGs, produced after PRP tokk over Willème in 1971, and until 1978. They were powered either by ■■■■■■■ or GM/Detroit engines.
Second Pic shows a 1949 Willème W 200. One only was built to carry a transformer down to Portugal; powered by a big 18-litre straight-8 Willème diesel giving 225 bhp. No idea what happened to it afterwards, but was probably used locally.
Thanks for the clarification and information Froggy55.
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