Left-Hand Drive B-series ERFs

Quite a few ERFs went to Switzerland during the '70s - mostly B-series and a handful of NGCs. The ERF importer and distributor was ERFIM AG of Neuhofstrassen 11, 4153 Reinach/Basel.

As for the pics you see out there: quite a number of truck enthusiasts would loiter variously at truckstops and MSAs round the UK and also at Dover on Jubilee Way. Some of them, like Peter Davies and Bubbleman turned out many high-quality and valuable historical pieces of historical transport evidence.

Yes i was one of the anoraks in the 1990s, i suppose i meant that that ebay seller seems to have more rare and unusual trucks than i would expect.

I should have a really good trawl through my stash as i have lots I’ve probably forgotten about ( no ngcs though

I too was one of those photographers on the docks roundabout at Dover one morning when I was doing a bit of freelance journalism for TRUCK mag. Suddenly, the police descended on me and tried to move me on. Apparently, they’d had trouble with animal rights activists trying to stop livestock transporters getting to their boats. It took me some time (and my press card) to convince them that I was a transport journalist :roll_eyes:

Couple more for the pot!

Splendid pic here by Paul Gee (posted on that thread by Deanb this week) of Phil Horridge’s LHD B-series ERF, of which there are several other examples on this thread :wink:

Sorry! Posted in error. Reposted on an appropriate thread. Ro

Without wishing to google the meaning. What does progeny mean?

Oh gawd! Senior moment there, sorry. I meant, of course, provenance (as in the sense of origin or source). Progeny is offspring and we all know that even a LHD B-series ERF isn’t capable of having children :rofl:


From fb don’t know if its a known one?..

That’s a cracking shot vwvanman0! And a ‘new’ pic too! Here are some more pics of the same unit:



Nice one,

Thats from a fb group, there are a lot of decent quality pictures i suspect it/they could be from books


Just put this on the ancient Brits heading East thread and realised its a lefty… French plates?

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Yes! French. New picture to me, and a great image too - also a ‘new’ ERF to me! :grinning_face:

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Star Commercial was IIRC the ERF dealership in Damman, Saudi Arabia.

And the obligatory yellow headlights, of up to 1993 I think it was.
Looks like a “21” plate, so Cotes d’Or, Dijon way. Lovely part of the world.

Yep, the countryside is absolute mustard :rofl:

I once collected a full tilt load of Dijon mustard from Dijon and hot-footed it back to Blighty!

I tipped a tanker of vinegar (ex Sarson’s) in Dijon once, but most of my work around there was a wee bit further south, many, many, different collections of wines.
Lovely scenery, interesting work, good restaurants etc etc. Happy days.

Yes, I did the wine runs too. Enjoyed that. Going back to your amber headlamps, I used to paint mine with iodine (like many others) so that it would hopefully wear off before MOT time!

New pic of Nick Bull’s LHD B-series unit on M/E work.