Is this pic already known here ?
Hippo tipper demonstrator with temporary reg. plate. Apparently not the same one as barreiros has posted on the previous page if you take a closer look at the front bumper (painted black here) for instance.
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Is this pic already known here ?
Hippo tipper demonstrator with temporary reg. plate. Apparently not the same one as barreiros has posted on the previous page if you take a closer look at the front bumper (painted black here) for instance.
Those bottom-of-the-door windows were before their time. An excellent idea for a day-cabbed motor in urban traffic.
However, Iveco saw fit to provide them on long-haul sleeper-cabbed tractors like the Eurostar: disaster! If you wanted or, more like, needed privacy in dodgy places you had to block them off with plates cut to the shape of the window.
this Leyland Marathon was parked for a few years next to J29 Truckstop Chesterfield for a few years,gone now
Colombo in Paris suburb, also known to have bought White and Autocar 6x4, had this Hippo tipper in the 60’S.
Sorry, the original picture is too large :
Unfortunately and despite my researches, I have never seen a colour photo of this Colombo sleeper-cabbed Hippo yet. Was it yellow ? Orange ? Probably a factory prototype / demonstrator bought at a bargain price…
Their Whites and Autocars are better known indeed. They were resplendent in their bright red livery.
