Jelliot:
I always liked the Volvo ad with the photo of the orange F 88 crossing the bit between H4 and Turaif. Of course it had a bucket hanging from the bumper.
I also likes the Savaim ad with truck some where up in the Turkish mountains with the sunset in the back ground.Both ads were most likely in Truck magazine, Head light didn’t usually run ads like that.
Jeff
I think this is the picture you mean, Jeff! Robert 
That’s the one Robert, have you got the Saviem ad as well■■?
I spent hours drawing that on the front cover of my history home work book ( jotter ) I never did find out what order the kings and queens of Britain came in.
Jeff…
I know the bucket was a TIR thing, but what was the purpose?
To crap in I guess.
smallcoal:
Hi gardener you may be right I know it went something like it what good old days
Indeed good old days mate when a cab heater was taking the rug off the bonnet!
Hi all go on you tube type in yorkie bar advert they will come up I watched it earlier
robert1952:
Jelliot:
I always liked the Volvo ad with the photo of the orange F 88 crossing the bit between H4 and Turaif. Of course it had a bucket hanging from the bumper.
I also likes the Savaim ad with truck some where up in the Turkish mountains with the sunset in the back ground.Both ads were most likely in Truck magazine, Head light didn’t usually run ads like that.
Jeff
I think this is the picture you mean, Jeff! Robert
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Like you my history books contained my schoolboy lorry drawings and like you I still don’t know the kings and queens. And probably like you, given the opportunity to pilot that F88/9 across H4 tomorrow afternoon instead of knowing the kings and queens, I’d go for the Volvo every time! Robert 
Knowing the difference between a Volvo F88 and Daf 3300, was a lot more beneficial to me than knowing how tall Napoleon was, or how to do algebra.
I thought that as Saviem had started this thread there might be a few more Saviem Ads on it… How about it… Put the Bolly down for a few moments and get old ads on here. I’m sure the spuds can wait in the mud for a few more hours…
Jeff…
revman:
0Always liked this guy ad
Hard to believe it’s coming up to forty years old
Have to say that the buckets were not prevalent on the Tehran route. Our badge of honour was a spade lashed to the back of the cab.
the buckets got a bit devalued , every wannabe with an old 88 or f10 had a bucket on the tow pin and an assortment of stickers ( bought at the local travel shop )plastered on the cab . the silly sods would get lost going to london . anyway the real distance men had a suntan in december . cheers , dave
I think this is the picture you mean, Jeff! Robert
You will notice that it was an Oryx tractor as well
I know the bucket was a TIR thing, but what was the purpose?
I don’t think there was a purpose but anyway they weren’t ‘proper’ unless they had a yellow ‘Euro Duck’ sticker that you could buy from fuel stations in Belgium!
David
rigsby:
anyway the real distance men had a suntan in december . cheers , dave
While us UK hauliers had a bad case of rust from October to May! 
Does anyone remember the cartoon on the back of the Shredded Wheat packet done like a comic book, where the Wife answers the phone saying, ‘‘He’s only just got back from that Dundee haul’’ and then you see him off in his Foden FG 8 legger.
robert1952:
Jelliot:
I always liked the Volvo ad with the photo of the orange F 88 crossing the bit between H4 and Turaif. Of course it had a bucket hanging from the bumper.
I also likes the Savaim ad with truck some where up in the Turkish mountains with the sunset in the back ground.Both ads were most likely in Truck magazine, Head light didn’t usually run ads like that.
Jeff
I think this is the picture you mean, Jeff! Robert
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it was pat hawkes who was driving for oryx think the pic was taken by phil llewelyin for article in truck magazine in late 70s does anyone have this as pat hawkes was my stepdad and would love a copy of it ■■? cheers also ive put some of his pics up aswell
pete2402:
robert1952:
Jelliot:
I always liked the Volvo ad with the photo of the orange F 88 crossing the bit between H4 and Turaif. Of course it had a bucket hanging from the bumper.
I also likes the Savaim ad with truck some where up in the Turkish mountains with the sunset in the back ground.Both ads were most likely in Truck magazine, Head light didn’t usually run ads like that.
Jeff
I think this is the picture you mean, Jeff! Robert
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it was pat hawkes who was driving for oryx think the pic was taken by phil llewelyin for article in truck magazine in late 70s does anyone have this as pat hawkes was my stepdad and would love a copy of it ■■? cheers also ive put some of his pics up aswell
Now that sounds very likely. Phil Llwelyin did some marvellous LDDs at that time. It would be great if someone could find the artical. Robert 
While this is not an advert I think in todays parlance it would be classed as brand placement
cheers Johnnie
I am very much convinced some lawyers have work to do now!
Hi Pete 2402.I have just seen this post.I was one of the drivers that was together with Pat on that trip.We met up at Kapic,picked Phil up in Damascus and ran through Syria,Jordan and Saudi until we diverged along the tapline as they were going to Kuwait and we were going to Riyhad.
I managed to get a copy of the article from
Village Publishing Ltd
24A Brook Mews North
Paddington
London W2 3BW
071 224 9242
Fax 071 402 3994
This was a few yrs ago so i don’t know if it’s still in existence.You can try,if you don’t have any luck let me know and i’ll photo copy it for you and send it to you.I am crap with computers and don’t have a printer so i would need your address.Mike
