not an ldd but intresting anyway 
in that book dedicated to the f88/89 theres a couple of pics of western tyres f89 drawbar.topstuff dreva enjoyed reading them again 
Carl:
in that book dedicated to the f88/89 theres a couple of pics of western tyres f89 drawbar.topstuff dreva enjoyed reading them again
got couple of photos from truckfest of there old scania and the f12 in the article
The only British truck that I saw that had crossed the Sahara was parked at the Kano Club camping ground in Nigeria. The Kano Club was where all the British expats in the area used to drink. It had an open air swimming pool and a secured camping ground.
The lorry was an orange coloured ex Army Bedford R.L. four wheel drive and was on it’s way to Kenya in East Africa. Strangely enough the driver recognised me but I had trouble remembering him at first. It turned out that six years earlier we had both been in the R.A.F. together and had been on the same six week exercise in Germany. ( You meet the most interesting people in the most unusual places.)
His name was John Finch Davis and he drove for a company called Encounter Overland from I.I.R.C. Hertfordshire. John was carrying 21 passengers, the back of the truck had bus seats fitted along the sides, it had rolled up canvas side’s and it was pulling a small two wheeled trailer that contained tents and cooking equipment.
I knew that I had a picture of it some where, the trouble is that I have got over two hundred pictures of the trip but they are nearly all on 35mm slides, some are in black and white and a few are in colour, the one of the Bedford is on a slide so next time I am in town I shall see if somebody can try and put it on to a print.
Five years later I was in Aydens garage in Istanbul and I was talking to a driver from Encounter Overland who was on his way to Singapore with a K.M. Bedford and 20 passengers. I asked him if he knew John and he said he had worked with Gentleman John in South America for three months a couple of years before.
Sorry Dreva I am drifting off a bit here.
Dreva, I have found the picture of John’s old Bedford RL parked at Kano in Nigeria.
Regards Steve.
cheers mate cracking pics any joy with them slides
dreva:
cheers mate cracking pics any joy with them slides
Yes, I have had the slides put on to a disc, in fact the above photo is one of them which I took in 1975. The guy who owned the Transit was a professional photographer and he advised me to put the pictures on slides not prints. He also told me that one day you would be able to take photgraphs without using film. F.P.M…L. 
Hi Dreva, I thought I would send you a couple of photo’s of The Nullarbor that I took last time we went across, I hope that you like them.
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The Nullarbor Roadhouse from the air, they use the road as the runway.
The Mushroomlady, never belives that I know where I am, she always likes to have a second opinion.
Keep your eyes open for the next roadhouse, it’s about 300 kilometers on the left.
Keep posting the L.D.D.s Dreva,
Regards Steve.
Dreva, I don’t suppose you have the one about Poole Truckline from Evergreen, Alabama, it was either 1977/78 it ran over 3 months, green and white International Transtars, I had all the Truck mags from the very start up until about 3 years ago when I took them to the tip, oppps!!!
mm top pics mate really enjoyed them
dd no i dont mate but do have plenty of oz trucking ones will post them up for you.
sorry so long in replying computer been an arse all week no internet 
ihave one with an f16 roadtrain wil dig it out
well i know one on here will remember it well
found it already not bad going for me 
got a few more ozzy ones to dig out and one about african drivers
sorry if its a bit rinkled my little angels[kids]spilt on it 
enjoy
got a few more ozzy ones to dig out and one about african drivers
Any more African ones Dreva and can you get rid of that bicycle stand on your avater, it took me four hours to read that last story.
mushroomman:
got a few more ozzy ones to dig out and one about african driversAny more African ones Dreva
i like the bike stand will have a good root in all me mags for you mm 