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robert1952:
Centrum DAFs (Holland) on Middle-East work. Robert0
Robert…Centrum was a splendid company but had severe tax-problems with their
non-local drivers and is now absorbed into Henri Essers of Belgium.Alex
They were big in their day! I used to park up with them sometimes. Robert 
Dieseldog66:
Wares leftie 13 speed Fuller, Richard Ford had one too!! both from that cancelled Turkish order. OK, I know it’s a 3300.
I’m glad to see another example of these. Another owner-driver had one in Kepstow livery. Those Turkish-spec 3300s had 13-speed Fullers, as you point out, even though the Euro-spec ones had ZF synchos. The downside was that those Turkish ones lacked a lot of the refinements and were apparently a bit on the basic side. I don’t think that would have put me off in the least !! Here’s a picture of the Kepstow one. Robert
And here, for pudding, is a Belgian 3300, kindly posted on another thread by Tip-top (Eric) - also with a 13-speed Fuller, just to cloud the issue. I wonder if that too was a cancelled Turk order. Robert
Strange how companies seem to ‘‘explode’’ as soon as they start using ‘‘cheaper’’ drivers.I remember in the´early 70s when Het Centrum had about 5 trucks running ME,they were Brown and White.
The same happened to Breda Transport.When i worked for Jan De Lely we had about 20 trucks and Breda had 4,how that changed.
I remember when i worked for Stolk Int at their peak 130 Turks,8 English,3Dutch and 1 Swiss.
robert1952:
Dieseldog66:
Wares leftie 13 speed Fuller, Richard Ford had one too!! both from that cancelled Turkish order. OK, I know it’s a 3300.I’m glad to see another example of these. Another owner-driver had one in Kepstow livery. Those Turkish-spec 3300s had 13-speed Fullers, as you point out, even though the Euro-spec ones had ZF synchos. The downside was that those Turkish ones lacked a lot of the refinements and were apparently a bit on the basic side. I don’t think that would have put me off in the least !! Here’s a picture of the Kepstow one. Robert
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And here, for pudding, is a Belgian 3300, kindly posted on another thread by Tip-top (Eric) - also with a 13-speed Fuller, just to cloud the issue. I wonder if that too was a cancelled Turk order. Robert
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Hi Robert, sorry I missed you at Gaydon the other weekend. I owned A17 DKS for a few years running to Russia for Kepstowe. that photo was taken by me on the B&Q car park, outside their warehouse in London. You are correct it was fitted with a 13 speed fuller which unfortunately did not have any rear support and was always loosening and breaking bell housing studs. regards Jamie.
A Scot Lost in the Valley’s.
M&C Jamie:
robert1952:
Dieseldog66:
Wares leftie 13 speed Fuller, Richard Ford had one too!! both from that cancelled Turkish order. OK, I know it’s a 3300.I’m glad to see another example of these. Another owner-driver had one in Kepstow livery. Those Turkish-spec 3300s had 13-speed Fullers, as you point out, even though the Euro-spec ones had ZF synchos. The downside was that those Turkish ones lacked a lot of the refinements and were apparently a bit on the basic side. I don’t think that would have put me off in the least !! Here’s a picture of the Kepstow one. Robert
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And here, for pudding, is a Belgian 3300, kindly posted on another thread by Tip-top (Eric) - also with a 13-speed Fuller, just to cloud the issue. I wonder if that too was a cancelled Turk order. Robert
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Hi Robert, sorry I missed you at Gaydon the other weekend. I owned A17 DKS for a few years running to Russia for Kepstowe. that photo was taken by me on the B&Q car park, outside their warehouse in London. You are correct it was fitted with a 13 speed fuller which unfortunately did not have any rear support and was always loosening and breaking bell housing studs. regards Jamie.
A Scot Lost in the Valley’s.
Hello Jamie! Thanks for filling us in on the details. I should’ve mentioned you when I posted the pic. Perhaps we’ll catch up with each other at another event. Cheers! Robert
