Old picture of the week…so much traffic… 
Do I detect some sort of early tyre monitoring / inflation equipment here Fergie, or am I imagining things? Robert
Fergie47:
Old picture of the week…so much traffic…
There’s more traffic nowadays indeed 
Very informative post once again Saviem, merci!
Cheers, Patrick
robert1952:
Do I detect some sort of early tyre monitoring / inflation equipment here Fergie, or am I imagining things? Robert0
I believe you do Robert , however, how it works will best be left to the experts such as the likes of Michel, John, or Frogger,. Those that know !!!
Followed this on Tues for a few miles and the Legras trailer caught my attention, a bit of googling and hey it’s French, so Mr Saviem over to you, the company apparently established in 1919.
Oily
robert1952:
Do I detect some sort of early tyre monitoring / inflation equipment here Fergie, or am I imagining things? Robert0
This was explained a few pages back, I think. How far back, I could not possibly say. Possibly not at all.
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anorak:robert1952:
Do I detect some sort of early tyre monitoring / inflation equipment here Fergie, or am I imagining things? Robert0
This was explained a few pages back, I think. How far back, I could not possibly say. Possibly not at all.
Aye, I thought it was mentioned a few pages back, wasn’t that installed on a Bernard too?
Someone with a better memory will remember (hopefully )…
Stumbled upon the following pic’s, some proper “odd” looking ones…
Apart from the last one, they all seem to be rebuild Pacifics…?
Cheers, Patrick
Found two more “obscure” vehicles…
Thanks pv83. I hadn’t seen it before so thanks for posting it.
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pv83:
Found two more “obscure” vehicles…
And I thought I was hard done too spending all week in a Fl10 car transporter!
colinwallace1:
pv83:
Found two more “obscure” vehicles…And I thought I was hard done too spending all week in a Fl10 car transporter!
I don’t know anything about this one - other than it’s a Leyland Leopard - presumably locally built in Australia. The cars are all Toyotas, a Camry front bottom, and a Lexcen front top. The Lexcen was a Holden Commodore VN, re-badged and powered by a Toyota engine. The Australian Toyota plant is in Melbourne - tho is just in the process of closing down, (as are Ford & General Motors Holden, after next year there will be no car manufacturing in Australia) - however the number plate on the truck looks like a NSW registration - but with the picture being a bit grainy I’m not sure on that point. Date wise - its probably newer than you might think, the Toyota Lexcen was produced from the late 80’s to the late 90’s. Hope the driver didn’t have long legs!
There has certainly been some weird and wonderful car hauling lorries over the years, the Italians used to use standard cabs and set about them with the tin snips, others like De Rooy were a little more inventive.
Having seen the French designers penchant for making functional stuff look pretty, I’m sure there are some good looking French designs around and I’ll bet I know a man that can tell us all about them.
newmercman:
There has certainly been some weird and wonderful car hauling lorries over the years, the Italians used to use standard cabs and set about them with the tin snips, others like De Rooy were a little more inventive.Having seen the French designers penchant for making functional stuff look pretty, I’m sure there are some good looking French designs around and I’ll bet I know a man that can tell us all about them.
Here’s inventive for ya
Didn’t they (De Rooy) had some odd mixture of an artic and drawbar in one in the early or mid 90’s? Think it was used for Philips work to or from Italy…?
Cheers, Patrick
colinwallace1:
pv83:
Found two more “obscure” vehicles…And I thought I was hard done too spending all week in a Fl10 car transporter!
You were being lucky in that FL cab mate, try to imagine to spend a whole week (or longer…) in these 
Cheers, Patrick
Found a pic of that artic/drawbar unit, not the best quality though… 
pv83:
colinwallace1:
pv83:
Found two more “obscure” vehicles…And I thought I was hard done too spending all week in a Fl10 car transporter!
You were being lucky in that FL cab mate, try to imagine to spend a whole week (or longer…) in these
Cheers, Patrick
Patrick, the Van Swieten Daf is a shocker. Not even enough room for the “3300” badge, they just slapped it on the door. The cab shoved so far forward as if they were thinking about getting rid of it altogether.
A bit like the Croombe drivers doing Russia etc with just Hatcher roof pods to live in. Colin.
colinwallace1:
pv83:
colinwallace1:
pv83:
Found two more “obscure” vehicles…And I thought I was hard done too spending all week in a Fl10 car transporter!
You were being lucky in that FL cab mate, try to imagine to spend a whole week (or longer…) in these
Cheers, Patrick
Patrick, the Van Swieten Daf is a shocker. Not even enough room for the “3300” badge, they just slapped it on the door. The cab shoved so far forward as if they were thinking about getting rid of it altogether.
A bit like the Croombe drivers doing Russia etc with just Hatcher roof pods to live in. Colin.
Aye, shocker indeed, and then to think that there were several other firms who’ve used the same “idea”, just to get as much loading space as possible… not really a humane thing though is it, to send your driver out in that…?
Weren’t those Croombe lorries based on “normal” day cabs, just fitted with a roof pod?
