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A lot of time has been spent on the scanner for the wonderful pictures we have the privilege of viewing. Most of the pictures on here were made even before computers existed, never mind digital cameras. Many thanks again for all the efforts made, including the final steps of posting them and the comments for people like me to have a better appreciation of them.
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That is quite a gearbox Patrick. Not sure if I could handle the multi-tasking.
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Pv63,What no two speed axle 
leylandlover:
Pv63,What no two speed axle
Don’t make it even more difficult Leylandlover 
jsutherland:
That is quite a gearbox Patrick. Not sure if I could handle the multi-tasking.Sent from my Hol-U19 using Tapatalk
Proper "box for the ladies then… 
And from Mack it’s just one step to FTF… A brief history lesson then…
In 1955 Floor (already a well known name in the trailer building branche) acquired the Mack dealership and assembly in Holland and that expanded in the 60’s to Belgium and Luxemburg. Things went rather smoothly until Mack decided in 1964 that Floor no longer was a capable partner and Mack went to build their own lorries at the Bernard works in France…
This sort of came out of the blue for the Floor staff, so after having a powwow with everyone involved, they’d decided to build their own lorrie since the knowledge was already there and they had enough parts lying around to do so…
In 1966 at the Amsterdam Motor Show Floor (Floor Truck Trailer Fabriek) presented their first ever build lorry and from there on things proceeded quite quickly…until Mack showed up at their doorstep in 1967…as they failed to make a success out of their French “adventure”. Floor was being asked to take up dealership and assembly once again and instead to tell them where to put it, they agreed to do so, although FTF proved to be far more popular…
In 1973 the bollocking started once again, Mack insisted that Floor only build and sold Mack lorries, this time though Floor had enough of it and had enough faith in their own products, so that was the end of things with Mack…
The FTF became quite popular from the start with the heavy haulage firms, because of their simplicity and brute force, the basis of every FTF was a Detroit Diesel in V6, 8, 12 and even 16 form coupled to a Allison auto 'box, and Kirkstall axles.
The first FTF was fitted with a “home designed” cab, which later was replaced for the whole range by a Motor Panel Cab.
That they proved successfull is bit of a understatement, they were heavily used in all parts of the world and some of them are still keeping their earn…
Along with Scammell there wasn’t really an alternative for the heavy haulage industry, that’s why both are sadly missed…probably not the most comfy ride, but my word were they up to the task…
But because it’s reability things went downhill at the Floor works, they just didn’t sold enough as well and in 1995 the last ever to build FTF came into service…
Some pic’s then, all courtesy of the “Van Seumeren/Mammoet archive”
PV83 asked about the Mack with the Motor Panels cab a couple of posts up the page. I don’t know much about them but for some reason Mack in France opted for the tall version of the Motor Panels Mark 4 cab. The only other models with the tall, full-width Mark 4 were Scammell’s Crusader and ERF’s NGC ‘European’. The Mack version was less refined than the Scammell and ERF, I think! Here are some pictures. Robert
robert1952:
PV83 asked about the Mack with the Motor Panels cab a couple of posts up the page. I don’t know much about them but for some reason Mack in France opted for the tall version of the Motor Panels Mark 4 cab. The only other models with the tall, full-width Mark 4 were Scammell’s Crusader and ERF’s NGC ‘European’. The Mack version was less refined than the Scammell and ERF, I think! Here are some pictures. Robert3210
Cheers Robert!
For some reason it just doesn’t look “right”…
pv83:
robert1952:
PV83 asked about the Mack with the Motor Panels cab a couple of posts up the page. I don’t know much about them but for some reason Mack in France opted for the tall version of the Motor Panels Mark 4 cab. The only other models with the tall, full-width Mark 4 were Scammell’s Crusader and ERF’s NGC ‘European’. The Mack version was less refined than the Scammell and ERF, I think! Here are some pictures. Robert3210
Cheers Robert!
For some reason it just doesn’t look “right”…
Yes. ‘Gawky’ is the word that springs to mind! Robert