Fergie47:
Locomotion last weekend…excellent day, weather not to hot, great company and some excellent lorries.
If I could have taken just 3 home, then it would be these in this order :-
Beautiful Willeme, hardly a straight edge on it. and to think what we were driving in the '60’s !
This Saurer, great restoration, haven’t seen one up close for years.
The F89, only because I had one.
Thanks to Johnny Sutherland for the photos, he was our resident photographer for the day.
Hi David,
Here’s how close I got to a Saurer 29th October 1981 after a snow storm on the Simplon,a little help was needed to keep going.Similar colours as well !!
Regards
Richard
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Blimey mate, reckoned it was the same unit!!
Patrick I hope you are well, sorry we missed Locomotion this year, it would have been nice to catch up with you all again, and also your young lady, who I’m informed by a respected gentleman on here is very nice and too good for you !!
Regards
Richard
Hiya Richard, hope you and the rest of the clan are well, doing quite alright myself mate, and as for that young lady, she’s is nice and too good for me indeed! Told her that on several occasions, but she insists on staying by my side for some reason…
MaggieD:
Patrick we are all fine thanks,I think she sticks with you, because she has her eyes on Johnny’s money
You must bring her to the UK for a holiday.
Regards
Richard
Well, Johnny is known as McScrooge for a reason! But with a household that mostly exists of lassies, I reckon the poor fella is already having a hard time as it is
MaggieD:
Patrick we are all fine thanks,I think she sticks with you, because she has her eyes on Johnny’s money
You must bring her to the UK for a holiday.
Regards
Richard
Well, Johnny is known as McScrooge for a reason! But with a household that mostly exists of lassies, I reckon the poor fella is already having a hard time as it is
Patrick described it perfectly . I was however “permitted” to travel to the Locomotive Show in Melun near Paris a couple of weeks ago. A great event, especially meeting up with some of the characters on this forum.
Some 40 years ago, my Dad visited the Bel factories, where are produced the Vache qui Rit and the Babybel, and other industrial cheeses of the same kind. He told us that they were made with processing waste mixed with various powders and chemical components. From that day, all Bel cheeses were banned at home, had they been carried by a mighty Bernard or not.
Froggy55:
Some 40 years ago, my Dad visited the Bel factories, where are produced the Vache qui Rit and the Babybel, and other industrial cheeses of the same kind. He told us that they were made with processing waste mixed with various powders and chemical components. From that day, all Bel cheeses were banned at home, had they been carried by a mighty Bernard or not.
Who on here has ever heard of the Aerotrain project that was meant to connect Paris and Orleans within 25 minutes time?
I’ve often traveled on the A19 and always wondered what the purpose was of the concrete pillars stretching for miles and miles, just found out that that was the initial track for the Aerotrain!
Did some reading upon it as I’ve never heard of it before, very interesting indeed! Here’s a link to one of the articles;
Were these sold as Saviem’s too? Never saw one with a Saviem badge before…
Saviem started commercialising the bonneted MANs from the late sixties to 1980, I think, when they broke the commercial agreements to merge with Berliet. MAN continued to produce this model for some ten years.This is an early model with round headlamps. They were rather rough to drive.
You can stop laughing Johnny , I sent a pm to Patrick and , erm , accidentally let slip that you paid for the breakfasts , your reputation is shot
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I must have had a weak moment. I’ll try better next time.
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Johnny
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What’s all this then Herr Sutherland■■? Seems you’re not that tough Scotsman with a fearsome reputation after all!!! Ta Rigsby for the heads up
