pv83:
. maybe we would have seen Crusaders in Holland…
UNIC fitted the Crusader cab, badged as a MACK I think ? Theres plenty on this thread somewhere about it.
I’ve never seen a European registered Crusader, but wouldn’t mind betting there was one or two. …a little project, find a photo
That’s the one you mean isn’t it? I don’t know, looks a bit… well, less brutal than a Crusader. How many French operators would have gone for this option? It was fitted with a V8 engine after all…
There are two Dutch registered Crusaders that I know of, both ex-military, one in white, the other in (British racing )green, not sure if they’re still in Dutch hands, will do my best to find a pic of it.
Sorry Patrick, but it is a pure Mack truck, fitted with an awfull-looking cab; nothing Unic in it.
Now, here’s the Mack EFT 35 (left) side to side with yours. Fitted with Mack chassis and engine, and a Genève cab. Genève supplied this cab mostly for Unic, but also for Mack. A handful of them were made. I experienced the Genève cab on Unic trucks; it was rather spacious, but with a protruding engine, and poorliy soundproofed.
It’s the tall, full-width version of the Motor Panels Mark 4 cab. The only other two models to use it were the Scammell Crusader and the ERF ‘European’ NGC. Robert
Froggy55:
Sorry Patrick, but it is a pure Mack truck, fitted with an awfull-looking cab; nothing Unic in it.
3 Now, here’s the Mack EFT 35 (left) side to side with yours. Fitted with Mack chassis and engine, and a Genève cab. Genève supplied this cab mostly for Unic, but also for Mack. A handful of them were made. I experienced the Genève cab on Unic trucks; it was rather spacious, but with a protruding engine, and poorliy soundproofed.
Cheers for the link and info Paul, I’m quite amazed that they haven’t used the Unic engine, or did Mack thought their engine was more economical and reliable?
Was it even a option on the specification list?
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anorak:
Don’t know why the Motor Panels Mack receives so much bad press for its appearance. I would say it is the most attractive version of that cab.
pv83:
Cheers for the link and info Paul, I’m quite amazed that they haven’t used the Unic engine, or did Mack thought their engine was more economical and reliable?
Was it even a option on the specification list?
Mack never had any agreement with Unic, and I’m pretty sure their engines were certainly more reliable than Unic’s! Nice Unic pictures in your last post, and I had never seen the impressive 3466 with its timber trailor! Powered by the big 15-litre 340 bhp Unic-Fiat V8.
That’s a UNIC 340 V8 chassis (the raised cab is the clue), rebadged as an OM, presumably to give Fiat a “premium” product for it home market. The badge on the cab suggests that OM’s mechanical contribution was the extra axles. Maybe Fiat wanted to supply its customers with an “in-house” multi-axle vehicle, rather than relying on conversion specialists. Whatever, that lorry was King of Italian roads in the early 1970’s.
One of the few companies enable to enlarge axle-configuration…in this case 8x2 by ORA (see badge) and
the publication “Officine Ribaltabili Autocarri” among Fresia, Orlandi etc to meet weight-requirements.
)green, not sure if they’re still in Dutch hands, will do my best to find a pic of it.
Now, here’s the Mack EFT 35 (left) side to side with yours. Fitted with Mack chassis and engine, and a Genève cab. Genève supplied this cab mostly for Unic, but also for Mack. A handful of them were made. I experienced the Genève cab on Unic trucks; it was rather spacious, but with a protruding engine, and poorliy soundproofed.
Mack also produced this prototype, fitted with a Saviem cab.
