That was 6 years before I started driving trucks (1979), and seems surprising to me. As recently as the early '90s, I remember many of us used to drive at 110 kph without being bothered. Speed limiters were fitted from that time on trucks and buses, at least in France, because Spanish and Dutch truckers still overtook cars on the motorway in the 2000s!
Froggy55:
That was 6 years before I started driving trucks (1979), and seems surprising to me. As recently as the early '90s, I remember many of us used to drive at 110 kph without being bothered. Speed limiters were fitted from that time on trucks and buses, at least in France, because Spanish and Dutch truckers still overtook cars on the motorway in the 2000s!
I think you’ll find that the Spanish and Portuguese version of 90km/h is still a bit different than the Dutch 90km/h for some reason 
Ooh and the “no overtaking” signs are different too in those countries apparently 
Froggy55:
I still wonder why truck manufacturers didn’t take inspiration in these Dutch cabs? What an improvement compared to standard cabs of the 50s and 60s!3
Same (Italy) is better know for its farming equipment, but they did produce a few trucks, most of them fitted with odd-shaped cabs.
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Bit of an odd looking cab there Paul, but at least you can see what is right in front of you!
michel:
Delivering fish in the old Halles in Paris, Saviem SM 240 and behind a 6x2 Saviem JL20V.
Great “action” cliche Michel, merci!
From the Mack archive (nmp), looks like it’s left behind, but interesting nonetheless
Looks it’s made of bits and pieces!
Froggy55:
Looks it’s made of bits and pieces!
Came across this today, never heard of it before, I assume that they only make vehicles for the military?
pv83:
Came across this today, never heard of it before, I assume that they only make vehicles for the military?
The French army had loads of them, but then they were made there!
Initially produced by ALM (Ateliers Legueu Meaux), specialised in off-road and all-ground chassis often powered by Panhard engines, ACMAT vehicles were later produced by the army itself (ARQUUS). Basic and uncomfortable, they were typically military trucks, and a lot are still in use today, after several rebuildings.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camion_ACMAT
Charge-Utile Magazine, the French magazine on old trucks and buses, edited a special issue (n°67) on the subject.
The beginning of ALM was mostly based on Panhard trucks, like this one for oil research.
1933/34 Renault UDD 6 which survived the war, seen here in the 1950s together with a brand-new Berliet GLR somewhere in a quarry near Marseilles. Fitted with a sleeper cab, what could mean it was initially intended for long-distance haulage, maybe with another bodywork.
Froggy55:
01933/34 Renault UDD 6 which survived the war, seen here in the 1950s together with a brand-new Berliet GLR somewhere in a quarry near Marseilles. Fitted with a sleeper cab, what could mean it was initially intended for long-distance haulage, maybe with another bodywork.
The driver/owner looks happy enough!
Renault ZF6 6x2 tanker from the 30th.
Rochet-Schneider “Centaure” 6x2 loaded with wool.
Second picture was probably one of the last Rochet-Schneider trucks before the make was taken over by Berliet c. 1952. The driver was lucky to enjoy a vast sleeper cab!
Froggy55:
Second picture was probably one of the last Rochet-Schneider trucks before the make was taken over by Berliet c. 1952. The driver was lucky to enjoy a vast sleeper cab!
Looking at this and a previous pic of roomy cabs made me recall that, at that time (not that long after the WW2), France was suffering a housing crisis. Perhaps these roomy cabs were not just a home-from-home but maybe mostly a home?! Just an idea. I wonder if any of our older members might comment.
My involvement with France began in the late 60’s and even at that time I can recall “Bidonvilles” (literal translation would be liquid-container, as in tin can, towns. Basic shacks knocked up out of scrap) around Paris. Then. Froggy, along came “les trente glorieuses” and life changed for many.
Dipster:
Froggy55:
Second picture was probably one of the last Rochet-Schneider trucks before the make was taken over by Berliet c. 1952. The driver was lucky to enjoy a vast sleeper cab!Looking at this and a previous pic of roomy cabs made me recall that, at that time (not that long after the WW2), France was suffering a housing crisis. Perhaps these roomy cabs were not just a home-from-home but maybe mostly a home?! Just an idea. I wonder if any of our older members might comment.
My involvement with France began in the late 60’s and even at that time I can recall “Bidonvilles” (literal translation would be liquid-container, as in tin can, towns. Basic shacks knocked up out of scrap) around Paris. Then. Froggy, along came “les trente glorieuses” and life changed for many.
Some of those “tin cans” are still to be found around the Paris region, even as close as to the Stade de France!
Froggy55:
Initially produced by ALM (Ateliers Legueu Meaux), specialised in off-road and all-ground chassis often powered by Panhard engines, ACMAT vehicles were later produced by the army itself (ARQUUS). Basic and uncomfortable, they were typically military trucks, and a lot are still in use today, after several rebuildings.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camion_ACMAT
Charge-Utile Magazine, the French magazine on old trucks and buses, edited a special issue (n°67) on the subject.
michel:
The beginning of ALM was mostly based on Panhard trucks, like this one for oil research.
Merci Paul et Michel
