Froggy55:
Margnat was an dreadful low cost red wine. That kind of wine was familiarly called “gros rouge qui tache”, meaning “coarse red wine that stains”. Quite early sold in plastic bottles, il was a blend of French, Italian, Spanish and North-African wines.
I have never heard of it. Not being a wine drinker (despite my 15 years in France and having a house next door to a Chateau occupied by a vigneron) that is perhaps not surprising. But I would have thought perhaps the name might have caught my eye. Any idea what years was it sold? I don’t imagine it still is, surely.
I guess you speak fluent French, so here’s Wikipedia’s page about Margnat, but it doesn’t mention until when it was commercialised under that name: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vins_Margnat
Some very interesting trucks in these two batches, as usual!
In batch 2, Pic 2 is a Berliet-powered International M 426, and I just hope the driver hasn’t to reverse becouse he’s stuck!
Following picture is a Yugoslavian FAP made under Saurer licence.
ParkRoyal2100:
Something different to the usual Citroen H van, a 1969 Peugeot D3a (photo from 1988)
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Credit: Alain Mugica
Probably a bit older; the D4 followed the D3a, and was replaced by the J7 in 1965. This body was first launched just before WW II by Chenard & Walcker, powered by a 2-stroke flat-twin.
ParkRoyal2100:
Something different to the usual Citroen H van, a 1969 Peugeot D3a (photo from 1988)
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Credit: Alain Mugica
Probably a bit older; the D4 followed the D3a, and was replaced by the J7 in 1965. This body was first launched just before WW II by Chenard & Walcker, powered by a 2-stroke flat-twin.
Ta Froggy, I’m quoting the chap who uploaded the photo, we all make mitsakes.
One used to see a lot of bonneted units with 12m trailers in France and in some other Continental countries too - Scandinavia had 'em too. But they would’ve been overlength here. When 13.6m trailers came in, I remember one enterprising chap managed to couple a 12m tautliner to a day-cabbed Scanny T112 and just keep within the length.
ERF-NGC-European:
One used to see a lot of bonneted units with 12m trailers in France and in some other Continental countries too - Scandinavia had 'em too. But they would’ve been overlength here. When 13.6m trailers came in, I remember one enterprising chap managed to couple a 12m tautliner to a day-cabbed Scanny T112 and just keep within the length.
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Strange outfit indeed, and certainly overlength. This should be a Renault CBH 340 or 385, usually fitted with a heavy-duty tipper for tough work on building sites or quarries. Many were sold in Africa, new or second-hand, or used in France as tractors to move heavy equipments (diggers, etc…); the army had quite a few of them. First one I see coupled to a standard dropside 3-axle trailor! I’ll try to get more about it.
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. It was a maroon job and looked as if it might be an ex-Gilder unit.