TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International)

deanryder1 · 8 October 2016 22:34

Its good to see my Dads 141. This started it all for Joe and us Ryders. no one could ever keep up the chase even the Americans! Jersey to Chicago and Even hauling Crude oil in west Texas. He worked cicles around men alot younger then him!But thats what you get when you put a longford man behind the wheel of a rig! Thanks again! Cheers!! -Dean Ryder

pete_smith · 14 November 2016 07:10

suefrank:
Hi lads I drove in middle east about 1980 for squires of Wolverhampton, that picture of that daf brings back memories. I drove daf 2800 EOJ 885 V good old tool have photos somewhere.

Bit late but here is a pic of the Daf, (pic. Robert Dunn)

adr · 30 January 2018 09:01

Cab roof lights, twin air-horns, windscreen flag strips, classic 80s look.

adr · 30 January 2018 09:04

Classic 80s Australia look New scanner etc, still working it out

adr · 30 January 2018 09:11

Had to get ‘Her indoors’ to sort it

adr · 30 January 2018 09:12

Back to the drawing board, bloody computers

deanb · 30 January 2018 09:24

adr:
:evil: Back to the drawing board, bloody computers

Here you go chap !

adr · 30 January 2018 09:33

Try again

adr · 30 January 2018 09:36

Cheers DEANB Got there in the end Give me a twin splitter & I’m happy, a keyboard & I’m . Chris

adr · 30 January 2018 09:46

Just see a John T Howard & Promotor Scania’s in this line.

adr · 30 January 2018 09:51

Scottish fleets were & still are some of the smartest in Europe.

adr · 30 January 2018 10:09

Never see Wagons like this in Europe again, all bland & the same now. Chris

adr · 30 January 2018 10:14

All these firms gone

adr · 30 January 2018 10:24

French Merc, with AA & RAC badges on the front grill

zb_anorak · 30 January 2018 12:26

adr:
Just see a John T Howard & Promotor Scania’s in this line.

Whose is the Bedford TM between the two Fiats?

carryfast · 30 January 2018 12:41

[zb]
anorak:

adr:
Just see a John T Howard & Promotor Scania’s in this line.

Whose is the Bedford TM between the two Fiats?

Possibly the BOC Euro division ?.

dirty_dan · 30 January 2018 13:42

Well spotted anorak,i had to look 3 times before i saw it

Danne

zb_anorak · 30 January 2018 17:59

Carryfast:

[zb]
anorak:

adr:
Just see a John T Howard & Promotor Scania’s in this line.

Whose is the Bedford TM between the two Fiats?

Possibly the BOC Euro division ?.

Was thinking the same- does the headboard say “Transhield”, or whatever the BOC word was?

Edit- the headboard is the same shape as this one:
flickr.com/photos/26058810@N02/4927395308

adr · 30 January 2018 18:07

i put the pic up & I didn’t see that one Looks to me as Anorak says to be BOC/Transhield. Chris

erf-ngc-european · 31 January 2018 11:55

adr:
i put the pic up & I didn’t see that one Looks to me as Anorak says to be BOC/Transhield. Chris

It might well say ‘Euroshield’, as the units sent over the water often carried that on the headboard (the ERFs I drove did). The other buzz words written on the trailers of that time were ‘Transvite’ and ‘BOC Baker’; all on the Faversham-Paris-Antwerp run. Robert