CreepingJesus Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 N-reg = 93 not 92, I must've misread the plate! Did look well tho'. Forgot about those Barreiros Dodges; I always found them really odd looking. Sure I've got a catalogue for those somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Have we had this Scania song yet? I prefer Volvos tbh. Or this...? I've never worn a green uniform in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Continuing the Spanish theme - have a video (in Spanish) of the launch advert for the Pegaso Troner. You get a nice clear shot of the satellite dish trimz!: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I also found a Spanish Truck Forum that had a thread in it about UK Pegaso Trucks. It contained 3 pictures of different UK registered RHD ones. Here is the first: I wish I could read the language as the discussion might have been interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 What a honker!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Shouldn't be any problem fixing the Pegaso Troner - just break out the 3" tall Spanish blokes, they'll fix it. Another Iberian rarity, the Ebro L80. Not many sold here, and it was basically a Nissan anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 ^^^^^^^ Those Mercs are total crap. Eddy used to drive one for a timber company. EF... maybe not A, but shall we say Viewpoint? Funny how two people can see the same item so differently. 18t, Hiab, demountable flat, 10 years old... it was a pile of shit. (Don't mince about, Eddy, tell us what you really think! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Shouldn't be any problem fixing the Pegaso Troner - just break out the 3" tall Spanish blokes, they'll fix it. Another Iberian rarity, the Ebro L80. Not many sold here, and it was basically a Nissan anyway... I remember on family trips to the Balearics in the 1990s, the airport used these in artic form to haul a trailer that was the transfer bus. I remember looking out the front window at the back of the cab and engine as we went along! Also remember the Pegaso Comets still there at the time - lovely looking motors and something in common with the similarly-named Leyland: Anyways, the Club of Four cab is often pictured on Volvo, Saviem, Iveco/Magirus but the 4th I hadnt seen until recently: Little Daf 1100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I remember on family trips to the Balearics in the 1990s, the airport used these in artic form to haul a trailer that was the transfer bus. I remember looking out the front window at the back of the cab and engine as we went along! I remember these too.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/copmanthorpe/4648387134/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Hey those Pegaso transfer buses are brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Dunno where they're based, but Mornflake Oats have a fantastic array of old clunkers still giving good service on a daily basis. Mornflake are in Crewe not far from the railway station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oman5 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 We had those ERF ECS things with the MAN F2000 cab at Asda a few years back. 51 plates, they came off the asda tanker fleet.IIRC they were 380 cummins, and punched well above their weight, I used to pull 44 tons quite regularly with them.Unusually for a "pool" vehicle where nobody is allocated a particular truck and you just drive whatever happens to be there, which is the way it is at asda, I had the same ERF every day for 6 months because none of the pansies working there would drive them. "its an ERF, I'm not driving that, I want a scania or I'm going home!"They had a great little magic trick. get it up to the speed limiter at 56mph, and set the cruise control. then you could press the accelerate cruise button and it would go up to about 60 mph or so. flying past the aforementioned scania. not really what you need on store deliveries, but very handy if you are trunking from south wales to wakefield and back every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellac Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 A friend of mine owns this... It's one of many. Along with a Ferrari, Maserati, E-type, Rolls Royce and a few more. He drives a Honda Acty pick up normally, but the Fodens are his favourites. Does he work the Foden or is it for showing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellac Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 When I was a kiddie in the 80s in Manchester I lived (more or less) opposite the old Geoffrey Reyner yard in Droylsden. They operated out of an old Mill back then. It's all houses now, ofcourse.http://paulanderson.pikfu.net/set183842 ... 20946.html I can recall seeing E-Series ERFs when they were brand new (square lights instead of round, that's how I use to recall them lol). Also, when I was into Mantas I was friendly with a dude from Cornwall who was a partner in a transport co. They had stash of classic lorries. Haven't spoken to him in years and I can only find one ikkle picture; Was that Paul Newport? The Guy Big J is still in the yard in Penzance It was, I think, Andrew Newport's first lorry- along with several other relics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 What a shame to see them like that. I'd love an Atki Borderer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Some nice truck sales brochures on this Trucknet thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 I had the same ERF every day for 6 months because none of the pansies working there would drive them. "its an ERF, I'm not driving that, I want a scania or I'm going home!"This attitude doesn't surprise me at all, I'll drive anything for £9 an hour and be happy for the work. mind you, ASDA Magna Park is one of the most depressing places to have to deliver to, sitting in a waiting room whilst having to endure the bullshit talked by some drivers is absolute torture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 A friend of mine owns this... Does he work the Foden or is it for showing? He just loves the things. He's got another one he's restoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 All this hardcore truck talk has reminded me that I need to sit my CPC course soon. More fucking money down the toilet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Some nice truck sales brochures on this Trucknet thread Wow, IanL, Nice find. Nicola isn't impressed. Currently in the lounge watching Bottom and reading '70s Truck Brochures. Romantic night in.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris_ital_lover Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Great find there. The opening parapgraph is brilliant: As a youngster, I used to write to most of the truck manufacturers around the world, asking for sales brochures/literature for their various models. Most were obliging, and I used to receive packages from far and wide. Some even went to extremes.It took quite a bit of explaining to my parents when the local Leyland dealer turned up with a demonstrator! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Found some of these in my Photobucket whilst looking for a picture I had of another motor. I took them at various shows and events during 2010. I now see what the term 'over-restored means. Unusual bonneted Iveco at Ingliston I used to enjoy working on these. I was the workshop 'laddie' or 'fuckabout' if you will.We had a C series with an LT10, a couple of E8's with a Cummins (one was plated at 38 tonnes!), but my favourite was our E14 with vertical Emonox. After that was smashed, the engine was transplanted into another E8, but the Eminox was not included in that We also had a shunter artic one of these with a Rolls 265 on it. Clutch was on its way out though so never saw the road again despite it being a solid motor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Unusual bonneted Iveco at Ingliston Meant to check up on this, 'cos I was told it was an Aussie Iveco, and had the 14L Cummins in it. Apparently you can't get those in Aus any more. This is one of the Dutch-built ones with the usual choice of Cursor motor, and probly a bastard ZF Ass-Tronic. Still impressive tho'!Shame they haven't got the alternative web address displayed on them any more: "weshiftsh.it" Perfect addy for what they do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawy Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I found some interesting Truck/Bus Shite on Flickr today: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59433859@N06/ Don't have time to post all the pics but worth a look through, some old Ital, Sherpa & Bus shite too! Rawy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Just chanced upon Ice Road Truckers, Deadliest Roads:- The Andes. They're all driving old Volvo F12s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 EFA. In other news I saw an old (1995/6) Scania rigid on the road yesterday. Looked like an ex-Grampian foods one, and seemed to be going very nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Had to Google what EFA means, but now I see what you did there I am lucky enought to sit next ot a big window in my Office on Dalry Road in Edinburgh. This roars past almost every day: P1030801 - 2010-05-10 by VV773, on Flickr By the sound I'd say it was a Rolls 265 in it. (Not my pic by the way) Seems almost exclusively contracted to recover Edinburgh Council vehicles. Think I've seen it with a Lothian bus or two on its back also. Its a beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Another stonking thread on TruckNet: http://www.trucknetuk.com/phpBB/viewtop ... 35&t=62183 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Saw this a few weeks back - epic! Seems almost exclusively that these lovely old motors sit and rot because the owners want silly money for them. Fair enough every man has his price, but what good can come of it! On a more positive note, I remember many years ago my friend's dad's haulage yard was full of really old lorries, long dead with vast decay, cabs almost completely dissolved. But somehow, years later several of them appeared on the rally circuit, fully restored. Dont know how he did it but good on him! A Seddon 32/4 and Albion Clydesdale tractor unit were 2 notable ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Just stumbled across this on flickr. Didn't know these existed - not your common or garden Iveco Cargo but a Pegaso apparentlyCirco Holiday Pegaso Cargo by Scammell Amazon, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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