WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN SEVERAL FOTOS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND THE EUCLID ITEMS ARE SHOWN BELOW.
THE FIRST IS FROM AD GEVERS IN HOLLAND, LOOKING LIKE IT WAS TAKEN AT AN EXHIBITION IN EUROPE.
NOW AN EXAMPLE OF SOME NOT VERY GOOD DRIVING….THE FOTOS ARE VERY FADED, BUT YOU CAN GET THE GIST……
FOR THOSE THAT DONT KNOW ABOUT THE "EUCNIK", IT WAS ORIGINALLY A TWIN ENGINE, TWIN TRANSMISSION RIGID TRUCK, MODEL 1LLD, CONVERTED BY WESTERN CONTRACTING, A USA COMPANY, IN 1958, INTO AN ARTIC WITH A MASSIVE BODY THAT GAVE IT 150 TON CAPACITY…..INTITIALLY THE TRUCK WAS FITTED WITH TWIN CUMMINS GIVING 750 GHP.
THE EARLIER CUMMINS SET-UP HAD ONLY A SINGLE EXHAUST, WHICH CAN BE SEEN ABOVE, WHILST WHEN THEY CONVERTED TO 2 x GM12V-71 850 HP SET-UP IN 1960, THAT HAD A FOUR PIPE EXHAUST.
THE NEXT SHOT IS AN R-13, NEVER SEEN OVER HERE IN EUROPE (WE THINK) BUT IN A SERIES OF SMALL RIGIDS USED IN THE STATES, INCLUDING THE R-10 (1948-63) AND R-11, WHATEVER THE SIZE THOUGH IT CERTAINLY CARRIED SOME LARGE LUMPS !!
NOW A SET OF IMAGES TAKEN BY DAVID SIMPSON, EX BH BARNSLEY, SENT INTO US BY MARTYN BRAWN, WHO BOTH WORK FOR VOLVO IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.
FIRSTLY MARTYN`S MESSAGE ….
….THEN DAVE`S CONTRIBUTION….
….AND THE FOTOS ARE AS FOLLOWS…
…..L-20 ?? WHAT DO YOU THINK ?
LASTLY ANOTHER FOTO FROM DAVE THAT MAYBE OUGHT TO BE IN A DIFFERENT SECTION, BUT IS IT TAKEN IN NORTHAMPTON, OR MAYBE BARNSLEY, ON SOME SORT OF CARNIVAL PARADE OR SIMILAR IN THOSE FAR OFF DAYS OF THE 1960`S.. ……ANYBODY AROUND WHO REMEMBERS ??
THE TRADE PLATES ARE NORTHAMPTON REG, BUT PERHAPS ALL THE COMPANY`S PLATES WERE THE SAME…. SO AGAIN, WHO CAN TELL US ?? AND DOES ANYBODY RECOGNISE THE DRIVER ??
THANKS TO ALL FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.
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