Tony (of Kathleen and Anthony Cauchi in Malta fame) has e-mailed Biglorryblog to say: "Hi Brian, it was another sunny day here in Malta and on my way home I spotted this , an SD refuse truck---so quick with the camera so you can put it on the blog . The other is a very rare Dodge and last but not least a pack of ERF's and a DAF 85. " Thanks Tony. And to repay the compliment here are some more of Ashley's pictures from
You know I can never remember how to spell the name of this flipping Dodge thing. Barreros? Barairros, Berreiros? Someone help Biglorryblog out of his misery please----and Richard S, how about some shots from the old 'Brochure King'?
Now click through here for some more malteezers and a couple of Commers....And does anone recognise the livery on those ERFs?
Nice pair of BMCs still earning a living in Malta (from Ashley L). Now click through here for more...
These Commers again come from Ashley Lovering....
And now back to Dodges...
And for a pie...the 50 Series cab was derived from which US van?
Comments (5)
Barreros is the word, and the Dodge 50 cab is derived from the American Dodge Tradesman.
Posted by Vic Hungerford | September 4, 2008 5:49 AM
Posted on September 4, 2008 05:49
Try Barreiros, founded in 1954 in Madrid to make diesel engines. They had arrangements with Berliet, AEC, Hanomag, STAR of Poland,and Vidal and Son in Germany to use Barreiros engines. Taken over by Chrysler in 1969.
Dodge 50 was based on Dodge B300 Tradesman. There was a lot of work done to make it workable for European use. Original body pressings came from Chrysler USA but was then made in Linwood
Cheers
H in NZ
Posted by Howard Pettigrew | September 4, 2008 5:53 AM
Posted on September 4, 2008 05:53
I think I made a typo in my post. It should be Barreiros.
Posted by Vic Hungerford | September 4, 2008 6:00 AM
Posted on September 4, 2008 06:00
Those BMC tippers look in great nick, have they just been lucky or does someone put a lot of effort into restoring them.
Posted by Peter Lynch | September 4, 2008 6:29 AM
Posted on September 4, 2008 06:29
As far as I can recall very few of the Barreiros imported to the UK in the early id 1970s were 4x2 rigids so it's possible that the Dodge tipper shown started life as a K3820P tractor. These machines were real flyers for the time but let down by a suspect range change box that was later superceded by a Fuller RT9509 I believe.
Posted by Martin Phippard | September 4, 2008 6:57 PM
Posted on September 4, 2008 18:57