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Tim Cotton is back on Bigloryblog with more wrird waggons. He tells me; "Earlier this year, I was in France. These are both MAN 'porte fer' vehicles with single cabs to allow lengths of steel to run the whole length of the truck - although they weren't being used like that on this occasion. A power company were replacing overhead cables and they were being used to carry equipment to site from the compound which was a short walk from our hotel.Tim."
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Certainly looks strange... I wonder who did the cab conversion... Anyone with any ideas? Now click through here for one more...
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And for a change here's a cabover!
I've never seen before a "normal" cab conversion like this, but many construction details - the cab, front fender/mudguard with embedded stairs, and loadbed - look very similar to those on conversions built by french bodybuider and conversionist HATTY-Vonnas, like several examples built on Renault chassis shown on their website (www.hatty.fr).
Bonsoir.
Very common body modification for trucks use by metal work companies.