Mark Graham, has sent me this gem and says; "Brian, having purchased the 'Destination Doha' DVD after it was recommended by Biglorryblog, I ventured into the loft this afternoon to find a couple of Astran items I knew I had somewhere. And I found them! These date from well before the 1977 documentary and feature rigid Scania 110 lorries which might well be the one rescued towards the end of the documentary. It also might start a new discussion string about flagging out....I've also attached this scan of an advertisement from 'Headlight' magazine which I believe is from 1970. I hope you find it interesting and worth showing on the blog."
"Best regards, Mark." And in return here's the wonderfully-restored Scania 141 to go with it.
I seem to remember Commercial Motor doing an article about U.K operators on the Middle East run. A photograph showing an assortment of trucks at a truck stop/meeting point included some that would not be expected to make this long trip, i.e. Guy Big J which definitely did not have the luxury of a sleeper cab. That picture if it could be found would definitely be worth seeing again.
Brian, Mid East Trucking seems very popular so thought you might like to see this one we got via the Roadtech website.
Middle East Trucking returns to Biglorryblog
Posted by Robert Dickie at 27/10/2009 09:52 AM
I seem to remember Commercial Motor doing an article about U.K operators on the Middle East run. A photograph showing an assortment of trucks at a truck stop/meeting point included some that would not be expected to make this long trip, i.e. Guy Big J which definitely did not have the luxury of a sleeper cab. That picture if it could be found would definitely be worth seeing again.