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Last one for tonight and it's a Biglorryblog evening Pie Quizzer! So look sharp anorak army! It's from Pete Jones who says: "This photo is of a 1950s Ferrari racing car transporter---a bit different to the transporters of today's racing teams in Formula 1.Any one know the make of truck?" So coem on...let's be having you!

Now for a real memory jogger....Santa Fe Transport..ring any bells? Fred Everiss has sent me these shots and says: 'My father used to work there (18years) and drove OFX 800W." I then asked Fred if Santa Fe still exists and he replies...

 "No, John Chandler sold out to Wincanton in the late '80s and Wincanton closed it down in the '90s. After a spell in America John Chandler came back and started up Atchison Topeka!" Now click through here for more....

Bob Tuck has sent these long-serving lorries to me and he says: "Brian, while looking up the images of Mike Ogg's Scammell you ran recently, I came across these shots of Orkney which were taken on the same trip north in mid 2005. I know the place is a particular favourite of yours and perhaps you can give us all some chapter and verse of what these motors do all day as the place is a bit small - isn't it? And of course I hope you can find room to show the Italian POW's chapel - what a magic place that is. Bob." Now click thriough here for Bob's shots...

Talk about East meets West... And a rather nice picture too from that loveable old curmudgeon 'The Boss' who returns to Biglorryblog in time for his regular Sunday evening slot and he says: "Blog Meister, I was going to hire one of those big Russian transport planes to take 'Maggie' to the USA,get a few pics for the blog,just like Renault did on it's Route 66 epic. Only why bother? It's cheaper and easier just to do it in France! So America's aerodynamic masterpiece the T2000 meets Maggie,the French brick!" Now click through here for more...

Eric Preston provides Biglorryblog with this rather unusual 'juxtaposition' and says: "Hi
please find attached this photo of a large load at Southampton. I dropped a crane off at the docks and could not resist this shot. Eric." You know mate, you could almost believe it was on the back of your low-loader trailer---now that would be some heavy haulage movement!

What else would you do? "G'day Brian," says AtkiPete Lynch. "A road sign that will confuse the average driver. I would be surprised if anyone outside of Melbourne knows how this business works...." Now click through here for miore....

John Shepherd has contacted Biglorryblog me to say: "Just thought I'd send you a couple of pictures of A. Stevens Volvos---the F10 was taken at BSC Malleable works at Stockton on Tees with the driver just chaining load of 70 ft pipes down... I was his 'mate'.  Now click through here for one more...

The much-beloved 'Old Vic' Hungerford must think I'm neglecting him (or else have nothing better to do than grumble about his preferred choice of gearbox) Well I owe him an apology for I've been sitting on this curio for far too long...Vic e-mails me to say: "Brian, I remember you commenting a little while ago on the size of the radiator grille on a Ford Loosely-Built, well how about this one?!" How about it indeed and click through here for more big-nose beauties!

Peter Lynch has kindly ended my confusion regarding B-Doubles and B-Trains."Here is a B-Double, above" he says...,

"Now here is a pocket B-Double..."

"....and here is a B train  (B67 to be precise)" You know I think Pete might just be sending a message to the Kiwis..don't you? And what was that song that Duke Ellington wrote about a train...?

Now here's something you don't see every day....Les Freathy has sent me this shot of a four axle (possibly 8x6?) GINAF based on a DAF 95 Series operated by Range Heavy haulage. les says he shot it in Sandwich in Kent... whatever happened to it I wonder? And for another classic 'Truck of Kent' click through here.....

One good reason why you probably shouldn't try and drive a normal family saloon car into an MZKT missle carrier or oilfield truck....the driver of the latter will most likely mistake you for a sleeping policeman. And Biglorryblog thanks Vladimir Chekhuta for this...

Les Freathy has kindly sent me these pictures of Cliffe Construction's F16 four-axle Globetrotter...but where is it now I wonder?

And click through here for Brown and Mason's Volvo low loaders.

"Greetings Brian," says Gyles Carpenter..."Evening Star hooked up to 413 at the 2007 Great Dorset!"

Last one for tonight...and it involves a Kiwi voice from Biglorryblog's past "Hi Brian, Peter Geany here---we met many moons ago when I worked for Cummins with Roger Wilsden and Paul Foulston. I drove the ERF in the Commercial Motor 17-tonner group test in about 1991 I think." Ahh yes I remember it well says BLB., but I have interrupted Peter who continues. "Anyway seeing that shiny new KW K108 on Biglorryblog prompted me to scan a photo of the very first KW cab-over in New Zealand operated by my Father J.V.Geany Ltd.  It was a 1965 Canadian Kenworth K923 with NHC250 Cummins Spicier 4x4 transmission and Timken (Rockwell) SQHD rear axles.  3 decks of sheep and one of Cattle.  She usually pulled a 28 foot 3 axle trailer and was supposed to gross 38 tons. Loaded with Cattle I reckon she was closer to 42 tons.  We used to manufacture our own stock crates, and definitely no effluent tanks in our days!"

"And here are some of our Merc's thrown in for good measure, a 1418 of which we had 10 and a 2223 of which we had 2." And click through here for the 2223 and how they ran.... 

Have you ntoiced how Scammells are like buses...? You wait all day for one them dozens of them come along at once, not least on Biglorryblog, as Alex Saville has sent me this shot of another 'Handyman' -- seee Bob I remembered what it was this time....and he says "Brian, since you posted a photo of Robert Laidlaw's Scammell Handyman from Bob Tuck, here's another one....John Boughey's 1974 example...now click through here for more 'crinkly cabs'...

Andrew Blacklock has come back to me to say: "Further to yesterday's posting on BLB about the Commer Ice Cream van.I took this photo at the HCVA Queensland show in August 2007. Cheers Andrew." Move over Mr Whippy..it's Peter's Ice Creams....ring any bell with the Aussies?

Biglorryblog's loveable old-curmudgeon ' The Boss' is back again. "Blog Meister, I see your opinion of the Iveco Stralis has been questioned in Commercial Motor. Dare I say by a lowly fellow scribe who has questioned your conclusions. Was your opinion influenced by lashings of free spaghetti and the finest Italian vino collapso? Since a 'third' opinion is obviously required tell Iveco I'm willing to undertake a road test on my usual weekly 2000 mile route, preferably in the dark." And The Boss offers his usual 'modest' terms and conditions. "Price...for the blog..a roadtest on the Fiat Ferrari California,come on BM your integrity is at stake,fix it like Jimmy Saville." Well I'll see what I can do...naturally if I mention your name  it's bound to open a few doors! Meanwhile the old boy says: "Since the blog seems to love T cabs at the mo,here's one from last night----a German one, ugly bloody thing pulling a boat." However,it seems there was another bonneted beauty which you can read all about by clicking through here... 

Alex Saville, BLB's travelling man in Scotland has sent me this rather smart Swedish nose-job (with trainer wheels all very neatly tucked away behind the side skirts) and says: "Brian, I spotted these two smart looking vehicles parked behind me at Kinross Services on the M90 today.Alex." Now click through for more...