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GuyM
Posted: Friday, November 29, 2019 5:10:35 AM
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Two tippers representative of the Eastern Block truck industry, a KrAZ 236 (USSR, in yellow) and an IFA G5 (East Germany, purple):









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Guy
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Posted: Tuesday, December 03, 2019 5:50:13 AM
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2 generations of Pegaso trucks which could be seen everywhere in Spain:









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Posted: Tuesday, December 03, 2019 5:54:41 AM
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When a Berliet GLM10 tipper (Hachette Collection) meets a Citroën U23 tractor (Altaya Collection):









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Posted: Saturday, December 07, 2019 5:31:25 AM
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COE and bonneted Unic tractors delivering kerosene fuel in France and butane gas bottles in Algeria:









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Posted: Saturday, December 07, 2019 5:38:01 AM
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Berliet removals vehicles and a Peugeot 203 pick-up car:









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Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 5:20:35 AM
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Two Berliet GBC8 "Gazelle" 6x6/2 trucks produced by Hachette (right, with "Transports Transsahariens" logo) and by Norev (left, with a "Mission Tenere" Berliet logo):









To be continued.
Guy



GuyM
Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 5:30:14 AM
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The "Transports Transsahariens" Gazelle, together with 2 other Berliet trucks part of the "100 000 Dollars au Soleil" ("Greed in the Sun") film:







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Guy
GuyM
Posted: Sunday, December 15, 2019 5:25:05 AM
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Bonneted Unic tractors:



Recovery of a Renault "Faineant" by a Berliet GBC 8KT/Austin-Western ex-Army wrecker:



To be continued.
Guy
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Guy
GuyM
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When 2 Berliet GBC 8KT trucks meet (Altaya dropside bed version and Hachette military wrecker):



Concrete delivery by a Berliet PMH12 cement mixing truck:







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Guy

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Posted: Sunday, December 15, 2019 11:59:00 AM

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Wow Guy: You're bringing out the really cool stuff now. That "Butagaz" truck's trailer is wicked looking. Are all these recent pics of the rare trucks? They look great. Craig
GuyM
Posted: Sunday, December 15, 2019 12:54:58 PM
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Craig,

The 1/43 "Butagaz" carrier is towed by an Unic Izoard ZU 120T tractor: the French truck manufacturer Unic became part of the FIAT organization in 1966, then was absorbed into the IVECO conglomerate in 1975:



Even if real tractor and trailer used by SATAS in Oran (Algeria) should be slightly different (see picture above), Ixo, producing that model for a press company, simply fitted the "376 BH 92" licence plate on one of their existing models: the magic of modeling, I suppose!

I hope this helps.
Guy
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Posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 1:17:04 AM
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Guy who makes the military wrecker, also the Austin Western company made cranes correct. That model is very nice.
Steve
GuyM
Posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 5:37:03 AM
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Steve,

The GBC 8KT was the military version of the GBC 8 6x6/2 "Gazelle" built by Berliet for the French Army and exported in large numbers (approx. 35000 units): these "Gazelle" units were fitted with a Charbonneaux (French stylist) simplified torpedo cab design ("flat-type" panels being easier to repair than original "round-type" ones). Quite a lot were upgraded by Renault some 30 years later into GBC 180s.
Moreover, Berliet had a license agreement with the Austin-Western company to build wrecking hydraulic cranes to fit these models and their heavier GBU/TBU 15 units.

- A GBC 8KT cargo truck:



- A GBC 180 cargo truck:



- A Berliet GBU 15 CLD (Camion Lourd de Depannage or Heavy Wrecking Truck):



I hope this helps.
Guy
Exkvate3140
Posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 1:43:08 AM
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Guy thanks very much for the information on that wrecker.
Steve
GuyM
Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2019 5:21:55 AM
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Guy
GuyM
Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2019 5:27:45 AM
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Berliet GPR12 6x2 truck on the southern part of the "Nationale 7" road, transporting goods between Marseille and Paris:









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Guy

Exkvate3140
Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2019 11:50:31 PM
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Guy white walls on a truck, I don’t think I have ever seen that before on a truck.
Steve and
GuyM
Posted: Monday, December 23, 2019 4:57:36 AM
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Other Berliet vehicles produced by Hachette and Altaya Collections in a 1/43 scale, a Paris street sweeping unit (on GLB5 chassis) and a TR250 tractor in the livery of a famous biscuits producer from the Manche (French side of the English Channel) region:









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Guy
GuyM
Posted: Monday, December 23, 2019 5:03:45 AM
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Kässbohrer car transporter semi-trailer, indicated by Siku as being in a 1/50 scale. Oversized for that scale, it perfectly fits one of Jean-Jacques' 1/43 Volvo tractor:





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Guy



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