Lorries of Arabia: ERF NGC: 2 E-Book

Robert Hackford

• Herausgeber: Old Pond Books
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 56

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

This book is a companion to the hugely popular Lorries of Arabia: ERF NGC, published in 2015. The first book made tribute to ERF's world-class long-hauler, focussing in particular on the Middle-East examples, and to those who drove them. It was acclaimed for its "evocative photographs" and Robert's "passionate" and descriptive style of writing and Truck and Driver called it "essential reading for the many enthusiasts of this golden chapter in haulage history".Lorries of Arabia 2 continues to explore the fortunes of this legendary machine. Including 100 fully captioned pictures, many of which have only been brought to light since the publication of Lorries, this volume clearly demonstrates the romance of the road. This book will enhance and enrich the body of knowledge pertaining to the culture of the Middle-East run in the 1970s/80s and will further delight fans of the first book, whetting their appetite for more

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REVIEWS OF THE FIRST VOLUME

Robert Hackford’s genuine passion for this ERF type shines through every page and the book contains many fine and evocative photographs in colour or black and white. I particularly liked the documentation on British hauliers who travelled the desert roads, such as Richard Read and Eric Vick.

John Henderson, Transport News

Lorries of Arabia is insightful, rich in detail and captures the character of a truck that would have been respected as the ERF flagship of its generation, had more been sold in Britain. Only one NGC 420 may remain, but Hackford’s book is the next best thing.

Ed Burrows, Trucking

This new paperback book takes a nostalgic look at the role ERF’s world-class long-haul legend, the NGC, played in the transportation of goods across continents during the golden age of the Middle East Run.

Truck Stop News

The book is all about the life and times of ERF NGCs in general and about the Middle East examples in particular: what they looked like, how well they performed, where they ventured, what they were like to drive, what they were like to live in and where they stood in ERF’s contribution to Britain’s place in the history of the TIR trail.

Written with authority by Robert Hackford, the book delves into the trials and traditions of the TIR-trail, and looks at how the hard-working and well-engineered ERF NGC developed its reputation as one of the best trucks for mountain-hauls.

Andy Stewart, Trucking

Mr Hackford has a very easy to read style of writing that makes the information that is included relatively easy to digest. The book contains plenty of anecdotes from Robert’s time on the road and his passion and enjoyment of his time driving trucks is clearly reflected by the way he describes the life of a long-distance lorry driver. The romance of the open road is clearly apparent from Mr Hackford’s excellent descriptive writing.

truckblog.co.uk

This book would get five stars just for the title. It’s well researched, comprehensively illustrated and is essential reading for the many enthusiasts of this golden chapter in haulage history.

Truck and Driver

LORRIES OF ARABIA 2

ERF    NGC

Robert Hackford

CONTENTS

Title PageAcknowledgements  IntroductionA Fine Example In Preservation ERF NGCs At Work In Europe ERF NGCs On The Middle East Run ERF NGCs On The Arabian Peninsula Doing ‘Internals’ ERF NGCs In Context Revised ERF NGC Register  Bibliography About the Author Copyright

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Rik Gruwez: Belgian haulier. Marc Van Steenbergen: Belgian haulier. Mario Maes: Belgian transport historian. Wobbe Reitsma: Dutch transport historian. Barry Randall: ERF archivist. Martin Wilcox: ERF blogger and archivist. Ken Broster: former general manager for Trans Arabia in Jeddah. Marcus Lester: truck photographer. Peter Davies: transport journalist. Niels Jansen: transport journalist. George Starkey: ERF restorer. Ian Tyler: former driver for Cunard Arabian Middle East Lines. Gary Corbishley: restorer and owner of NGC KCH 95N. Rene Postma: erstwhile owner of the same vehicle. Vince Cooke: former NGC driver. Jerry Cooke: former NGC driver and mechanic for Trans Arabia. Ron Hawkins: former NGC driver and mechanic for Trans Arabia. Chris Till: former NGC driver for Eric Vick. Steve Little: former NGC driver for Richard Read. John Heath: former NGC driver for Beresford Transport. Dave Anslow: former NGC driver for Trans Arabia. Bob Jarratt: former NGC driver for PG Horridge. Mike Beard: former fitter for Richard Read.

(Photo: Marcus Lester)