Shiting with the foreigners

[BusmansHoliday]

Three from today.
Seat Arosa,

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Even the Spaniards can fuck up an old Citroen van

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Elderly Pegaso 1217.14 truck (Spain introduced their currently registration series in 2000), so it's last century (I'm starting to sound like LBF)

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[mercrocker]

I was always fascinated by foreign lorries when abroad. I don't travel overseas nowadays but have made a couple of trips to Spain, each time trying to photograph one of those earlier Pegasos, with the ribbed bodywork and rounded cabs (1000/2000/3000 series I think). A holiday to Almeria proved fruitless and I had high hopes when I went on a containership to Algeciras as a work experience thing - saw loads but not close enough to photograph.

Eventually, I was in Benidorm with the present Mrs Rocker and there was a tipper with the elusive cab type complete with Pedro eating his lunch at the wheel. I waved my camera and pointed to his lorry and he nodded in that non-commital Latin manner. I got the shot and walked up to his window to thank him. "Ingles?" he asked. "Yes" I replied. He said nothing but cast his eyes heavenward and gave another shrug before carrying on with his sardine roll or whatever he had.

[nebuchenezer]

Christ, Algeceras, proper shithole

[mercrocker]

Aye, it was/is. Luckily I was only there ten hours.

[nebuchenezer]

Only place I’ve ever been where you had to chimney climb to add to the squater turd mountain

[mercrocker]

Thankfully I had the pilot's quarters on a very nice Danish box ship....

[cros]

I went from Algeciras to Ceuta on a car ferry in the late '70's. As I rode up the ramp onto the car deck I had to swerve round a huge piston assembly lying on the floor, conrod was about 6 foot long.
Years later I met Juan, an experienced ship's chief engineer. He reckoned it had likely been removed from the engine and that the ship would continue sailing with it missing until it could be repaired.
I also heard how you'd have to be prepared to replace and grind in a valve at sea and how you change the oil on an ocean going cargo ship. (You don't, just replenish the additives and sieve the lumps out)

[mercrocker]

The engine room of that Dane was a sight to behold.....K Series MAN of about 35000 hp and the size of a house. I remember the workshop - a whole wall of taps and dies, the largest of which was about the size of a lorry axle. Also opening a door on deck labelled "Emergency Generator" and seeing an immaculately painted and polished Scania V8 in there.

[BusmansHoliday]

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[bub2006]

When me and our lass went to Turkey a few years back they were still using rebadged Talbots. Tofas if I recall? One trip we went on involved a rather large Peugeot minibus at least 30 years old in 2015. Similar to the Citroën c25 and Talbot express.