Back in 1978, Robert drive his Ford Transcontinental from GB to Trieste in Italy. Taking the ferry in Dover, crossing all France then entering Italy via the Mont Blanc Aosta.
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@patrickmccann35774 жыл бұрын
BETTER TIMES FOR DRIVERS . BETTER MONEY. LESS PRESSURE. NO VOSA. NO DIGI CARD . NO SPEED LIMITER. AND THEY STILL GOT THE JOB DONE. ALL ROADS LEAD 2 ROME IS ANOTHER GOOD TRUCK FILM FROM THIS TIME TOO.
@JD-rf1xc4 жыл бұрын
i can recommend Dubai Road Express Film here on youtube aswell really great film about trucking from Norway to the Middleeast.
@Butlerbob3 жыл бұрын
You are shouting as it is called when you have pressed your caps lock, please unlearn this and turn it off, thanks !!
@jeremybaker47214 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this when it first came out, I was about 12. Guess what I do for a living? I drive a truck. Brilliant to see it again after all these years.
@stevegreen94604 жыл бұрын
aw love this, standing on a forklift bars wedging stuff back in the trailer, bribeing customs with smokes and smoking indoors, fake permits openly talked about, people wareing noraml cloths, noone covered from head to toe in high viz suits, police men throwing things at camra men just for not asking to film. love it all, when we used to be able to live life in the moment with a sence of freedom.
@baz94384 жыл бұрын
I share your appreciation, absolutely fantastic.
@Jademyheart3 жыл бұрын
@@baz9438 I totally agree, it's like a totally different world now.....😓 Bureaucracy shockingly gone mad!! 💯😡
@jondrizzle45543 жыл бұрын
Well said.. it really is crap now.... regardless how easy the trucks are to drive nowadays i just think technology has ruined everything Including our once great profession
@andypreston15243 жыл бұрын
@@jondrizzle4554 VERY well said....... 👍👍👍👍
@andypreston15243 жыл бұрын
@@Jademyheart Well said sir...... 👍👍
@DaveGreeneramblingcarpenter4 жыл бұрын
Loved this video, reminds me of a much different times, great to see the ford transcontinental, which at that time was the bees knees, never once heard him mention the tachograph, drive til your tired, get there when you can, different days indeed,,
@johnbritton6684 жыл бұрын
I had a transcon back in the day T reg drove to Italy many times before the motorway was built 290 Cummings & Fuller gearbox happy days brought Back many memories, I was 24 at the time just a boy starting out happy days thought I was king off the road
@paulsweeney54772 жыл бұрын
You were king of the road at the time. God Bless
@JD-rf1xc4 жыл бұрын
man i wish i was a truckdriver back then, when Europe had yet to loose its culture and go up in flammes. i am a truckdriver today, but i would have loved to be born 30 years before i was.. Funny that he has called his truck Lady Diana not because of the soon to be royal one but his wife, great stuff.
@julienfreddy82854 жыл бұрын
Le Transcontinental... Un magnifique camion à l'époque.... Merci pour la vidéo.
@hanspeterro63433 жыл бұрын
In the 80tis and early 90tis I repair the Transconti , all Pieces are verry heavy. The Stearing , the Starter, , the dobble Disc Clutch, the Brakes from Stoppmaster. The Valves and Injector adjusting , with a Micrometer .oh my God ,long Time ago. But I never , never Miss this Time. Ford Transontinental , Cummins Big Cam , Eaton Roadrange Gearbox.and Rearaxle. Push the Button and let's go. Keep in trucking.
@andypreston15243 жыл бұрын
Proper truck with proper feel......
@anthony16364 жыл бұрын
Yep I have run with this guy when I was trucking for W T Laceys out of Barking we were also running Transcons alongside Scania & Volvo`s and the Leyland marathon crap.. Those were the days.
@-DC-4 жыл бұрын
Transcontinental was always a cracking looking truck, how things have gone downhill since this was filmed it's like a different continent.
@pehess24954 жыл бұрын
Superbe vidéo, merci ! Quel bonheur de revoir un Transcontinental et de retrouver l'ambiance de cette époque sur la route et le parc auto et camions des '70 !
@cloudmaker4 жыл бұрын
Yes i remember this on the telly, i seem to think there was a film of Astran wagons going to somewhere like Doha on about the same time. It was fantastic seeing this again. Thank you from an old lorry driver.
@dicktate9644 жыл бұрын
that was called destination doha my friend . you can still get it on dvd .
@cloudmaker4 жыл бұрын
@@dicktate964 Thanks for that i'll look out for it. I can remember us watching it with my Dad at the time and we were just amazed by it,loading up and taking weeks to deliver it.
@65Lynchy4 жыл бұрын
Yeah destination Doha it's on u tube as well think it's three episodes
@jameswhitbread71734 жыл бұрын
Great film My truck called Lady Diana because my wife’s called Diana how bloody nice but a few moments befor that’s the blonde I was talking about lol This guy must be in his 70’s /80’s now
@Rogue-cg1rm4 жыл бұрын
£80 a week .. awesome, different times , better times .. is this guy still with us ? .... toprun .. top man .
@twotoneandy733 жыл бұрын
One truck I would love to drive . They were just before my time driving trucks
@andypreston15243 жыл бұрын
Well before my time driving trucks....sadly by the time I did my Artic test in late 2006, there was loads of feel-less automated crap on the scene. I would happily jump in an old Transconti (or a Leyland Marathon, Volvo F88/9, F10/12, V8 Scania 140/1/2/3 etc etc and feel them all the way..... 👍👍👍
@ianinnes80634 жыл бұрын
I bet that young lad in the film at the table in the bake house became a driver . I used to go abroad from when i was about 14 with a family friend in his scania . 142 it deffo influenced me into becoming a driver . . What i hate about the job is the backstabbjng and bitching that goes on . They worse than fishwives some of them . Honestly . .. and some have egos bigger than the loads they are movin . U get some great guys too . Its great seeing a transconti my fave truck of all time . 14 litre cummins power . And this guy has a brand new fruehauf trailer by the looks of things . Pal mall cigarettes lol gd bribery material . That and jazz mags . Lol . Depending where u were . Haha . Changed days indeed . Sranding on the forklift classic . Something ive done many times . And thought nothing of it . Lol great vid ferdy . Thanks for posting .
@TRexGaming3603 жыл бұрын
Was born and started driving about 30 years too late 😵😵
@CycolacFan4 жыл бұрын
That Transcontinental didn't look like it was having to work hard at all for most of that journey. Interesting catching a glimpse of a Scammell Crusader doing continental runs too.
@s125ish4 жыл бұрын
CycolacFan when you reckon last one was in service in uk
@CycolacFan4 жыл бұрын
s125ish transcontinental or Crusader? I’d guess mid 1980s or slightly later hauling goods. A number would have been converted into recovery vehicles, I saw 6x4 Crusaders operating as recovery trucks in Wales in 2008.
@1chish14 күн бұрын
I used to run a 'Big Cam' Transcontinental. 3.5m wheelbase 4 x 2. to dodge the permit game we used the border at Aachen Bildgen and as long as all your papers were tidy in a pile they stamped the white back sheet but not the green front page. Calais was different as we had to put a 50 franc note in the permit folded in half. As they opened the permit the cash dropped out and went in his pocket. No stamped permit!
@alannorman61664 жыл бұрын
Brought back memories did this 1979
@andrewpaulafford14184 жыл бұрын
Even today wagon drivers are still treated like crap. But then the attitude has changed so much. Not as much pride in the job these days.
@ivecodaddy48174 жыл бұрын
Always wanted to drive trucks just like my father. So i passed my HGV test and wish i had not. No freedom? CCTV watching you in the cab, vehicle tracked and unachievable time slots. Achievable if you drive like a nutter. Typical transport managers not allowing time for delays like traffic etc etc!!!
@SuperFIFTHGEAR4 жыл бұрын
@@ivecodaddy4817 Aint that the truth.
@reviewmaster4x4673 жыл бұрын
Ford continental / Renault at the time it came out was in competition with the iveco turbostar the Volvo FL10, scania 141 and the daf 3500. Those trucks were the best thing since slice bread. I worked on these beasts 40 years ago and we also had a Leyland leopard and an old AEC wooden cabs for recovery trucks. They bellowed out smoke on startup every morning London lez would love em.
@3DPeter3 жыл бұрын
Only 8700 of these trucks were produced and sold over a period of 9 years, so it was no competition to all the other european truck manufacturers. And besides the badge there's nothing ford about the the whole truck, because the cab was made by berliet and the engine was a cummins.
@seamusburke9101 Жыл бұрын
@@3DPeter yes Peter and the chassis was from the Ford Louisville.
@seamusburke9101 Жыл бұрын
There was no Turbo star, FL10 or even 141 on the road when the Trans con first came out. They all came later.
@Levenopwielen4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful those dated images, I am immediately curious about more
@toothpickjohnny52443 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ferdy out via the Blanc and back via Cenis , my time started 7 years later other than 1 trip in the 70s to Rotterdam , so not much had changed , then was no problems eith the French permits but the Italian permits was worth 10 pounds with out a stamp and using Cenis both ways 20 pounds and when Fingers got transferred from Aosta to Cenis ,,,no problem
@paulsweeney54772 жыл бұрын
Fantastic Video
@pico35914 жыл бұрын
lembranças dos anos 70,saudade,lindo
@johnjennings96933 жыл бұрын
I remember people who owned transcons, back in the 80s,beautiful truck they had a cab that swayed alot ithink they had bad brakes as well I've driven alot of different models would love to have driven one hello from southern Ireland
@lesshepherd52392 жыл бұрын
Hence why they were called nodding dogs, by most people that drove them.
@johnjennings96932 жыл бұрын
@@lesshepherd5239 thank you
@ROUTEPLANNERPAUL4 жыл бұрын
Great vid
@aussietruckphotosandmodels85104 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that Ferdy.... Any chance of a T- shirt re run Sties or Friderici would be good....I really liked your old slideshows with period music that you did at the end of some of your early dvds .... Daniel Fremond and Claude Rey did some fantastic camera work.....
@jacobtaylor42584 жыл бұрын
the veeder rout taco, when day was night and night was day, and wednesday was friday, and running saturday was monday with a day off. my first trip out with my brother 1978, i was fascinated, 3 yrs later i was driving at the age of 21, wouldn't give it the time of day now.
@jacobtaylor42584 жыл бұрын
@Seamus Burke doesn't really matter, both fiddled just has well.
@jacobtaylor42584 жыл бұрын
@Seamus Burke no change there then, apart from the magnet.
@hjrretailgroup684 жыл бұрын
Ford Transcontinental were great Trucks with their Cummins Engines, strong, combined with the Volvo F 10-12 at this time no luxury :-) I grew up having 3 Transcontinentals at home, besides Mercedes 1632, 2032 (old Cab !), DAF 2800 DKS, Volvo F 12 and several good old MAN Bussing with underfloor engines. Ford was the best tractor with DAF, wish to find a good one for hobby.
@hjrretailgroup684 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot. I am checking !
@andrewrcmadwilkinson69993 жыл бұрын
INTELLIGENCE OF CABINET MINISTERS COME ON TRUCK DRIVERS AREN'T THICK!
@tp8150 Жыл бұрын
35:36 Amico! (My Friend) , sposta l'aggeggio! (Move that thing) and then he throws the hat to the camera man ahhahahahahah Being Italian it is even more fascinating to see this historical artifact. Unfortunately the world of those years is gone...
@ROUTEPLANNERPAUL4 жыл бұрын
Just looking at the width of thoes trousers it's amazing how they never got caught up in something
@blobby2734 жыл бұрын
Skinny jeans today are more like to trap you vitals ,
@freddymarcel-marcum68313 жыл бұрын
I started high school in 1991, our jeans were like wearing a floor length dress. Comfortable though 🙂
@ravenmaster63642 жыл бұрын
bobby shafters (wafters)
@juanpabloarena27243 жыл бұрын
1978?? Diseño futurísta!
@ianinnes80633 жыл бұрын
Snow flakes need not apply . Lol .
@TobyKoehn4 жыл бұрын
transconti
@grinfos2 жыл бұрын
правда нихрена не понятно, о чем говорят, но смотреть интересно. классный контент👍
@briansearle41382 жыл бұрын
French totty , Get in there son . 😁👍🇬🇧
@blobby2734 жыл бұрын
and old school drivers say all drivers do today is moan and complain , lol. WHATS CHANGED ,
@s125ish4 жыл бұрын
frustratednomad nothing
@donestelle88774 жыл бұрын
Great
@michaelstark94854 жыл бұрын
Any chance of you putting up Destination Doha. Great video, many thanks Michael 👍👍
Truck driving is pretty fucked now that we have www,mobile phones,Twat Navs and Digital Tachos,oh and Vosa.
@MrAlistar992 жыл бұрын
shame the quality is not the best. barry read from Bridlington is one of the drivers sat in the bakery. not an ounce of fat on lorry drivers from those days.
@amarovaladares203911 ай бұрын
Interessante este vídeo muito antigo...o estilo de vida dos estradeiros europeus...
@neilkeepingitreal3 жыл бұрын
My wife is called Diana and I like to think she's a lady ......you may want to check that mate🤣
@orhanayaydn91384 жыл бұрын
Bu Ford tır .aynısı 1984 almanca Ali bey komsumuzdu getirp bir türlü randıman alamamıştı. Sonra hurdaluga çöp oldu hey gidi günler hey. Kupasını bir konya li satmış tü.
@V8Operator3 жыл бұрын
Big mighty Transconti.... you see at 12.23....
@-DC-2 жыл бұрын
Anyone know where that WW2 cemetery is can't find anything about it online.
@devally24329 ай бұрын
This guy is so full of his own self importance, it's stomach churning. So, he reckons you need the intelligence of a cabinet minister to be a truck driver, what planet is he living on? As an ex UK and international truck driver with 45 years experience, now retired, I can safely say, truck driving is one of the easiest ways to make a living. You could train a monkey to do it. I enjoyed my years as a driver, however, there is nothing special about it.
@daeshbagcentral52988 ай бұрын
Crispy
@toothpickjohnny52443 жыл бұрын
Looks like Mont Cenis
@jeffstewart1931 Жыл бұрын
Is there a reason you went mount blanc! back in the day? If I’m doing north east Italy I go Lux Munich through Austria straight down to trieste. No costly tunnels either.
@stephenrandall3551Ай бұрын
Need a permit to go that way which he doesn’t have.
@richardcorner9262 Жыл бұрын
Love the organ music anyone know what its called
@richardcorner92626 ай бұрын
Eugène Gigout's Toccata in B minor
@SeverinRohner3 жыл бұрын
Der undeutliche Ton passt zum unscharfen Bild. Interessantes Thema, aber so ist es mühsam.
@thegoose47154 жыл бұрын
Anyone know if Robert is still alive?
@s125ish4 жыл бұрын
TheGoose47 how old you reckon , he posted in a forum in 2014
@Butlerbob3 жыл бұрын
The driver has long since retired I think, ha ha ha
@gxgaccordprestige3542 жыл бұрын
1:47 trucks speed 120 kmh
@andrewpaulafford14184 жыл бұрын
Wonder what the haulage rates were like back then .
@vtecpreludevtec4 жыл бұрын
Better
@nealdraper77374 жыл бұрын
Same as today
@anthony16364 жыл бұрын
Rates were crap but you could run longer days and do 3 runs to Italy where today you would struggle to get in 2 in the same time frame.
@LandersWorkshop2 жыл бұрын
Better as the cost of living was fck all.
@merledoughty57873 жыл бұрын
Very interesting about the paper work so when UK jointed the EU the paper work was still the same so that makes a mockery of BREXIT now am I correct
@ROUTEPLANNERPAUL4 жыл бұрын
We have better trucks now better conditions but still the money is very bad. Class 1 ur lucky if ya get £13 per hour how can a grown man feed a family on that it's terrible
@thechongwolla3 жыл бұрын
Most i ever saw was £10 an hour. Left the industry for 8 months but seen a job for £15 an hour just for trunking but is probably too good to be true. Gonna apply and give the industry one last shot for a year or two if it works out. Save up some more and then run for the hills
@andypreston15243 жыл бұрын
£12 an hour here for Artic doing multi drop for a pallet network. Shit money, and tight tossers to work for, majority of my colleagues are a mix of throwbacks and brown-noses, but I'm home every night and it's 5 mins away from my gaff.......
@LandersWorkshop2 жыл бұрын
@@thechongwolla 15 quid an hour is agency work surely? I've seen 20 quid+ an hour as agency but that usually entails handball front store delivery.
@worndisk3204 жыл бұрын
These old BBC propaganda film's are interesting to watch...