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sc62568 [2017-09-06 17:38:38 +0000 UTC]
Nice old truck!
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kanyiko In reply to sc62568 [2017-09-12 21:55:40 +0000 UTC]
Quite so - and quite a rarity around these parts, too...!!
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NavJAG [2017-09-06 02:09:26 +0000 UTC]
What a terrific find - and a nice capture too of a neat old truck!
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kanyiko In reply to NavJAG [2017-09-12 21:57:01 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! ^_^
Yes, it's funny that I had been contemplating its fate only weeks before - so I was rather thrilled to see it, and glad it appears to have found a good home...
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dottys-friend [2017-09-05 04:48:12 +0000 UTC]
Looks in pretty good shape for its age. I guess the current euro norms for truck engines would make it difficult to keep it on the road.
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kanyiko In reply to dottys-friend [2017-09-12 21:59:28 +0000 UTC]
Oh, that, and the fact that an emission zone was put into place this year, effectively banning pre-Euro-norm (AND early Euro-norm) trucks...
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paws4thot In reply to dottys-friend [2017-09-05 12:07:38 +0000 UTC]
Not necessarily; in several countries it would now be classified as a historic vehicle and only expected to conform with the emissions laws applying when it was built (that is none).
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kanyiko In reply to paws4thot [2018-10-23 13:42:51 +0000 UTC]
Didn't notice this comment until now.
No, actually under the new low emissions zone that was implemented in the city last year, she is banned from driving within the city center as a non-compliant vehicle; however an exception can be made if she pays a full congestion charge of €360 a year.
It's a charge mostly designed to convince owners of non-compliant vehicles to purchase emissions-compliant vehicles - the emission rules are revised every five years, effectively moving the cut-off date by five years for petrol-fueled and more for diesel-fueled vehicles; however owners of historic vehicles have no other choice than to pay the full charge if they want to drive their car in the city center. Exceptions are in place for vehicles that are rarely driven - they can apply for a one-day only pass, with a maximum of six such passes a year.
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paws4thot In reply to kanyiko [2018-10-23 13:54:18 +0000 UTC]
Preaching to the choir!
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MensjeDeZeemeermin [2017-09-05 04:23:50 +0000 UTC]
Very good shot, great light and framing.
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kanyiko In reply to DBrentOGara [2017-09-12 22:00:26 +0000 UTC]
Lol, true - but most Bedford TK's were built as right-hand drive vehicles...!!
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OhMyGoshItJosh [2017-09-04 21:20:54 +0000 UTC]
That's quite a old truck. I wonder if she's going to be scrapped or refurbished.
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burstlion [2017-09-04 21:11:17 +0000 UTC]
It looks NEAT! Reminds me of some trucks I saw in old movies like "Cuore di mamma" from 1969, and of episodes of the original Mission Impossible TV series, from the episodes where they tried to make it look like the team was in Europe!
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kanyiko In reply to burstlion [2017-09-13 08:38:32 +0000 UTC]
Yes, that often happened - it actually reminds me of the M47 Pattons portraying "German Kingtiger tanks" in the Battle of the Bulge movie... >.>
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burstlion In reply to kanyiko [2017-09-13 13:04:21 +0000 UTC]
Ha ha, yes!
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drippin99 [2017-09-04 20:14:07 +0000 UTC]
does she start
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kanyiko In reply to drippin99 [2017-09-04 20:31:32 +0000 UTC]
I think I last saw her running a decade ago - but then again, that is a decade ago already. I'm not sure if she's still a runner (I presume she still is - I never knew this TK as a pristine truck, she was always looking a bit scruffy), but I think she'll only be a static display in the brewery's visitors' center.
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drippin99 In reply to kanyiko [2017-09-04 23:51:00 +0000 UTC]
I'm just glade that she does at lest start ,but I think she's best left alone so that way people don't try and drive off in her . also she was a part of the brewing history of your country
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JSH50 [2017-09-04 20:02:50 +0000 UTC]
A man delivered coal in the 1960's and in winter he put candles on the dash board to stop the windowscreen freezing and misting up!
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JSH50 In reply to kanyiko [2017-09-04 22:39:11 +0000 UTC]
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