FCPI-New-Titles-Autumn-2019-Catalogue

AUGUST 2019
Lorries of Arabia 3: ERF NGC
Robert Hackford
In this new and final volume in the series, the author continues
to narrate an unfolding history of a premium tractive unit model
that for some years lay forgotten in time. Lorries of Arabia Part 3
provides new details, new findings, new insights and new pictures
relating to the ERF NGC.
Paperback • 120 pages • 256 x 234 mm
Old Pond Publishing
Machinery/Trucks & Heavy Loads
ISBN: 978-1-91215-836-2 • £19.99
• An enthusiast’s guide to the ERF NGC, the rugged, reliable,
left-hand drive tractive unit forever associated with longhaul
European and Middle Eastern routes of the 1970s and
80s.
• Contains new details, findings, insights and pictures,
including a register of all the 91 NGCs known to have been
built.
• Previous titles in the series have been described in reviews as
“insightful, rich in detail” and “a must for all ERF fans”.
The Silk Road and Beyond
The hair-raising true adventures of a long-distance trucker in
the Middle East
Ivor Whittall, edited by Paul Rowlands
The Silk Road and Beyond covers the career and adventures of Ivor
Whittall, one of the early pioneers of trucking to the Middle
East. The book includes many amusing and hair-raising tales,
from Ivor’s first overseas trip to Kuwait to his brave journey over
the infamous Tahir Pass in Eastern Turkey.
Hardback • 240 pages • 297 x 210 mm
Old Pond Publishing
Machinery/Trucks & Heavy Loads
ISBN: 978-1-91215-835-5 • £24.99
• True tales from one of the pioneers of Middle East
trucking.
• A long-distance rollercoaster ride of adventure, adversity,
courage, camaraderie, high drama and humor.
• Full of disastrous near misses, mechanical failures, cultural
misunderstandings, border control mix-ups, and intense
home sickness.
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