Berliet

Who knows this company which had a Berliet TR 280 in the 80th ?

Berliet had links with Leader , selling to them rear axles.

It was Nick Banavas', he ran mostly Mack trucks back in the 70's

Thank you, where was he based?

At that time he operated out of the Queensland Transport Terminal, which was located at 1728 Ipswich Rd Rocklea, the same location as Mack Tucks Aust.

Berliet had links with Leader , selling to them rear axles.

Have you read this book at all, it explains how/why Leader used the Berliet rear axles in the 3 Leader BWL-406's and their very short association with Berliet.

www.blueflyer.com.au/leader_trucks.htm

Somebody from Melbourne should remember where Nick Banavas had his depot, allways thought he started from Melbourne.




regards greenie

Yeh, he might've, but the addy on his trucks was QTT. Regards Jeffro

Berliet TR 280 :

I have the book 'Leader' which explains the links,thank you.
If you have photos of australian Berliet, I should appreciate.

Nick Banavas was a good mate of Jack Taylor and used Taylor Daltons yard in Kalimna Ave Springvale as a depot.

Did it work in Australia or was here only for one exhibition, who knows ?

That bonneted Berliet worked as a logging truck (obviously),and it may be in the Leader book.Nicky Banavas was a mate of Cyril Anderson's,and Westco owned the Queensland Transport Terminal.There was another bogie drive cab over tipper getting around Brisbane up until probobly 6 or 7 years ago.Someone had converted the windscreens to flat glass,they must have had trouble getting them.