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30th May 1991, Page 24
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

to be a Vauxhall Cavalier (albeit an oversized model) overtaking a Belfast bus.

However, the car is an advertisement painted on

16 he other week (CM 16-22 May) the Hawk pictured

fil he Rover Group has installed a "Photophone" system at its Gaydon test centre to transmit still video images from the Rover test base in Phoenix, USA. Still pictures and voice are transmitted down a standard telephone line; the system enables Gaydon engineers to view vehicle defects during testing in Phoenix.

Thank goodness it cannot show the people taking the call. The Hawk can do without callers seeing what he looks like first thing on a Monday morning,

the side of the bus by Signage of Belfast using computer and hand-cutting graphics, followed by air brushing after the decals had been applied. The effort won Septembers Advertising the 1991

haulier Ted Chamberlain with his 1963 ERF 54G3 16-tonner which is still in harness after a million miles. The question was posed: has anyone out there got a working wagon with more than the magic million under its wheels?

Take a bow owner-driver RD Wardle of Carlisle, whose 1974 ERF has clocked up 1,180,904 miles since he bought it new.

Another ERF you notice — obviously vehicles built for work. Any advance on 1.18 million?

Li rdinary mortals

0 staying at London's

Li rdinary mortals

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Mayfair Hotel and commuting to Wembley would be happy to get there by public transport.

Five young American guests staying there recently preferred blacked out Renault B110 vans equipped with TVs, videos, CD players, coffee machines and telephones for this short hop. The "tanks" cost £30,000 each.

Nothing but the best for fun popsters New Kids on the Block, in London for a sell-out Wembley show, Fasson Star Graphics Trophy for vehicles over three tonnes.

All very well, but let's hope the passengers are not too confused when this apparition looms out of the fog after a long wait.

[I f you shout loud enough you get things done.

The Department of Transport has agreed to provide luxurious hotel accommodation for 30 households affected by noisy bridgework on the A1(M) at Warmsworth, South Yorkshire.

The nearby Moat House Hotel is the beneficiary of £5,000 of Dip money to put up folk who complained about the din from bulldozers, cranes and trucks.

The three-star hotel has a fully equipped leisure complex and, by all accounts, the kids love it.

Any chance of building a bridge near the Hawk's nest? — all free luxury hols gratefully received.

16 he Hawk hears from 19-year-old Londoner Paul Sendall who is keen to make a start in the haulage industry. He says he is willing to "clean around the yard, clean trucks, stack pallets", but most of all he wants a full-time job in the industry. If any company can help write to Paul at 59 Dunston Road, Battersea SW11 5YB.

oads and Traffic Minister Christopher Chope shares a joke on the CM stand during the Institute of Road Transport Engineers exhibition earlier this month. "Speed limiters, Minister? — ha ha ha, it's the way you tell 'em..." Joining in the merriment are (from left) CM ad maestros Stewart Raisbeck and Gary Cunningham with Lord Strathcarron, president of the Vehicle Builders & Repairers Association.


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