This is a great picture, Johannes!!!!
Whoever took the pic managed to get great perspectives of two interesting means of transport, and anAlfa Romeo…I guess a ca. 1960 Giulietta.
Indeed, the truck is a DAF ‘zes streper’ (referring to their grille with six horizontal bars), dating back to the second half of the fifties. Cab-wise, only the face though, as the rest of that big cab was made by a domestic coach/cab builder.
Non-factory, steel cabs made by independent companies were quite common in NL, way into the sixties. Both for cabovers and conventionals.
Van Namen, the hauling company, was known for their DAF fleet with enlarged sleeper cabs, many years before DAF introduced their factory F241 Space Cab in the eighties.
My Dad was Air Force and piloted B-29s, B-52s. Fought in WW II and Korea. As a child in the 1960s Dad let me sit in the pilot seat of a B-52. I grew up on SAC Air Force bases with B-52s loaded with nukes flying over our home every few hours.
I thought that the reason for the raised roof was to make more room for passengers than the base B-29 would’ve had…. OH, you’re talking about the TRUCK, not the Boeing 377!
The roadsign indicates the exit from the motorway to Frankfurt Süd (south), the airport (Flughafen) and Cologne (Köln).
Frankfurt Süd is a part of the City of Frankfurt, Germany. The entire area of Frankfurt Airport is part of the neighbourhood of Frakfurt Süd.
Presumably, the truck is running in west-east direction on the motorway A5. Those who go the opposite direction and intend to go to Cologne have to turn right to leave motorway A5 and have to continue on motorway A3 instead.
Here an image from Wikimedia Commons, that shows the area today (A3 verticaly, A5 horizontaly). Image by Gerd A.T. Müller.
Jepp. I remember summer 1972. With my parents on the way to Switzerland on holidays. There, on the motorway near airport Frankfurt, I saw a Boeing 747 for the first time in my life. Landing, it looked as if it would touch down right there on the motorway. Very impressive for a kid. Will never forget.
Btw: The hit of the summer was “It never rains in (Southern) California”.
The combination of a straight truck with a short trailer is interesting. In the US the modern version is a semi tractor with two short trailers. But this one looks easier to stand up in. 🙂
That was a very common configuration in Europe back then. In fact, semis were quite uncommon. Trucks and trailers were dedicated to each other, unlike today. And it allowed the truck to be used without the trailer for smaller loads.
It was quite common in the US too back in the day.
The current version looks like the one below, similar rigs are used all over Europe. A straight truck with a close-coupled, ‘center-axle trailer’.
‘Full trailers’ (as towed by the old DAF in Germany) are still plentiful, these are especially used by grain haulers, livestock haulers, and to transport low or tall, open top containers.
Interesting from a photographic perspective, as I’m amazed at how the propellers look like they’re barely moving when I would have expected them to be blurred. That indicates a very fast camera shutter speed, high speed ISO film, and/or a very bright day.
Wow, the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser! I always thought the 747 was the first double-decker airliner with the more recent Airbus A380 being the only other. Unlike those, the smaller lounge deck on the 377 is downstairs, not upstairs. Plus there were sleeping berths above the seats! I’m in love.
Unfortunately the Stratocruiser quickly proved unprofitable for both manufacturer and airlines, and plagued with problems and incidents, and had a short usage era.
The radome under the cockpit tells me it is not a Stratocruiser but rather a military C-97 or Stratofreighter. The civilian Stratocruiser was Boeing’s model 377. The C-97 was a Boeing 367. When built the (only) 56 airliner Stratocruisers did not have the radome.
The 377 was a derivative of and followed the 367 (C-97).
That the area is around the Frankfurt airport just cements this as the USAF was flying from there in the era when all these vehicles were current.
Well, the famous USAF Rhine Main Airbase was closed down in 2005. For all those who are interested in some contemporary shots, this site may be recommended (also available in English):
This is a great picture, Johannes!!!!
Whoever took the pic managed to get great perspectives of two interesting means of transport, and anAlfa Romeo…I guess a ca. 1960 Giulietta.
And the third means of transport, a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.
That’s an awesome plane and an awesome view. The Strato was a luxury liner for the time….
The Mitchell family flew to Hawaii c. 1959 in a Stratocruiser in the “Dennis in Hawaii” comic book. The incomparable Al Wiseman was the artist.
I was always fascinated by the “double bubble” or “Figure 8” fuselage.
Interesting photo. An idea where it was taken?
The sign indicates the south side of Frankfurt, Germany.
The aircraft overhead is a Boeing Stratocrusier AKA KC 97 or C97. It kooks like it’s on takeoff.
Somewhere near Frankfurt, Germany. The truck is a DAF from a Dutch transport company.
Indeed, the truck is a DAF ‘zes streper’ (referring to their grille with six horizontal bars), dating back to the second half of the fifties. Cab-wise, only the face though, as the rest of that big cab was made by a domestic coach/cab builder.
Non-factory, steel cabs made by independent companies were quite common in NL, way into the sixties. Both for cabovers and conventionals.
Van Namen, the hauling company, was known for their DAF fleet with enlarged sleeper cabs, many years before DAF introduced their factory F241 Space Cab in the eighties.
My Dad was Air Force and piloted B-29s, B-52s. Fought in WW II and Korea. As a child in the 1960s Dad let me sit in the pilot seat of a B-52. I grew up on SAC Air Force bases with B-52s loaded with nukes flying over our home every few hours.
The raised roof is of course also a significant aerodynamic aid.
Great shot.
I thought that the reason for the raised roof was to make more room for passengers than the base B-29 would’ve had…. OH, you’re talking about the TRUCK, not the Boeing 377!
My bad… 😉
The roadsign indicates the exit from the motorway to Frankfurt Süd (south), the airport (Flughafen) and Cologne (Köln).
Frankfurt Süd is a part of the City of Frankfurt, Germany. The entire area of Frankfurt Airport is part of the neighbourhood of Frakfurt Süd.
Presumably, the truck is running in west-east direction on the motorway A5. Those who go the opposite direction and intend to go to Cologne have to turn right to leave motorway A5 and have to continue on motorway A3 instead.
Here an image from Wikimedia Commons, that shows the area today (A3 verticaly, A5 horizontaly). Image by Gerd A.T. Müller.
Right Midsommar, GIS ‘flughafen frankfurt süd flugzeug’ and you get many pictures of a plane very near of above the freeway.
Jepp. I remember summer 1972. With my parents on the way to Switzerland on holidays. There, on the motorway near airport Frankfurt, I saw a Boeing 747 for the first time in my life. Landing, it looked as if it would touch down right there on the motorway. Very impressive for a kid. Will never forget.
Btw: The hit of the summer was “It never rains in (Southern) California”.
Somewhat southeast of my place, there’s an Air Force base for fighter jets. They fly utterly low over a two-lane road, next to that base.
Of course there are plenty of warning signs, but driving there at the ‘right’ moment is always quite the experience, so to speak.
Nice picture .
-Nate
The combination of a straight truck with a short trailer is interesting. In the US the modern version is a semi tractor with two short trailers. But this one looks easier to stand up in. 🙂
That was a very common configuration in Europe back then. In fact, semis were quite uncommon. Trucks and trailers were dedicated to each other, unlike today. And it allowed the truck to be used without the trailer for smaller loads.
It was quite common in the US too back in the day.
The current version looks like the one below, similar rigs are used all over Europe. A straight truck with a close-coupled, ‘center-axle trailer’.
‘Full trailers’ (as towed by the old DAF in Germany) are still plentiful, these are especially used by grain haulers, livestock haulers, and to transport low or tall, open top containers.
Just one example here (grain hauler):
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cc-global-2011-man-tgx-26-480-6×2-truck-and-2017-cuppers-full-trailer-grand-grain-hauler/
Interesting from a photographic perspective, as I’m amazed at how the propellers look like they’re barely moving when I would have expected them to be blurred. That indicates a very fast camera shutter speed, high speed ISO film, and/or a very bright day.
Wow, the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser! I always thought the 747 was the first double-decker airliner with the more recent Airbus A380 being the only other. Unlike those, the smaller lounge deck on the 377 is downstairs, not upstairs. Plus there were sleeping berths above the seats! I’m in love.
Unfortunately the Stratocruiser quickly proved unprofitable for both manufacturer and airlines, and plagued with problems and incidents, and had a short usage era.
The radome under the cockpit tells me it is not a Stratocruiser but rather a military C-97 or Stratofreighter. The civilian Stratocruiser was Boeing’s model 377. The C-97 was a Boeing 367. When built the (only) 56 airliner Stratocruisers did not have the radome.
The 377 was a derivative of and followed the 367 (C-97).
That the area is around the Frankfurt airport just cements this as the USAF was flying from there in the era when all these vehicles were current.
Well, the famous USAF Rhine Main Airbase was closed down in 2005. For all those who are interested in some contemporary shots, this site may be recommended (also available in English):
https://www.mil-airfields.de/germany/frankfurt-rhein-main-airport.htm