Fifty Shades of Tarmac

Adventures with a Mack R600 in 1970s Europe

Andy MacLean

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Old Pond Publishing Ltd
12 August 2015

Road & motor vehicles: general interest

It was 1972. It was summer - and the living was easy! Arthur Jackson has a good job, no ties and no responsibilities, but it is not enough - he wants adventure and he wants to see the world!

Based on the author's real life experiences and illustrated with photographs from the time, Fifty Shades of Tarmac tells the fictional story of how a naive young British truck driver obtains his first job driving a Mack on the continent of Europe. His first trip with all its pitfalls and novel experiences takes him from Rotterdam to Bremerhaven via Moutiers and Salzburg and then back to Rotterdam. It is told with humour, introducing a number of colourful characters, and providing a personal and unusual insight into the life of a truck driver in the 70s at a time when Europe still had frontier posts and custom restrictions.

It will be of interest to truck drivers, Mack fans and other transport enthusiasts and those who simply want to learn more about the social history of Europe in the 1970s.,

By: Andy MacLean
Imprint: Old Pond Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9781910456033
ISBN 10: 1910456039
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 12 August 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andy MacLean trained as a teacher but chose truck driving as an exciting way to travel and see life! He spent a lifetime in the transportation industry firstly as a driver and then as manager of a large international truck company. After starting his own forwarding business, Orient Transport Services in 1985 he retired in 2007. He has a small farm and enjoys playing drums in several jazz bands in London and Kent.

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Fifty Shades of Tarmac

Adventures with a Mack R600 in 1970s Europe

Andy MacLean

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