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A few weeks ago I was talking to a retired lorry driver whose career had stretched from the 1960s until 2003. During that time he’d driven all manner of vehicles from one ton vans up to maximum weight artics, and naturally the subject soon turned to what his favourite lorry was. He then told me what he considered to be the worst vehicle he’d ever driven. Considering the hugely different lorries he’d driven over the years, with all the advances in technology etc, both of his choices surprised me...
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Scammell Routeman- 1963 Albion Reiver
- Carters Ford Model AA
- Thompsons history
- Leyland FE1
- Atkinson archive
- Kirkby Stephen Rally
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Showpiece Scammell
John Mould bought this Scammell second-hand in 1986 and worked it until 1991. It then spent many years standing neglected in the open before being restored into a trophy-winning showpiece.
The lorries which make up the fleet of classic vehicles owned by haulier John Mould are a familiar sight at rallies and road runs and are all superbly restored and finished in an attractive dark green livery. However two recent additions to this heritage collection – a Thames Trader and a Scammell Routeman – have both been finished in the red and black livery which John’s working fleet carried during the late 1970s and early 1980s...
Brilliant Start at Taunton Road Run
Excellent sunny weather greeted punters and participants as they gathered for the annual New Year’s Day Road Run at Sedgemoor Auction Centre just off Junction 24, M5, North Petherton, Somerset, writes Peter Love...
Help needed by rare British veteran
Nobody really knows if this 1939 Morris Commercial actually crossed the Channel with the British Expeditionary Force at the start of World War Two, but she will be making the trip this year to take part in events commemorating the evacuation of Dunkirk – if she can be made roadworthy in time...










