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[Dyslexic Viking]

As above, I also think it is a Dodge M37 or WC I am leaning towards M37.

[MiniMinorMk3]

It's an M37. The WC had a sloping, slightly pointed, hood.

M37 spec sheet

A WC yesterday

[martc]

IFA photobomb.

[808 Estate]

I like this. Stealth camping at its best.

[sutty2006]

Get this in at work every 13 weeks. Back from the era of when Mercedes Benz made really good trucks. Nearly 19 years old and doesn’t need any repairs. She’s a minter. 👌

 

edit: just been for a road test…. Drives much better than a new merc atego or a bigger actros. Lovely. 

[5speedracer]

3 hours ago, sutty2006 said:

Get this in at work every 13 weeks. Back from the era of when Mercedes Benz made really good trucks. Nearly 19 years old and doesn’t need any repairs. She’s a minter. 👌

 

edit: just been for a road test…. Drives much better than a new merc atego or a bigger actros. Lovely. 

Bet it's a one driver all it's days truck.

[sutty2006]

2 hours ago, 5speedracer said:

Bet it's a one driver all it's days truck.

It definitely isn’t a truck that gets a different agency driver every shift, that’s for certain! 

[busmansholiday]

Not many of these left, even in its native country.

[High Jetter]

Hino?

[horriblemercedes]

Pegaso? 

[busmansholiday]

1 hour ago, horriblemercedes said:

Pegaso? 

Yep, 1217.14 from the 90's.

[EyesWeldedShut]

On 12/12/2022 at 6:22 PM, 808 Estate said:

I like this. Stealth camping at its best.

I had a slightly older (ex RAF) TK horsebox (with the petrol engine, pure hydraulic brakes and handbrake operated on the prop shaft - wheee!) that I sold on to a guy who did something very similar. He turned into a lovely camper (fixed luton helped )  last time I heard it was parked up near Exeter racecourse as a non-runner.

[martc]

Bombed garbage truck (dustbin lorry in English), 1st Ave and 124th St, Noo Yoik, 1988

[martc]

Bombed out Ford C Series in that there USofA.

[martc]

 

Jelcz lorry, Polands finest, according to the comments accompanying this pic and translated directly from the German (this one ended up in the DDR)...

'The 'Jellineck' was also called the workshop scare'

'Rarely built but the Leyland diesel's were vile drunkards'

Which I think questions a) their reliability and b) the economy of the licence built, but unpopular, Leyland diesels some were fitted with.

Jelcz are still with us making military vehicles -

 

[320touring]

A wee spot whilst on holiday in sunny* Wanlochheid 

[Vantman]

Taken during my 'relief driver' days for various local hauliers. This turned out to be a long term job for Derek Minter,a well known 1960s 'King of Brands' motor cycle racer,one of my idols.  This was his newest F12 which he used to polish monthly!

 

 

[scruff]

Proper lorry.

I got a 17 plate FH 540 at the end of September, absolutely love it. 

[Dyslexic Viking]

3 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

This one always caught my interest at the time. 36 years underwater and it's in better condition than half of the VW buses over here in the UK 🤣

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.roadkillcustoms.com/1957-volkswagen-bus-pulled-from-lake-in-norway-after-36-years/amp/

I put this here so I don't completely derail the bus thread.

Yes this VW bus story is pretty good another one that was also raised from a lake and is almost more impressive is a 1928 Scania truck that went through the ice on Swedish lake Fyken in 1936 while plowing snow.

It was raised 50 years later and restored and put on the road again. It still has the original drivetrain and much was still working like the tires and even the battery! It is on display at a museum in Torsby Sweden, I have been there myself and seen it.

The original body needed a lot of work so it was put on a wooden frame and preserved and the truck got a new one.

Completely restored.

And snow plowing on the same lake where it went through the ice.

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

A couple of Commie brochure shots

1962 UAZ 452-D

1965 KAZ 608B

[SunnySouth]

4 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

And snow plowing on the same lake where it went through the ice.

 

Brilliant! And yet it seems somehow so unwise... 😕

[Dyslexic Viking]

4 minutes ago, SunnySouth said:

Brilliant! And yet it seems somehow so unwise... 😕

Yes, it would have been bad if it went through the ice again.

[doug]

A wee spot whilst on holiday in sunny* Wanlochheid 

You didn't happen to spot this did you? Not seen it myself but it's definitely there. Keep meaning to pop over to see it. It's an ex Thames TV truck.


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[320touring]

Nope...

[CreepingJesus]

The Thames TV truck isn't a Stonefield, is it? Looks like one but not quite, somehow.

[martc]

1 hour ago, CreepingJesus said:

The Thames TV truck isn't a Stonefield, is it? Looks like one but not quite, somehow.

 It's a Stonefield.... but as you say the cab doesn't look quite right 

 

Here it is in action...

And this is what I think a typical Stonefield should look like. I guess the chassis is the same and most of the cab, but it looks like Thames may have specified a different cab bottom and grille which gives a  touch of Dennis about it.

[CreepingJesus]

Definitely odd, because Stonefield were still going strong when it was operational, so spare panels would've been available if it had been damaged. Probably custom built, but why...?

Don't suppose it matters really, I've just been fascinated by them since a Scottish Motor Show when I was wee. With a Mopar 318 in it, it seemed like some kind of monster truck! 

[doug]

Yes it's a Stonefield. The owner is restoring it. I think it was built with this body on it from new.
Here is a pic of mine. Also the red one above (ex Faslane) is also still around but not been on the road for some time.

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[Gaffer]

Might be a daft question but is there a way to track down the potential whereabouts of an old lorry? I’d love to know if my step dads 1994 Scania 113 was still around somewhere and potentially buy it back. Free Hpi type check doesn’t show it as exported and last new logbook in 2003 but not sure if export marker is accurate for commercial stuff? 

[doug]

Don't think it's possible to track its whereabouts. But the DVLA vehicle checker and Mot checker will let you know if its still around somewhere. Also google the reg number sometimes will bring up photos of it. Best of luck.

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