Classic Truck  |  No.8 Show Stopper
Here’s hoping you’ve all escaped the worst of the dreadful weather
we’ve been suffering over the past few months! Starting on page 6, there is a new tool available that’ll be useful to vehicle restorers, a kingpin range has been expanded and now encompasses more classic trucks, and we report on a mad team who drove to Mongolia in an LDV van for charity! We feature a Volvo fleet operator who opted for a Scania when he wanted to restore a truck to promote his business (page 14), while the
ERF EC-series – introduced as a challenge to the foreign imports flooding the UK market (page 20) is the subject of our Model Profile this issue.
The Beedie Brothers have a Volvo F16 in their fleet (page 28). Used to tow a trailer to shows, they reckon it could easily be put to work if necessary, while reader Gerald Sichel recalls a DAF his dad ran in the past as an
owner-driver (page 36). Turn to page 38 to see more trucks at work in the 1990s as seen through the lens of Peter Davies, and pages 42-43 is our splendid centre-spread picture – this issue showing a DAF 2500 at work in the docks. Few will not have heard of Gibb’s of Fraserburgh – their smartly liveried trucks pulling reefer trailers were once a common sight cross the UK and we have one family’s memories of this striking company (page 44). We’ve raided the archives again and come up with, among other things, a special off-road truck built for the military, and a host of gear long-distance truck drivers would have needed following the introduction of sleeper cabs (page 50). Meanwhile, Reading-based operator John Mould cleared a number of his classics recently, both restored and awaiting restoration, at an auction held at his premises
and Classic Truck was there to see the gavel fall on these sought-after lots (page 52).
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Classic Truck No.8 Show Stopper.