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Another classic old British-made machine: the Scammell Constructor.
After World War II, the company found itself increasingly involved in such fields as heavy construction, oil drilling, mining and logging, as well as maintaining its military presence with vehicles such as the 6×6 Explorer, 4×4 Mountaineer and, by 1952, the Constructor in its various forms.
In the mid 1950s the Super Constructor – forerunner of today’s cross-country heavies – with Rolls-Royce C6 turbocharged engine and semi-automatic gearbox was introduced.
Later on, in the 70s, knowing Scammell’s pre-eminence in the field, Leyland — Scammell came under Leyland in the 50s — entrusted the eight-wheeler version of the Roadtrain – called the ‘Constructor 8’ – to Scammell. This would at last give Scammell access to a modern tilt cab.
Custom Trucks, from Drawing to the Real Thing
This is some of the work by DB Custom Trucks. We’ve talked about them before, on this site as well as on the sites we had in the past, and have featured their work.
But now they’ve posted this interesting image of what the original hand-drawn concept of the truck looked like and the finished product. Nice to see! (1Click on the image to make it bigger.)
To see more of DB Custom’s work or to contact them about anything, click here. And here’s their process:
1) pre qualify for approval
2) when approved, apply for financing & employment
3) when approved, choose your truck
4) provide your down payment
5) start earning for your future
Classic Cabover Builds
Here’s a big Ford build I just came across. It’s a job done by Area Reps from Northland, who finished it last year.
It was a 15 year build for the fellow. It has a C9 Caterpillar with a Fuller 10 speed overdrive- Dana 80 diffs on air ride – independent front suspension- disc brakes all around.
He shared a couple of photos of these trucks with the internet. I’m not 100 % sure if he also did up the silver and black GMC or the bus, but I’m tending more towards that he did, given the quality of the work on the the “Follow the Sun” Ford cabover with that big sleeper mounted to it.
