It was a pity they stopped making the three-wheel Scammell as they were a fantastic lorry. British Rail had them and they could turn so easily. They could get into places the articulated lorries couldn't go. I would love to see lorries of this type made again. Far cheaper to run and more versatile Than a rigid vehicle. Bring them back.
I grew up near London and I remember seeing Scarabs every day at the VP Wine Brewery in Kingston Surrey back in the 1960,s Always busy, chugging around pulling trailers loaded with vats or barrels and sacks...
40 years ago I worked in a breaker's yard in south Wales - we had one in for scrapping, ex Butlins Barry Island, that was in a much better shape than this one was at the beginning of the programme.
Let's face it, a lot of the scenes shown in the show were heavily scripted. The parts where two grimy, oil-covered mechanics just toil over a broken piece of car ended up on the cutting room floor: "not good television".
So it worked for Cadbury's. Same job, just working for the other end. (OX is a Birmingham registration.) You could smell chocolate all over York as well.
That Claire has more balls than her co-presenter and the yorkshireman put together. They're not restoring it they're just bolting on new parts. Haven't they heard of welders or lathes?
Claw hammers...really? Scrapping that steering leg...really? Haven't they heard of weld build up and lathe turning? Given what they paid for the replacements they should have kept the discards and passed them along to someone with more skills.
Reminds me of the Hanseat Tempo that was seen on Indian roads till recently. Some might still be plying in rural and suburban areas. www.cartoq.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Tempo-Loaded.jpg
Air con and a stereo???? No it had a seat, sheer luxury, sheer bloody luxury having a seat. They had a later version and well they looked a bit pansy like compare to the old ones. No doubt you could pimp one up with air con, power steering, let's not forget the low profile tyres and led headlights cruise control. Actually I can remember when cars didn't have heaters and you bought rear screen demisters from car accessory places. Luxury
Until I saw this show I’d never heard a cutting torch called a gas axe either. Maybe it’s a southern thing. Different in the north. Whole world away. Like having clean overalls at the end of a shift
@@Kimdino1 hehehe, in north america we call petrol gas(gasoline). Petrol is short for petroleum which would include all liquid fossil fuel products. hehehe and we drive on the proper side of the road
After 30 years of restoring million pound vehicles , you don't need all the flash equipment and welding plants. Always use you've got, a gas welder can do most jobs in the right hands. A MIG welder is nice, a TIG is a luxury. Too many RU-vid theory men out there.
