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CHARLIE DOUBLE DOWN

Vast ability and good looks generally don’t go hand in hand. Often it’s a case of choosing either aesthetics or ability but with Scott Shaw’s silver and blue 2005 Kenworth C500 he has the best of both worlds – good looks and massive amounts of kick-arse capability, kind of like Chuck Norris if he had plastic surgery.

But a neat segue from a martial arts legend who is as tough as the proverbial coffin nail to the trucking incarnation of that same robustness has to be stretched today because we have not one, but two, Kenworth C500s. Double Chuck anyone?

On the prowess front Scott has no one to thank but the Kenworth gods for imbuing his Charlie with all the strength to go anywhere, do anything and drag back whatever, all in time for dinner, but when it comes to the C500’s good looks Scott has himself and Jon Kelly of fame to

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