1 THE LORRY was invented in 1896 by German engineer Wilhelm Maybach. A passionate advocate of urinating in Lucozade bottles, Maybach soon realised he needed something to throw the bottles out of when he was finished. He decided that a big fuck-off road vehicle would be perfect, and hey presto: the modern lorry was born!
ever lorry driver was Calvin ‘Tiny Rig’ Phillips. The minuscule trucker piloted an articulated freightliner the size of three toasters