You cannot walk past this truck without stopping to admire its shiny black paintwork and its minimal, glistening, bright trim – the ideal combination for a working vehicle. Its slightly ‘macho’ stance is in keeping with its, strength, power and size. Very few trucks survive long enough to become old, usually they are worked to death and then discarded, but this one is 81 years young; and just as spritely as when it emerged from the factory.
It has a classic, pre-war style, separate front wings with separate headlamps perched