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Sunday 23 July 2023

1961 Scammell Scarab

This sorry looking thing is one of the vehicles that turned up at a small motoring meet at the top of Werneth Low in Hyde in July 1991.
It's a 1961 Scammell Scarab, a tractor unit which was designed to facilitate the delivery of goods in busy built-up areas. Because of their manoeuvrability they were used extensively by British Railways and I remember seeing the one used at the local railway station when I was a youngster. I've got  a couple of photographs that I subsequently took of this Scammell at other vehicle rallies looking in much better condition, but the DVLA record shows that it's not been taxed since June 2009.

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