Rotinoff GR7 "Atlantic" (6x4) ( Stunter Bros Ltd )

Rotinoff GR7 "Atlantic" (6x4)

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Sunters were probably the best-known operators of these massive Rotinoff GR7 road tractors. The Rotinoff marque was produced between 1952 and 1960, being offered as the Atlantic GR7 and the Super Atlantic GR7. After 1960 they were marketed as Atlantics until their demise in the 1962. Engines were six or eight-cylinder Rolls-Royce, producing 275 and 366bhp respectively.

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Thornycroft Antar (6x4) ( Elliot Ltd )

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Thornycroft built over 1000 Antars, although few ever entered the UK heavy haulage scene, so the Elliot of York examples are something of a rarity. Originally conceived as a tank transporter the ex-military Antar Mk3 model used the 330 bhp Rolls-Royce straight-eight engine. Fitted with a six-speed overdrive gearbox, the Mk 3 Antar was capable of a sedate 30mph, its specification also including very good breaks.

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Scammell Contractor (6x4) Pickfords

Scammell Contractor (6x4)

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There is probably no more famous name in the annals of heavy haulage than that of Pickfords. One of the lorries that Pickfords employed was a Scammell Contractor 6x4 ballasted tractor rated at 240-tons and fitted with the four-door crew cab. Weighing in at 16-tons, up to 30-tons of ballast could be added to the rear compartment taking the operational weight to a massive 46-tons unladen. The impressive lines of Scammell's premier product are evident in this all-time classic of the heavy haulage.

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Foden FGTU 8/80 (6x4) ( McKelvie and Co Ltd )

Foden FGTU 8/80 (6x4)

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McKelvie added the Foden FGTU 8/80 to their fleet in 1957. Having the eight-cylinder Gardner engine, eight-speed gearbox and two-speed rear diffs, these Fodens offered one of the best available heavy haulage crew cabs of the period. Although heavy haulage is not today a McKelvie speciality, during the 1950s and 1960s they had risen to become Scotland's largest operator in this form of traffic.

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Scammell Constructor (6x6) ( Siddle C. Cook Ltd )

Scammell Constructor

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The company Siddle C Cook Ltd were founded in 1945 beginning their operations in Consett, County Durham. One of their best known machines was "SPT 600", a 6x6 Scammell Constructor purchased new in the mid-fifties and fitted with the Rolls-Royce C6NFL 12.17-litre engine. Although originally built as a ballasted tractor, Siddles demanded that SPT 600 took on a variety of roles, converting it as and when desired to a 100-ton artic.

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