Wilson’s 141 Back on The Road

Posted on January 25, 2011 by truckbloguk

So you have an important delivery to an important customers country home in darkest Sussex. You have an aging Scania 124 that is in need of some tlc or you have a show condition 141 that is always keen to leave the warmth of its shed to put a few more km’s on the clock, oh and you are the boss of said company, which vehicle do you opt for??

Its starts on a misty morning in Suffolk, fire up the trusty V8, wait for the customer to turn up in his Ford Cortina, load up the Yorkie Bars, on with the vests and fake tattoo’s, unwind the keep fit widows and off you go!! Sorry i got carried away there for a minute………………he drives a 3 series BMW.
As it was a bit of a one off trip i thought i better give it a bit of my time, so after checking where said truck was on the tracker, i decided to follow the old girl from the Dartford Bridge down to Junction 5 on the Highway Agencies camera’s, excellent use of government resources.

After the trundle round the M25 the delivery to Sussex lived up to the hype and provided an excellent back drop for a few photo’s just a pitty the sun didn’t break through.

Surely the best classic working truck in Europe?? Can you prove other wise? email me, ben@truckblog.co.uk just to prove he’s still got it the big boss man GW drove the old girl home with out the clutch as an original 30 year old pipe went on the way home, i bet you couldn’t do that in a new £120,000 R620! After the reload at Tilbury it was back to the yard. All in all i wish there were more classic trucks on the road like this, it may go some way to getting over not being able to drive them in anger back in the 1970’s (i was born in 1979!).

Frosty Times

Posted on December 1, 2010 by truckbloguk

Snow and cold gets everywhere as does that Frost. My old mate Tony van der Nunn has sent these various pictures in the last couple of weeks, while pulling for HC Wilson. As always Tony’s wheels never seem to get affected by the bad weather and salt, no wonder the old girl is still in great condition. The picture of the brown tank, was a little frustrating for TvdN as it was destined for Bahrain, but unfortunatly it was going via boat not over land, so the old V8 only got as far as Southampton dock. The 3rd picture is one of 8 or 9 flatrack loads to Pembroke.

HC Wilson 1/50 Scale Model

Posted on November 24, 2010 by truckbloguk

Coming soon to a collector near you! This model is currently in the design stage but is getting very close to production, fingers crossed by late spring early summer these models may be a reality. Being produced by model manufacturer WSI this 1/50 scale model is based on Wilson’s Scania 141 with a matching 3 axle semi low loader. The model still has the smaller details to be approved and then final production numbers will be decided, but if you want to register your interest and be kept informed about the release of the model, then email ben@hcwilsontransport.comand title your email “141 Model”. The big boss GW is keen to know how much interest there is in the model and this will obviously affect the production numbers. The price is still be confirmed but expect a similar price to all other Dutch made 1/50 scale models!

3 Generations of Wilsons

Posted on September 15, 2010 by truckbloguk

3 Generations of Scania at HC Wilson. All have earned their crust and one no longer leaves the yard. More pictures of that truck to come!!

Quiz of the Day

Posted on August 26, 2010 by truckbloguk

Who can tell me which country this Wilson’s driver visited last week??

Bedford to Qatar

Posted on August 24, 2010 by truckbloguk

Here is another old classic heading off for a new life in the Middle East. Wilsons collected this little thing and took it to Felixstowe for shipping out to Qatar. It seems there are a lot of old commercials heading out that way, so i quizzed the driver if he knew why it was going out to the M/E. This is the story; “Apparently some Sheik or another has a large picture on his wall of an oil well his family have owned for donkey’s years. He now wants to recreate a living version of the picture, so is buying up all the vehicles in the picture and shipping then out to the oil well.” So now you know! A great story and sounds perfectly plausable, but then again any thing seems plausable to when Oil Barons are involved. Great little truck though and its been around a bit. According to the paperwork it was fully rebuilt and restored in 1996 in Melbourne, Australia.

Mighty Antar

Posted on July 21, 2010 by truckbloguk

How about this then, Wilsons had to load this old beauty in Horncastle this week to deliver to Southampton. Why? Because it is being shipped out to Doha, Qatar for the State National Day Celebrations. Yea, exactly. I just hope it comes back in one piece and not put to work for another 20 years, like most commercials heading East.

Planes & Trucks

Posted on July 2, 2010 by truckbloguk

Why does getting airside always make for a good picture? In fact i’m surprised no one told the driver off for taking pictures! Good one though, show me a picture that doesn’t look good when a truck is next to a plane………. truckblog@hotmail.co.uk Perhaps i should send it to Virgin and see if they want to use it for advertising!!

W100 HCW Caught napping in Cyprus!

Posted on June 28, 2010 by truckbloguk

How bizarre things can be. Friday last week the boss GW received an email from a concerned/informative member of the Great British Pulic. Mr T Seward fro Durham was enjoying his holiday in Cyrus when he came across said truck parked up for the weekend in Limassol. The mail read, Mr Seaward was concerned our truck may have been stolen or sold and still be in our colours or indeed we may still be lookinmg for it. If only all members of the Briitish public were so helpfull. Here is Mr Seawards photo, no sign of the driver, i dare say he was off some where with a beer in his hand!

Terminal Camera’s