Category Archives: Tonka Toys

Hotel on Wheels For Sale

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Ever heard of Czech company Tomcar Servis?? No nor had I until I stumbled across a picture of this smart truck. After a touch of detective work it turns out its for sale. The price tag is €135,000. Sounds a lot i know, but it is a one off and the interior is rather good! If you are interested either visit the website www.tomcar.cz or contact Blanka Kučerová, the company accountant at tomcar@tomcar.cz she is very helpfull and is keen to sell this truck, if i had the spare cash or a good reason i’d snap it up. Imagine would your mates at the Caravan Club would say!!!! Comes with all the usual stuff, flat screen tv’s, double bed, kitchen area, seating, area, shower, toilet and of course some where to park your car or plane while your on the move. You can always email me if your interested and i can pass on your details, ben@truckblog.co.uk

Mini Frigo

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What a lovely little thing. Rumour has it these go as far as the artics of the fleet do, getting as far as Turkey. Can anyone confirm or deny this? How far away from Reading have you see one of these? email me ben@truckblog.co.uk must be a cracking little job driving one. Twin fridge motors, TIR & HAZ boards, emissions and noise stickers, what more can you want from your Tonka toy! Picture belongs to Mr Brooker from www.lorryspotting.com fame.

MAN A-Live!!

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I think i am being sent a secret message by the MAN man! It seems all roads at the moment lead to a little fella some where in Europe. I was trying to work out the shortest route to Hassleholm, Sweden from Esbjerg. Seeing as it is unlikely at the moment i’ll ever get to drive in Denmark, again i thought i’d enjoy the delights of Google Street View and see what it’d be like to drive across the sea between the Danish Islands. I place myself on the map and Bingo!! All the miles of road over the sea and i land 8ft from the front of another little Ger-MAN. I’m going to have to start a fan club for them or some thing! The boss keeps on about the company getting a new 7.5 Tonner tilt so we can have a flat or a little covered beast, this is my solution, GW you know it makes sense!

Ger-MAN (Sorry thats bad!)

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Steve Marsh had a snowy week last week (as did many others i’m sure). He travelled down and tipped in Altstatten in Switzerland, then came back up to Essen, Germany to reload for Edinburgh. This picture was taken at Rasthof-Aichen on the A8 near Ulm, waiting to find the reload. Keep the pics coming Steve they are definatly getting better! www.stevemarshexpress.co.uk

Mini MAN

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Yea another Tonka toy, but thi time in the true form of its big brother. This little artic pulls mobile coffee bars around Switzerland for shows and events. The Swiss have always been sufficticated, we still use the back of an ex BT transit to buy our coffee from here in the UK, nothing wrong with it either! Cracking Truck 10 out of 10. I always think it’d be cool to buy a mini artic like this but make it look like a big truck, with bigger tanks a suitably scaled trailer etc etc, but obviously no one will as it’d make it to heavy and kind of defeat the object of buying a light mini artic. Perhaps that an idea for the lottery win list.

Steve Marsh Express

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As you all know i like a little lorry, although plated at 12 ton its not the smallest, Steve Marsh runs a tidy little tilt all over the continent. Hopefully he’ll keep sending in pictures from his trips past and present. These pics were taken on a trip to Tenerife last year, looks like a good place for a piccie or 2! If your interested or you require Steve’s services (he has vans too), click the link to go to his website. www.stevemarshexpress.co.uk