Comments by "John D" (@johnd8892) on "American Reacts to Classic British Trucking Show - TRANSPENNINE RUN" video.

  1. Gday ian. The truck you paused on at 8:10 is a Bedford TK produced by the General Motors British truck make Bedford. The TK was introduced about 1962 ( I know find out it was 1960) with the TK meaning Tilt Kab. For servicing the whole cab including seats and controls titled forwards giving great access to the motor. These were very popular in Australia and sold as the truck arm of Holden. The manager engineer who successfully set up the Bedford truck arm of Vauxhall around 1930 was Sir Laurence Hartnett. His capabilities so impressed General Motors that they sent him to Australia to run General Motors Holden. Or more specifically to eirher close it down or make a go of it. This was in the mid thirties when the Holden body building company was severely impacted by the depression. He was very impressed by the capabilities of the staff and turned the company around. This turn around was further accellerated by their wartime production of huge amounts of non car production . This put them ten years ahead in capabilities after a year or two. His next major milestone was to get the production of the first unique Holden cars off the ground with the strong business case he put to GM management in Detroit. So the Father of Bedford trucks was also the Father of Holden cars. Holden soon emerging as the most profitable on investment if any GM division for a decade or so. There is a documentary on the Holden story the goes into the detail if his contribution.
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  2. G'day Ian. The three wheeler Scammel Scarab with its extreme maneuverability can be seen about three and a half minutes into this interesting fifties documentary from the Scammel company : https://youtu.be/GkwEfeE6GGs?si=LJqUlN7JpB12vpAi The whole vid is worth a look too.
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  3. Also starring Sean Connery, who later had a bit of success playing James Bond.
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