Road Rat has followed up on his previous posting from the recent Classic Seddon Atkinson rally with a couple more pictures including this Strato belonging to Browns of Wem. I saw it recently at Gaydon and the Steel Boys run. Meanwhile, after that last story Brian Stimson posted a comment via
www.tnn.co.ukBrian reckons that while alot of what everyone has said about the brand is true:"... we can't loose sight of the fact that with a few brilliant exceptions the distributor network in the last few years was pretty diabolical. It seemed to me that all they were interested in (with the exception of the few good ones referred to earlier) was making money from the parts and service from the existing but rapidly reducing truck park and not in rebuilding the Seddon Atkinson truck population." Fair go Atki lovers? Now click through here for one more...
Road Rat says: here are a couple of relics---two Stratos, that are still running! Found at the Atkinson Show at Leyland. No Pegaso trucks, probably all rotted away? Regards RR." And old RR's website can be found on www.road-rat.co.uk or you can e-mail him at mail@road-rat.co.uk
Comments (5)
Dont forget this baby!...
http://www.transportcafe.co.uk/crazy_airbrush/martin_bennett_007_frontal_elevation.jpg
I see this one every week or so on the m6. Surely the best remaining (and working strato in the stratosphere... (couldn't resist that!).
See how DAFs version of the cabtec (opposite) has been extended downwards to give a flat floor.
The only thing i'm slightly dubious of is that 'superspace' roof - unless i'm mistaken, big-A never had this option. A conversion perhaps?
Posted by russell b hurley | August 26, 2008 8:51 PM
Posted on August 26, 2008 20:51
Atkinson certainly did have the cabtec space cab option, as I had one for a while with the 325 cummins and eaton (lousy cable arrangement) twin split I must admit though I saw very few others on the road. I also recall seeing a photo of a super space cab with the big A on the frontalthough that may have been a mock up
Posted by Rikki Chequer | August 26, 2008 10:44 PM
Posted on August 26, 2008 22:44
Russell the super space cab on the S/A is a Daf one. There was a magazine article on the vehicle and it was i believe re-cabbed.
Posted by Barney | August 27, 2008 5:37 PM
Posted on August 27, 2008 17:37
...'spacecab', yes. 'Superspace', not so sure..
See the original brochure here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHpaIpDVc4c
see a relic 'spacecab' here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ_0cazwlkM
The high-roof version was the 'Stratocruiser'
Posted by russell b hurley | August 27, 2008 6:08 PM
Posted on August 27, 2008 18:08
I know S/A never fitted a superspace version.
But this guy used a DAF SSC and adapted it to fit the S/A hence why I said it had been re-cabbed.
Posted by Barney | August 30, 2008 12:05 PM
Posted on August 30, 2008 12:05