This picture may only be a couple of decades old – but how times change.
Today British Steel is called Corus and is owned by the Indians, Seddon Atkinson is owned by the Italians and no longer builds trucks, 4x2s definitely don't haul steel any more and day cabs are virtually non-existent.
The truck is one of a batch of seven Seddon Atkinsons that went into service at British Steel’s Shotton Works in 1985. They were all powered by Perkins Eagle 300 Li engines.
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Ahhh the "good old days". I remember well driving a 401 for Mrs Preston OBE on steel out of Lackenby, The joys of hitting every little spot on the road and kangarooing for the next 10 miles, Suspension so unsuited for coils in the well that everything in the cab including the driver had to be strapped down. and god help you if you had to stop and restart on a hill. To put it into perspective I willingly gave up my E reg 401 with a night heater for a older A reg ERF "C" series without a night heater in order to save my spine from being dismantled.
Posted by Rikki Chequer | February 6, 2007 11:13 AM
Posted on February 6, 2007 11:13