Bodybuilders' Gulf benefit
14th March 1991, Page 13
14th March 1991
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• Four UK tanker builders — three of them from Northern Ireland — are bodying 500 Russian Kamaz 24-tonne sixwheelers bound for the Gulf.
The order from the Saudi Arabian government is being shared by Clayton Commercials in Burscough, Lanes; Whitehouse Engineering in Belfast; Metfab of County Antrim; and PF Copeland Engineering of Newtownabbey.
The first 30 vehicles, which are being fitted with 16,000litre mild-steel tanks, are being shipped to the Gulf this week. An Irish company, Whessoe of Dublin, is building another 250.
The 194kW (260hp) 6x6 trucks are painted sand camouflage and are understood to be military spec. Clayton Commercials is bodying 230 of the chassis; the other 270 are being built in Northern Ireland.