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BY THE HAWK
/ An amazing line-up of trucks is about to hit Germany, including the Boss Truck of America which set the first stock-class diesel truck speed record in 1971 with an almighty 184km/h (114mph).
Other impressive Kenworths in the Tyrone Malone and Bandag roadshow will include the Bandag Bandit — a customised 1978 Conventional with a 12V71V twin 670kW turbocharged engine.
Perhaps these models might appeal to those who like a little bit more power from their units. The only problem is — where do you put the semitrailer? • Incredibly, two women escaped alive from the wreck of their car (above) after it collided with one truck and was then struck and driven over by a second. Cheryl Harper-Brown and her daughter April Harper, from Denver, Colorado in the US, are reported to be in a fair condition following the horrendous accident.
• Firemen at Porthmadog entered the vintage vehicle business as a part-time hobby after they discovered one of their former fire tenders rotting in a farmyard near Caernarfon.
They bought the Austin 1(2 hose-reel tender, stripped it down to the chassis and proceeded to rebuild it to its original glory.
• Hotels, restaurants and businesses in London's West End will reduce their refuse collection costs if they install bottle banks for waste glass a part of a drive launched by Westminster City Council.
Firms registered on the council's glass-recycling scheme will have their bottle banks emptied free of charge, says Ian Ross of MRS, the pr vate contractor operating the Westminster refuse collection contract. "At the moment the pay 30p per bag, but if they are recycling glass their costs will obviously be less," he says.
The council will rent out ho tie banks at £200 a year. It is also planning schemes for re cycling aluminium cans and ha teries and for the safe dispos2 of refrigerators which contain CFCs "MRS is happy to support any ideas on recycling," adds Ross.
Station officer Ken Wyn Jones says the tender is now full working order, and is attracting crowds at various shows around North Wales.
The firemen enjoyed the work so much that they have clubbed together to buy two more fire engines; a Commer water tender and an Austin with a 20m turntable ladder.