rkney Isles bank manager Ian Lawson
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could well be a contender for one of the longest and probably the most difficult journeys to CM's Truckfest, which takes place on the Bank Holiday weekend, 2-3 May.
Ian and son Ross will be setting off at 07:15hrs on the Friday to catch the 08:45hrs ferry to Scrabster on the mainland, a sailing of under two hours. After a brief visit to mainland relatives at Caithness, the duo depart for the arceline has announced Instantline, a new air delivery operation, which provides customers with a "through the window" operation same-day service of tiny parcels. The unique niche service will fly paper clips, elastic bands and other lightweight office supplies directly to a customer's desk through an open window. Larger loads, such as a cheese and pickle sarnie from the deli, can be dropped in with or without extra salt. Parceline says the service may go international or even supersonic, if there is demand. I may go mad if I receive any more delayed 1 April post. 602-mile drive to the East of England showground at Peterborough, arriving early on Saturday to photograph entries as they arrive. The journey is repeated with a Sunday afternoon departure, an overnight stop at Perth, which leaves just 235 miles for Monday. This will be
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Mhat may be the world's rarest truck was sold in auction for a world record £4,620 last week. And this collector's item can tuck neatly into the glove compartment.
The 1956 Foden flatbed is a Dinky toy made as an export version and painted red and green instead of the usual orange and green. It is so rare that collectors visiting Vectis Model Auctions in Guildford, Surrey, doubted its existence. It was bought by a West Country collector who owns 55 of the 60 versions of the marque. The previous world record for a Dinky Toy commercial vehicle was £3,080 for a Heinz Tomato Ketchup van. Must have been the souped-up version at that price.
Ian's fifth consecutive visit to Truckfest where he will-add to his collection of 4,500 photographs. "The majority of photographers in Orkney take shots of the wildlife and consider my subject very odd," says Ian, "And that before they discover I'm a bank manager."
ahese cool dudes in sunglasses are celebrating the outcome of CM's Groeneveld competition which gave away an automatic chassis lubrication system. Winner Andy Purnphrey (left) is maintenance controller at Top Mark Vehicle Leasing and is receiving his prize from Groeneveld's Colin Jones.