Scammell

Scammell started production of the 7.5-ton articulated vehicle in 1920.

The Scammell Commander was a heavy equipment transporter manufactured by Scammell for the Royal Corps of Transport.

Knowing Scammell's pre-eminence in the field, Leyland entrusted the eight-wheeler version of the Roadtrain - called the `Constructor 8' - to Scammell.

Scammell Lorries Limited was a British manufacturer of lorries, particularly specialist and military off-road vehicles, between 1921 and 1988.

Scammell Lorries Limited was a British manufacturer of lorries, particularly specialist and military off-road vehicles, between 1921 and 1988.

1950 The 6x6 Explorer with a Meadows petrol engine replaced the recovery version of the Pioneer.

Scammell Lorries Limited was a British manufacturer of lorries, particularly specialist and military off-road vehicles, between 1921 and 1988.

These were the bonneted 4x2 Highwayman motive unit, the forward control Routeman 8-wheeler and a new 4x2 forward control motive unit, the Handyman.

A new dumptruck range, comprising the 4x2 Sherpa and 6x4 Himalayan was launched.

Two years later, in 1929, the Company introduced the world's largest lorry, the articulated "Hundred-Tonner" heavy haulage vehicle.

In 1933 Scammell Lorries Ltd purchased the three wheeled tractor unit design from the Napier Company and promptly turned it into the famous Mechanical Horse.

1949 The 4x4 Mountaineer was introduced for civilian use.

The Thornycroft 6x4 Nubian heavy dumptruck was the first transfer inwards, regularly adapted for the military, followed by the lighter LD55 6x4 dumptruck.

Scammell produced 980 Pioneer R100 heavy artillery tractors by the end of the war.

The Rigid 6 was joined by a new forward-control `Rigid Eight-wheeler' in 1937, the first of a long line of Scammell Eights.

In 1929, the firm, looking for new markets, had diversified into four- and six- wheel rigids.

The Scammell Routeman was an 8x4 truck manufactured by Scammell.

This range, the S24, was available in 6x4 and 6x6 formats, with manual, automatic or torque converter/manual transmissions and a newly-developed transfer gearbox for 6x6 versions.

To supplement the lower-powered Leyland Roadtrains, Scammell developed the S26 range using the same cab

Scammell went on to develop a heavy haulage model, the Samson, basically a four-axle 8x4 Crusader.

The Scammell Scarab is a British 3-wheeled tractor unit produced by the truck manufacturer Scammell between 1948 and 1967.

Scammell Lorries Limited was a British manufacturer of lorries, particularly specialist and military off-road vehicles, between 1921 and 1988.

In the mid 1950s the Super Constructor - forerunner of today's cross-country heavies - with Rolls-Royce C6 turbocharged engine and semi-automatic gearbox was introduced.

In 1967, the 'Scarab' was replaced by the 'Townsman', which also had a GRP body.

the new twin-steer 6x2 Trunker tractor which took advantage of the increased legal weights available when coupled to long front-overhang bogie semi-trailers.

Scammell Lorries Limited was a British manufacturer of lorries, particularly specialist and military off-road vehicles, between 1921 and 1988.