Pimp My Truck
Will Shiers, the editor of Truck & Driver, the UK’s best-selling truck magazine is about to try his hand at pimping – truck pimping that is!
According to Will, ‘the idea is simple. First we get hold of a truck, then we customise it, and finally we auction it off and give all the profit to the Help for Heroes charity.’
Click below to find out more, including what truck Will’s managed to get…
Will continues, ’sounds simple doesn’t it? Now for the difficult bit – we have an incredibly small budget. In fact it’s miniscule! In other words, for this to work, and for us to have a truck that’s going to turn heads and raise a serious sum of money for Help for Heroes at the end of the project, we’re going to need to do some serious chugging.’
However, thanks to the nice folk at J&L Commercials, Will has managed to bag ‘a rather nice 2002 Scania 124 420 which used to be owned by Kev Dandy Transport. OK, so it had definitely worked hard for a living, it looks a little ‘tired’ in places, and has covered almost 1 million kms, but it’s absolutely perfect for pimping. And what’s more, it’s got the Topline cab.’ So that’s good then, and here is said Scania.
Scania dealer Keltruck have kindly agreed to store the truck for the duration of the project. Will is also ‘pretty sure its expertise (and abundance of used parts) is going to be called upon over the next few months.’
Tachoblog will keep you informed of Will and the truck’s progress…
