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#1 Post by W4X » 18 Nov 2020 20:18

Welcome to the stories of W4X
Just thought I’d create this thread to post some of my projects.
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Where it all started; this Scania P114-380:
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A very basic spec, just travelling towards the ferry port for England;
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#2 Post by W4X » 24 Nov 2020 20:07

Have slowly been making some upgrades towards the P-cab:
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Just recently, I have found a 1983 Scania T in a scrap yard in Nice, got it started and it still had some life in it, so it's going for a run around France
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Here's how she looks inside:
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Still very much a W.I.P
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#3 Post by W4X » 27 Nov 2020 20:21

Due to the tipper trailers becoming very inefficient repair-wise, the decision was made to sell them. During this, I’ve made further upgrades to the P-cab
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That T-cab I had restored turned out to have a major fault with the gearbox, so I had that traded in for an R124L:
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#4 Post by W4X » 03 Dec 2020 18:24

I wanted to have another attempt at a restoration, so I picked up a R143E-450 in this condition:
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After some work, here is the 143E now, still has a very long way to go:
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And the latest addition to the fleet:
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#5 Post by W4X » 21 Dec 2020 19:17

Seeing that the previous restoration was somewhat of a success, decided to take on 2 dromedaries, both being R142Hs:
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This one being imported in the US and spending its time across the pond;
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#6 Post by W4X » 27 Dec 2020 17:33

I have now brung the US R142 back to Calais and switched it back to a dual tag, this will be doing some long distance haulage around Sweden:
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#7 Post by W4X » 28 Dec 2020 16:09

So I bought this MAN TGA from a used truck dealer in Calais:
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It's chassis frame is damaged to it is on its way to be replaced

Also bought a few other trucks to restore:
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Not in the best of shapes but it's getting there

DAF NTT 3300:
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Gonna restore this as much as I can
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#8 Post by W4X » 28 Dec 2020 23:23

Took the MP2 on a long journey across France:
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#9 Post by W4X » 03 Jan 2021 18:33

Wanted to restore some more trucks, so I bought a 1992 Scania 143M 470:
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#10 Post by W4X » 06 Jan 2021 20:47

While being in Magdeburg I found this FH1 in the hotel premises:
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Apparently it was abandoned for a few years, still looked good so I bought it:
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