Scammell ala South Africa!

[montie]

Hi guys,

 

In my hunt for Saracen spares, I stumbled upon this vehicle that I thought did not exist in South Africa. I have also posted this in another thread http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?19274-South-African-MV-Scrapyard-finds

 

I have been intrigued by these vehicles ever since I laid eyes on them in this Forum and then on Youtube with the leads given.

 

I would like to know from the boffins whether this is an Explorer or a Pioneer, I don't even know if there are any other models. I did not do any further research because of myassumed non-existence of them in South Africa.

From another local info source, he said that there were two examples in South Africa at the time.

 

 

 

 

 

I assume a South African installed diesel engine.

 

 

 

 

 

The marks on the tyres shows that it has survived some veld fires!

 

 

 

Regards,

 

Monty.

[gritineye]

It is a Pioneer Monty, the engine is the original Gardner 6LW, the steel sides to the body are not original, buy it now..

[N.O.S.]

That, Monty, is a WW2 vintage Pioneer. Nice find - be very careful though as it may only be sleeping, and not in fact dead. They have been known to awaken suddenly in the presence of a caring soul and this one might even follow you home if it thinks you will fuel and water it :-)

[N.O.S.]

Phew, lucky we came up with the same answer, Glassfibreman

[gritineye]

Indeed! Their snoring has that dry squeaky tin quality, once common in scrap yards but seldom heard nowadays..

[Scammell4199]

buy it, buy it, buy it !!!!!!

[radiomike7]

Montie we have an illustrated guide of what you need to do here:http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?11476-Another-Pioneer