Salvage Squad Scammell Scarab 'Mechanical Horse'

Hello and welcome this is a episode I had on you tube in parts so I put it back as a whole episode. hope you like and thank you for watching

[@blackpoolbarmpot]

I remember vividly those "Mechanical Horses" at the railway station, as a kid. But sadly I didn't realise they were withdrawn, until I was reminded of them, by someone, many years later. They were so versatile and what a fantastically tight turning circle they had.

[@EI6DP]

Such a pleasure to see the joy on the gents face. A job very well done. Clare (Clair) and the team are brilliant. The choice of music is perfect and most enjoyable.

[@SloopyDog]

It was a pity they stopped making the three-wheel Scammell as they were a fantastic lorry. British Rail had them and they could turn so easily. They could get into places the articulated lorries couldn't go. I would love to see lorries of this type made again. Far cheaper to run and more versatile Than a rigid vehicle. Bring them back.

[@davidliston5002]

Brilliant series wish they would bring it back 👍🙂

[@mrspudly1]

One of the best in the series, thanks so much for editing together and sharing.

[@paulbennett7021]

It has to be said - Claire Barratt is a magnificent woman!

[@TomHowlett-s3z]

We didn't have a three wheeled scammell in our town these were before my time but to watch them work a nice machine

[@paulbennett7021]

There were three different vehicles, Mechanical Horse, Scarab, and Townsman, all very different in appearance.

[@mattkaustickomments]

I love these quirky British vehicles! Also, here in America, they could ‘turn on a dime’, as we say.

[@stephenchecksfield632]

Absolutely fantastic video really interesting and very informative really enjoyed watching it

[@veloduocycles977]

When I was a kid in the 50s/60s our next door neighbour used to drive on of these for British Railways and used to bring it home to have his lunch.

[@ADelinquent]

I was a van boy on one of these Scarabs out of Wealdstone Station delivering parcels to the local area.

[@stevepare8184]

Worked for BR at bishopsgate for 2years as a van boy in 61to 63 done a lot of miles in one of these. We also had some with wooden cabs

[@peterhawtin7224]

I grew up near London and I remember seeing Scarabs every day at the VP Wine Brewery in Kingston Surrey back in the 1960,s Always busy, chugging around pulling trailers loaded with vats or barrels and sacks...

[@iceman7975]

Practical vehicle with exceptional manoeuvrability.

[@johncourtneidge]

Luvly! One of my passions is the road/rail interface.

[@derekstocker6661]

Fabulous series and wonderful workmanship, thanks for sharing this, well done to all!

[@smiff4748]

This brings back memories of my childhood. I was very young but I do remember seeing these going about when I was about five or six years old.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@Insect_Expert1489 They need scrapping now though. It's very important to recycle old scrap

[@pierredecine1936]

Never heard of this, but really like it - I tried to get a Divco Dairy truck yrs ago ...

[@katkylekim]

Fantastic ,thansk for sharring .

[@brianheagren3578]

You´ve still got the Right knack..And the Left one!

[@zen4men]

My joy as a teenager was Austin Champ jeeps - I had 3 of them.

[@Steven_Rowe]

I remember these very well as a boy in London, they were everywhere.

[@gjmob]

That was Madness!

[@Road38910]

The Royal Air Force had a lot of these running around 14 Maintenance Unit, RAF Carlisle. Blue in colour. Where did they all go to?

[@robt2151]

40 years ago I worked in a breaker's yard in south Wales - we had one in for scrapping, ex Butlins Barry Island, that was in a much better shape than this one was at the beginning of the programme.

[@Teddystream.]

They were driven on a car licence until 1968 when it became a Group 4 HGV that no one could drive and that killed them.

[@paulbennett7021]

So it worked for Cadbury's. Same job, just working for the other end. (OX is a Birmingham registration.) You could smell chocolate all over York as well.

[@mikeray1544]

Outstanding-

[@mick79082]

For some one working so hard on this vehicle her hands and overalls are so remarkably clean. LETS PRETEND TV

[@GoofieNewfie69]

As long as you use a rag to wipe your hands and not your cloths, your cloths will stay reasonably clean.

[@krakenpots5693]

Let's face it, a lot of the scenes shown in the show were heavily scripted. The parts where two grimy, oil-covered mechanics just toil over a broken piece of car ended up on the cutting room floor: "not good television".

[@JoelHudson]

Split the difference, Cadbury on the right British Railway on the left! ( crummy idea of the week)

[@markstuckey6639]

That Claire has more balls than her co-presenter and the yorkshireman put together. They're not restoring it they're just bolting on new parts. Haven't they heard of welders or lathes?

[@hoppinonabronzeleg9477]

That steering shaft could have been saved with grind chrome grind.

[@65cj55]

Metalshaper Tom would of sorted that Cab out.

[@howardchambers9679]

The algorithm has decided i needed to watch a 7yr old video. 😮

[@EI6DP]

And well worth it 😊

[@marcbrasse747]

Great stuff! People are actually at work in this. It makes CAR SOS look lame!

[@brustar5152]

Claw hammers...really? Scrapping that steering leg...really? Haven't they heard of weld build up and lathe turning? Given what they paid for the replacements they should have kept the discards and passed them along to someone with more skills.

[@howardgriffiths-s6r]

Metal spraying and nitride hardening

[@CosgroveNotts]

Needs an engine cover

[@MrBugsier5]

Oily clutch disk at the end?? (or mounted backwards???) lol

[@inextremis2011]

Reminds me of the Hanseat Tempo that was seen on Indian roads till recently. Some might still be plying in rural and suburban areas. www.cartoq.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Tempo-Loaded.jpg

[@buddylight2191]

What I want to know does it have air conditioning and a stereo?

[@troth6251]

The Scammell is for tough guys not pansy,s .

[@TinSandwichUK]

Hahaha - Want air conditioning? Wind the window down. Want sounds in stereo? Wind the other window down.

[@Steven_Rowe]

Air con and a stereo???? No it had a seat, sheer luxury, sheer bloody luxury having a seat. They had a later version and well they looked a bit pansy like compare to the old ones. No doubt you could pimp one up with air con, power steering, let's not forget the low profile tyres and led headlights cruise control. Actually I can remember when cars didn't have heaters and you bought rear screen demisters from car accessory places. Luxury

[@anthonygostling]

If it was Cadbury, should have been a Cadbury, and the steering shaft only needed work, and they call them self's mechanic's...!

[@GoofieNewfie69]

A torch is a gas axe??? In Nfld a gas axe is a chain saw

[@cucullain7843]

Until I saw this show I’d never heard a cutting torch called a gas axe either. Maybe it’s a southern thing. Different in the north. Whole world away. Like having clean overalls at the end of a shift

[@Kimdino1]

@Mazda rx7 But our gas axe uses gas. Your 'gas axe' uses petrol so is really a petrol axe. ;-)

[@GoofieNewfie69]

@@Kimdino1 hehehe, in north america we call petrol gas(gasoline). Petrol is short for petroleum which would include all liquid fossil fuel products. hehehe and we drive on the proper side of the road

[@JohnTaylor-gy2ps]

Shame about throwing out the steering mechanism..it was easily repairable..metal spray the shaft and re-machine it..or even make a new one.

[@curlybrownliz]

They replaced far too many parts for my liking

[@insertusernamehere6025]

Ferguson tractor

[@jimmywalker1568]

Dont take it apart it will fall apart into dust then you will be fucked

[@WS-gw5ms]

Maybe spend less money on jump suits and more money on welding helmets. They don't need to be tp of the line, but for God sakes hand held?

[@77gravity]

That's a job for TIG anyway, not a MIG in the hands of an amateur.

[@speedybb]

After 30 years of restoring million pound vehicles , you don't need all the flash equipment and welding plants. Always use you've got, a gas welder can do most jobs in the right hands. A MIG welder is nice, a TIG is a luxury. Too many KZbin theory men out there.