Hobsons latest scania! R164 580 with facelift front

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well smart truck passed this and the hob goblin 2 on the M6 on boxing day. What a lovely sound comes off it as well.

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Must of cost abit to update the front and like allready said not to sure about the exhausts but still a nice bit of kit

Looks like Jeremy tarn’s old one

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couple more recent photos

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Looks very nice but must have cost a fortune to do so why not just buy an r series.

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I don’t the point of putting r series gear on it.

Mutton dressed as lamb springs to mind.

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Any idea what was involved with the conversion, would be very interested in this for mine. :grimacing:

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dowahdiddyman:
Looks very nice but must have cost a fortune to do so why not just buy an r series.

Have you seen inside an R series, bloody awful. :smiley: :smiley:

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jimmy2loads:
Any idea what was involved with the conversion, would be very interested in this for mine. :grimacing:

As far as I know, you just need to buy the relevant panels (upper and lower grill, meshes, grill support bracket, bumper ends, bumper center, possibly the corner panels) and bolt them on in your choice of colour, the basic cab shell is the same on the 4/R series from memory.

Not cheap, a mate of mine priced up the various bits and reckoned on about £2.5k if he did the paint himself, probably be able to knock a good bit off the price by trawling the breakers though.

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jimmy2loads:

dowahdiddyman:
Looks very nice but must have cost a fortune to do so why not just buy an r series.

Have you seen inside an R series, bloody awful. :smiley: :smiley:

Unfortunately yes, drove one for 18 months. :angry:

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i think they did alot of work onit them selfs so probably didnt cost all that much! i think it looks spot on lol :wink:

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■■■■■ cheap custum job just look at j davidsons manchester

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cant see how u can say that is a cheap job :unamused: just cos it isnt covered in murals & stainless !! i think it looks refresingly clean & understated this may be the next big trend ( especially in the current finacial climate ) :smiley:

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mexicostids:
cant see how u can say that is a cheap job :unamused: just cos it isnt covered in murals & stainless !! i think it looks refresingly clean & understated this may be the next big trend ( especially in the current finacial climate ) :smiley:

i can tell you havent read the whole thread :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused:

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looking very smart…until ugly bull bar fitted. sorry i think that spoils it.

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this is before he started work onit

and after :slight_smile:

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see i’m not a scania fan , i hav’nt been since the 143 , and i’m not one for bling but that is nice , very nice infact … :smiley:

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WOW, Must have cost some dosh to get the new scania parts all on the front !

I am shameless mad ! Hence why this looks the dogs bo**ocks

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i see this on the road the other day it looks the nuts :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: it sounds well too :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: i hope its going to truckfest as i’d like to have a looksee at it :smiley:

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What a cracking truck! Hobsons run a very smart fleet. Love the shameless stuff on the back, one of the best shows on TV.

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that looks awesome i saw it on M1 wednesday! very smart!