Parked next to a truck i havent seen in a while a Scania P92 280 greek registered, was pulling a triaxle so assume was running at 40t . Must be at least 20 years old and looked mint.Drove one twice years ago and thought it was an ok truck , the 8.5litre engine not bad at all for the time. Most long since scrapped now though…
Was a couple month back in Greece, and if you want to see old working trucks in good condition, it’s the place to go.
Many F10/F12/F16 in daily use, 112 / 142 going along a looking clean and tidy.
Many operators there don’t trust the new fangled stuff, and probably right so.
Most trucks are well looked after.
Those that stay mostly in country wont be on salty winter roads, so cabs wont be savaged by tin worm.
Thats obviously what saved it. Salt was the killer of older trucks. This one still looked in its factory paint, polished up a bit in places as well as durabrite alcoas so was someones pride and joy, was nice to see…
Mansel Davies (Pembrokshire) still run 20yr old Volvo’s in their fleet alongside their 2016 Volvo’s.
Also I think I saw yt03’s old Volvo (Think it was V reg??) on the M62 going Leeds direction last week pulling an ejector trailer. I think he said at the time that firm had a few old units.
92 series cabs were the last Scania ones I liked.
caledoniandream:
Was a couple month back in Greece, and if you want to see old working trucks in good condition, it’s the place to go.
Many F10/F12/F16 in daily use, 112 / 142 going along a looking clean and tidy.
Many operators there don’t trust the new fangled stuff, and probably right so.
Most trucks are well looked after.
they’ll be Donald Ducked when digi tach/ dcpc comes in. 
Our one is far from show condition but it’s still road legal, I didn’t know how to drive it the first time I used it as the gearstick doesn’t show where the gears are and I didn’t know about the extra handle next to the handbrake which is linked to the ignition. The lorry is the same age as me (29yrs old) so it’s fun in small doses but I rather night out in our modern units:
I would love to drive thar everyday instead of my 64 plate Scania.
Apply for a job at Mornflake Oats, they seem to have a “nothing under 20 years old” policy to trucks.
Flour millers are similar; Heygates are a classic example of running kit into the ground. Another flour miller might have to follow suit if they survive their current cash flow problems.
+1 instead of my 105 piece of ■■■
Are all these older trucks banned from the London emission control zone? Sounds like a great idea to me if they are 
mrginge:
Our one is far from show condition but it’s still road legal, I didn’t know how to drive it the first time I used it as the gearstick doesn’t show where the gears are and I didn’t know about the extra handle next to the handbrake which is linked to the ignition. The lorry is the same age as me (29yrs old) so it’s fun in small doses but I rather night out in our modern units:
Lovely looking old thing and not that bad condition at all, its only paint. 
AndrewG:
Parked next to a truck i havent seen in a while a Scania P92 280 greek registered, was pulling a triaxle so assume was running at 40t . Must be at least 20 years old and looked mint.Drove one twice years ago and thought it was an ok truck , the 8.5litre engine not bad at all for the time. Most long since scrapped now though…
we had quite a few 92/280’s at corby running at 38 t out of the steel works , mr davis had to put scania 110/111 rear axles into them as the half shafts kept breaking on a regular basis. could get over 27 tonnes on running at 38 gtw . strangely on the 6 wheel 92 /280 38 tonners we had the half shafts never broke as they had the heavier duty axles, although one of them ended up with a roadranger gearbox. if I remember correctly I think we had the first p92/280 sold (B888NRY)