http://usedtrucks.commercialmotor.com/advert-detail/62653/scania_lb110_4x2_fixed_fifth_wheelThought this may interest a few on here, looks almost too good to be true.
is it in malta, 
no i think its in kelltruck brum
escortg3:
is it in malta,
Hi,
That looks to me like the keltruck 110,very low mileage ex test and research centre vehicle.
Regards Andrew
id luv it
It was like new when it was at MIRA. It looks as if Keltruck have left it out on the yard to rot, for the sake of a bit of publicity.
Evening all, now I wonder is Chris trying to genererate income for the mansion building programme in Jurby, or is it just the pension fund■■? By the way , its ex MIRA, and worth whatever he wants for it!!! Shall we start at 40K, and go upwards?Cheerio for now.
Almost certainly the best-preserved LB in existence… until that shower of philistines got hold of it. It spent 40-odd years testing trailers over the MIRA test circuit, with barely any deterioration. I have been driven round that place- it is designed to kill vehicles (in a measured way). If you click through the photographs on the linked website, the last one shows it as it was, after its life there- IE near-perfect. Look at it now.
rward:
no i think its in kelltruck brum
Don’t think you think you’ve got enough mate lol what a truck to add to your collection all the best
Hallo, It must one with still 2 gearlevers because it is '68 one of the first built. at least as it was built before october '68.I think I saw it one’s in Gaydon??.
Bye
tiptop495:
Hallo, It must one with still 2 gearlevers because it is '68 one of the first built. at least as it was built before october '68.I think I saw it one’s in Gaydon??.Bye
No it never had 2 gear levers, I drove it when it was at MIRA Hinkley.
Thanks Trev for the information, maybe they weren’t solt in Britain but we have had them, the first one’s with the small characters at the beginning of '68.
greetings Eric,
tiptop495:
Thanks Trev for the information, maybe they weren’t solt in Britain but we have had them, the first one’s with the small characters at the beginning of '68.greetings Eric,
Hi Chaps,
There was some discussion of this on the “First Sania [sic] I saw” thread. If I remember correctly, without trawling back through the forum, the first RHD LB110s arrived in July 1968, but some GB operators had bought earlier LHD vehicles, which had two sticks. It appears that RHD models all had the splitter switch on the stick.
Yes Anorak, I would agree with that, I worked at the first Scania agents and never saw a two stick RHD model, I never saw a LHD either but I knew of their existence. The early 110’s had the small letters on the grille, u shaped mirror arms and the rear brake chambers were angled downwards and not upwards like later models, the majority of these would have been on a G registration.
Trev_H:
Yes Anorak, I would agree with that, I worked at the first Scania agents and never saw a two stick RHD model, I never saw a LHD either but I knew of their existence. The early 110’s had the small letters on the grille, u shaped mirror arms and the rear brake chambers were angled downwards and not upwards like later models, the majority of these would have been on a G registration.
Hi Trev. It must have been exciting working there, as these new vehicles were introduced. There was a recent thread on here, showing some 8mm footage of artics, circa 1970, on the docks somewhere. The LB110s looked like they had dropped from another planet, next to the other vehicles in the film (including F88s). Seeing them every other day, on this forum, it is easy to forget just how striking and modern they looked in 1968-1970. I reckon those “small-letter” vehicles were the best-looking LBs. The later cosmetic modifications to the cab spoiled its lines a bit, IMO.
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anorak:Trev_H:
Yes Anorak, I would agree with that, I worked at the first Scania agents and never saw a two stick RHD model, I never saw a LHD either but I knew of their existence. The early 110’s had the small letters on the grille, u shaped mirror arms and the rear brake chambers were angled downwards and not upwards like later models, the majority of these would have been on a G registration.Hi Trev. It must have been exciting working there, as these new vehicles were introduced. There was a recent thread on here, showing some 8mm footage of artics, circa 1970, on the docks somewhere. The LB110s looked like they had dropped from another planet, next to the other vehicles in the film (including F88s). Seeing them every other day, on this forum, it is easy to forget just how striking and modern they looked in 1968-1970. I reckon those “small-letter” vehicles were the best-looking LBs. The later cosmetic modifications to the cab spoiled its lines a bit, IMO.
The LB110 in that film was one we had on contract hire to Joseph Foulkes, I think it may have been UJW 581G ?, they had a dozen or so on contract hire, I used to go in a pub quite near to their yard and to hear and see those early 110’s go up the road on night trunk was an impressive sight and just light years ahead of most motors on the road then.
They were also one of the first operators of an LBT 140 on heavy haulage and that was a fine sounding machine !
Would anyone happen to anyone or where I could get my hands on the S C A N I A bagde off the 110s from for a friend in Ireland who needs one ■■ Regards nick
The advert on the keltruck site always said that you wouldn’t be able to register the truck…
Cold Up North:
The advert on the keltruck site always said that you wouldn’t be able to register the truck…
Anyone any idea why would you not be able to register it?
Surely it could have an “age related” rego issued by DVLA?
1968…tax exempt too for private use!
axletramp:
Cold Up North:
The advert on the keltruck site always said that you wouldn’t be able to register the truck…Anyone any idea why would you not be able to register it?
Surely it could have an “age related” rego issued by DVLA?
1968…tax exempt too for private use!
hi,
i have experienced this problem in the past.the dvla can sometimes be a real adventure to deal with 
when it happened to me,many years ago,it was because my vehicle wasn’t on the dvla database.when we in the uk went from y reg.to a reg. 1983,everyone had to send off their v5’s in order for the then database to be compiled.maybe? mira didn’t do this then and therefore if it’s not on the database it cannot be registered.that was what the staff 
at swansea told me at that time (1988) anyway 
regards andrew.