Truck restored in Dallam goes under the hammer (From Warrington Guardian)
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Truck restored in Dallam goes under the hammer
10:10am Wednesday 14th November 2012 in News
The Silentnight Truck goes under the hammer today
A 60-YEAR-OLD lorry, immaculately restored by a Dallam company after it was rescued from a scrap yard, is now set to fetch between £10,000 and £15,000 at an auction.
The Guy Otter Pantechnicon was built by Guy Motors at their Fallings Park factory, in Wolverhampton in 1951, but rusted in a scrap yard until it was rescued by Lancashire bed company Silentnight.
They sent the lorry to be restored at Marsden Vanplan in Longshaw Street, and now the vintage wagon is up for sale.
The lorry is scheduled for auction at Bonhams in Harrogate today and is expected to make a high return as it has won a string of awards since its restoration.
A representative from Bonhams said: ‘Since completion in 1999 the vehicle has won its class in almost every event entered, including the prestigious Trans-Pennine Rally.”
Comments(5)
William J Smith
says...
2:43pm Wed 14 Nov 12
And I deliverd it to Silentnight Beds in Barnoldswick when finished. The company was sold off just so the new
owners could build houses on the land,
what a shame.
old-codger
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6:31pm Wed 14 Nov 12
William J Smith
says...
3:19pm Thu 15 Nov 12
but I missed the closedown has I had retaired by then.
But yes what a very good workforce Marsdens had and will never come back
through greedy bosses.
Robert.b
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6:58pm Thu 15 Nov 12
old-codger says...
2:01pm Wed 14 Nov 12
.Marsden Vanplan were one of the best in the country and their work was always top spec..I,m not sure if they still operate but no longer on longshaw street....