Calling all clever bods - How many in the UK?

Try www.howmanyleft.co.uk for a definative answer. However, i am not 100% sure that the numbers on there are correct.

Hey Chris,

Interestingly, the "Ugly Snout" trucks were hated so much in the USA that when the '62 model came out, people would remove the bonet and replace them with newer ones from the dealer....
Today, they are rare and collectible so everyone wants them.

The bonnets between '60-66 are all interchangeable.

Many people still remove older ones and replace with newer for some reason.

I think importing your own is a great way to go.

Speak with Tim "Bratman" on here, he brought in his own truck, with camper body, and loaded it with spares to sell on and use himself.

So if you bought a decent truck there and added an unwanted cheap canopy (remember my thread a while back?) and then put in stuff like gearboxes, panels and wheels..... you could make a profit, even after import duties.


I will be replacing my glass front screen in the USA and probably have some other work done there with new wheels fitted before exporting it.

Then it starts to make a lot of sense, because you get to own it, after all costs, at clost to half what you could pay for the same truck in the UK.

Spares are not a problem either. Local or courier services are great.

I't not always. Depends on how the vehicles were entered into the database. I've tried to use them to searc for old motorbikes that I know exist and got no matches....

I tried them for this and under "missing" it came up with 12 for 1960 and 2 for 1961

I found a long bed 64 Fleetside on eBay US for just under $2000.



Thought it looked cool so sent the details to a friend of mine who bought it and imported it, owed him just under £3000 landed, delivered and cleared.



Then set to it, and currently it's looking like this...