Short Story: Piggy Back
This caught my eye on my daily walk. The carrier is a DAF, a product of the late nineties now approaching its own retirement. The cargo, however, is a Bedford TK, and for about thirty years it was difficult to look down a British street without seeing one. From 1959, Bedford's Luton factory turned these out in vast numbers. If something needed moving, a TK was usually involved.
Its main selling point was cramming the driver on top of the front axle. This made the truck short enough to negotiate city streets that were laid out centuries before lorries were invented. Consequently, the TK became the standard-issue vehicle for coal merchants, council refuse collectors, and the men from Post Office Telephones. This one is no doubt on its way to an enthusiast who will now spend a small fortune making it look like it's ready for another shift delivering lemonade.
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