Post by Creepy on Mar 7, 2014 4:29:10 GMT -4
Scot trucks built by Irving in Debert - how many of you guys knew these existed?
Borrowed from Truckfax - this is all copied....
Scot Trucks -
From 1972 to 1980 Scot trucks built 1155 trucks at their plant in Debert, Nova Scotia, near Truro. Parent company Irving (which included Irving Oil, J.D.Irving Ltd and a host of subsidiaries) needed trucks and found that assembling components allowed them to avoid the high duties on complete vehicles. It also allowed them to deal directly with suppliers for engines, transmissions, etc.,
The trucks were quite modern and even revolutionary for their time, with several innovations. However by today's standards they were pretty basic.
From one website I see the breakdown of production was 40% for Irving companies, 25% for government, 25% fire service chassis and 10% for others.
Scot essentially built three models over the years. The A models were conventionals and the C models were low cab forwards. Originally the A1 models had Ford Louisville cabs, which were purchased complete with wiring, gauges, etc.,. ABCO of Lunenburg, NS built the fibreglass tilt hoods for the A1 models, built from 1972 to 1976.
The C model used a custom cab which, after 1976 was also used for the A2 series conventionals, and was available with integral sleeper (which was revolutionary at the time). It was a very wide and comfortable cab for its time, and it had an equally wide tilting hood which was big enough to conceal the air cleaners and larger engines.
Scot built custom spec'd trucks too, which suited the special requirements of many of the Irving companies, and private owners.Special models for service as fire trucks, snow plows, fuel tankers, etc., were built on the basic A or C type.
The tax advantage disappeared and Irving acquired a Freightliner dealership, so Scot was shut down.
There are very few Scots left after all these years, but they were still to be seen on the road well into the 1990s. There is one in the Museum of Industry at Stellarton, NS. It is the prototype A1 model and was originally called the Universal, before the Scot name was adopted. Another Irving company is called Universal Sales, so that may be where the name comes from. (So far as I know Irving has confined its activities to Earth, but they may well expand to the rest of the universe in the near future. Unfortunately they will not be building trucks.)
Conrad tractor
3.bp.blogspot.com/-AiNkCO3CjdA/Uk4kipW419I/AAAAAAAAPUE/A_F1pAQySlE/s1600/8112+Scot+A2+Conrad%27s.jpg
Midland tractor
3.bp.blogspot.com/-gYQG9NOc-j8/Uk4jYTIIhNI/AAAAAAAAPTw/t02qytl8XHo/s1600/8954-15+Scot+A2+Midland.jpg
NS and NB gov't bought alot of them! Lots of different configurations, short, long, heavy, highway, off-road, etc.
1.bp.blogspot.com/-F3GPphmb1Oo/Uk4nR6qz_qI/AAAAAAAAPUk/e0mXHUKy9wY/s1600/01140-1a+Scot,+NSDOT+82652.jpg
4.bp.blogspot.com/-HM6DTwuZbGI/Uk4mbNEdwfI/AAAAAAAAPUc/WbE4EDChOp4/s1600/9532-6+Scot+A2.jpg
2.bp.blogspot.com/-nry6LPev5w0/Uk4o9ncuOsI/AAAAAAAAPU0/wua-mbVwF4E/s1600/8524-12+Scot+A2s+NBDOT+Bathurst.jpg
Pleasant Street refinery depot
1.bp.blogspot.com/-NplGBPbx0qo/Uk6lfVb_pkI/AAAAAAAAPVo/JZA50YAwETQ/s1600/7814-32+Scot.jpg
3.bp.blogspot.com/-xtzNT098E2g/Ukt8DAKQ_pI/AAAAAAAAPOg/aDcXv4scGw0/s1600/7517-24++Scot+A1.jpg
2.bp.blogspot.com/-fmMmRB8Uv6I/Ukt8qXSVW7I/AAAAAAAAPOs/uHHnN3Ff8fg/s1600/7518+Scot+A1+conv+demo+at+truck+show.jpg
2.bp.blogspot.com/-lWpNcp-wO50/Ukt9Zi16wkI/AAAAAAAAPO0/tvbtXYRd2zg/s1600/8342+Scot+A1s+Irving+Oil+yard.jpg
2.bp.blogspot.com/-aHGL23JYsh8/Ukt94gkEXII/AAAAAAAAPPE/EcubtTIstaI/s1600/8342+Scot+A1s++JD+Irving.jpg
4.bp.blogspot.com/-1eqryrsbdZo/Ukt-amTenQI/AAAAAAAAPPM/jNYVQBZphtw/s1600/8509-03+Scot+A1+NSDOT+McLellans+Brook.jpg
Hollis St
3.bp.blogspot.com/-w95aucCp6Eo/UkuBaAIf0jI/AAAAAAAAPPg/ZMIviwnwfDo/s1600/9054-11a+Scot+A1,+JDI.jpg
Giles out of Bedford
4.bp.blogspot.com/-_givGlLcrss/UkuEXycpPRI/AAAAAAAAPPs/HY_fMM6h-3Q/s1600/9415-20+Scot+A1+Giles.jpg
Scot Trucks was set up by the Irving group of companies to provide trucks mostly for their own needs. The primary truck user in the group at that time was Irving Oil, and it needed both large conventionals for highway work, but also smaller trucks for local delivery. They had used Internationals for the latter work almost exclusively, with the Fort Wayne tilt-cab type as a favourite, but they did use conventionals too.
Scot developed the C1 tilt cab (and its later variant the C2). Unlike the A1, the C series used a custom made steel cab, that was suitably low and quite wide to accommodate the "doghouse" that covered the engine.Engines to start with were Ford gas jobs, but diesels were also made available.
4.bp.blogspot.com/-LdfGUU7q8pE/Ukw7lyupN7I/AAAAAAAAPQI/FgAJnG6uwnc/s1600/7518+C1+Scot++demo+at+truck+show.jpg
Shitsucker and a nice Binder
4.bp.blogspot.com/-PWj6b_IAX2s/Ukw8LbCG5jI/AAAAAAAAPQQ/dAYZrY1ar_E/s1600/8342+Scot+C1+Industrial+Services.jpg
there was a huge heating oil fleet
1.bp.blogspot.com/-3ggepDPdXLg/Ukw8uHkEXpI/AAAAAAAAPQY/dRB2gf696Z8/s1600/8342+Scot+C1s+Irving+Oil.jpg
3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZTF1GRjtjDE/Ukw-y-iuLOI/AAAAAAAAPQ8/AxY3S7S-ug4/s1600/8923-26+Scot+C1.jpg
2.bp.blogspot.com/-b7YUjYIGoFU/UkxDb2uZ_hI/AAAAAAAAPRQ/pQnN_2Ujm1s/s1600/8865-19+Scots.jpg
4.bp.blogspot.com/-0fxrRriWF1I/UkxEFexeJBI/AAAAAAAAPRY/YS0eeLCxqDU/s1600/8529-17+Scot+A2++JDI.jpg
This one is still in service, 2013
4.bp.blogspot.com/-mnCoTXtjHW8/UkxFZM0lV1I/AAAAAAAAPRs/71wRqJl3NA0/s1600/9044-6a+Scot+C2,+etc.,.jpg
Airport fueler, note front exaust. My '52 IH COE is like that too.
2.bp.blogspot.com/-P1l8Duuds1I/Uk4VKR5bvzI/AAAAAAAAPTI/Rs8gvsJGgzw/s1600/img278+Scot+C1.jpg
Firetruck tandem chassis. Dig the mudflaps! The emblem is a thistle.
1.bp.blogspot.com/-KyLsUWkzk84/Uk7Ooi16cwI/AAAAAAAAPWg/5FoOOtxMcRQ/s1600/7950-33+Scot+C1+chassis.jpg
Borrowed from Truckfax - this is all copied....
Scot Trucks -
From 1972 to 1980 Scot trucks built 1155 trucks at their plant in Debert, Nova Scotia, near Truro. Parent company Irving (which included Irving Oil, J.D.Irving Ltd and a host of subsidiaries) needed trucks and found that assembling components allowed them to avoid the high duties on complete vehicles. It also allowed them to deal directly with suppliers for engines, transmissions, etc.,
The trucks were quite modern and even revolutionary for their time, with several innovations. However by today's standards they were pretty basic.
From one website I see the breakdown of production was 40% for Irving companies, 25% for government, 25% fire service chassis and 10% for others.
Scot essentially built three models over the years. The A models were conventionals and the C models were low cab forwards. Originally the A1 models had Ford Louisville cabs, which were purchased complete with wiring, gauges, etc.,. ABCO of Lunenburg, NS built the fibreglass tilt hoods for the A1 models, built from 1972 to 1976.
The C model used a custom cab which, after 1976 was also used for the A2 series conventionals, and was available with integral sleeper (which was revolutionary at the time). It was a very wide and comfortable cab for its time, and it had an equally wide tilting hood which was big enough to conceal the air cleaners and larger engines.
Scot built custom spec'd trucks too, which suited the special requirements of many of the Irving companies, and private owners.Special models for service as fire trucks, snow plows, fuel tankers, etc., were built on the basic A or C type.
The tax advantage disappeared and Irving acquired a Freightliner dealership, so Scot was shut down.
There are very few Scots left after all these years, but they were still to be seen on the road well into the 1990s. There is one in the Museum of Industry at Stellarton, NS. It is the prototype A1 model and was originally called the Universal, before the Scot name was adopted. Another Irving company is called Universal Sales, so that may be where the name comes from. (So far as I know Irving has confined its activities to Earth, but they may well expand to the rest of the universe in the near future. Unfortunately they will not be building trucks.)
Conrad tractor
3.bp.blogspot.com/-AiNkCO3CjdA/Uk4kipW419I/AAAAAAAAPUE/A_F1pAQySlE/s1600/8112+Scot+A2+Conrad%27s.jpg
Midland tractor
3.bp.blogspot.com/-gYQG9NOc-j8/Uk4jYTIIhNI/AAAAAAAAPTw/t02qytl8XHo/s1600/8954-15+Scot+A2+Midland.jpg
NS and NB gov't bought alot of them! Lots of different configurations, short, long, heavy, highway, off-road, etc.
1.bp.blogspot.com/-F3GPphmb1Oo/Uk4nR6qz_qI/AAAAAAAAPUk/e0mXHUKy9wY/s1600/01140-1a+Scot,+NSDOT+82652.jpg
4.bp.blogspot.com/-HM6DTwuZbGI/Uk4mbNEdwfI/AAAAAAAAPUc/WbE4EDChOp4/s1600/9532-6+Scot+A2.jpg
2.bp.blogspot.com/-nry6LPev5w0/Uk4o9ncuOsI/AAAAAAAAPU0/wua-mbVwF4E/s1600/8524-12+Scot+A2s+NBDOT+Bathurst.jpg
Pleasant Street refinery depot
1.bp.blogspot.com/-NplGBPbx0qo/Uk6lfVb_pkI/AAAAAAAAPVo/JZA50YAwETQ/s1600/7814-32+Scot.jpg
3.bp.blogspot.com/-xtzNT098E2g/Ukt8DAKQ_pI/AAAAAAAAPOg/aDcXv4scGw0/s1600/7517-24++Scot+A1.jpg
2.bp.blogspot.com/-fmMmRB8Uv6I/Ukt8qXSVW7I/AAAAAAAAPOs/uHHnN3Ff8fg/s1600/7518+Scot+A1+conv+demo+at+truck+show.jpg
2.bp.blogspot.com/-lWpNcp-wO50/Ukt9Zi16wkI/AAAAAAAAPO0/tvbtXYRd2zg/s1600/8342+Scot+A1s+Irving+Oil+yard.jpg
2.bp.blogspot.com/-aHGL23JYsh8/Ukt94gkEXII/AAAAAAAAPPE/EcubtTIstaI/s1600/8342+Scot+A1s++JD+Irving.jpg
4.bp.blogspot.com/-1eqryrsbdZo/Ukt-amTenQI/AAAAAAAAPPM/jNYVQBZphtw/s1600/8509-03+Scot+A1+NSDOT+McLellans+Brook.jpg
Hollis St
3.bp.blogspot.com/-w95aucCp6Eo/UkuBaAIf0jI/AAAAAAAAPPg/ZMIviwnwfDo/s1600/9054-11a+Scot+A1,+JDI.jpg
Giles out of Bedford
4.bp.blogspot.com/-_givGlLcrss/UkuEXycpPRI/AAAAAAAAPPs/HY_fMM6h-3Q/s1600/9415-20+Scot+A1+Giles.jpg
Scot Trucks was set up by the Irving group of companies to provide trucks mostly for their own needs. The primary truck user in the group at that time was Irving Oil, and it needed both large conventionals for highway work, but also smaller trucks for local delivery. They had used Internationals for the latter work almost exclusively, with the Fort Wayne tilt-cab type as a favourite, but they did use conventionals too.
Scot developed the C1 tilt cab (and its later variant the C2). Unlike the A1, the C series used a custom made steel cab, that was suitably low and quite wide to accommodate the "doghouse" that covered the engine.Engines to start with were Ford gas jobs, but diesels were also made available.
4.bp.blogspot.com/-LdfGUU7q8pE/Ukw7lyupN7I/AAAAAAAAPQI/FgAJnG6uwnc/s1600/7518+C1+Scot++demo+at+truck+show.jpg
Shitsucker and a nice Binder
4.bp.blogspot.com/-PWj6b_IAX2s/Ukw8LbCG5jI/AAAAAAAAPQQ/dAYZrY1ar_E/s1600/8342+Scot+C1+Industrial+Services.jpg
there was a huge heating oil fleet
1.bp.blogspot.com/-3ggepDPdXLg/Ukw8uHkEXpI/AAAAAAAAPQY/dRB2gf696Z8/s1600/8342+Scot+C1s+Irving+Oil.jpg
3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZTF1GRjtjDE/Ukw-y-iuLOI/AAAAAAAAPQ8/AxY3S7S-ug4/s1600/8923-26+Scot+C1.jpg
2.bp.blogspot.com/-b7YUjYIGoFU/UkxDb2uZ_hI/AAAAAAAAPRQ/pQnN_2Ujm1s/s1600/8865-19+Scots.jpg
4.bp.blogspot.com/-0fxrRriWF1I/UkxEFexeJBI/AAAAAAAAPRY/YS0eeLCxqDU/s1600/8529-17+Scot+A2++JDI.jpg
This one is still in service, 2013
4.bp.blogspot.com/-mnCoTXtjHW8/UkxFZM0lV1I/AAAAAAAAPRs/71wRqJl3NA0/s1600/9044-6a+Scot+C2,+etc.,.jpg
Airport fueler, note front exaust. My '52 IH COE is like that too.
2.bp.blogspot.com/-P1l8Duuds1I/Uk4VKR5bvzI/AAAAAAAAPTI/Rs8gvsJGgzw/s1600/img278+Scot+C1.jpg
Firetruck tandem chassis. Dig the mudflaps! The emblem is a thistle.
1.bp.blogspot.com/-KyLsUWkzk84/Uk7Ooi16cwI/AAAAAAAAPWg/5FoOOtxMcRQ/s1600/7950-33+Scot+C1+chassis.jpg
