Scammell Showtrac

The Scammell Showtrac was a short-wheelbase 4x2 ballast tractor, one of the few vehicles ever designed specifically for fairground use, hauling and powering showmen's rides. It could be supplied with a rear body with half-height roller shutter access doors, a winch, and a dynamo with the ballast block underneath, though not every example had the body fitted. Eighteen were built, to varying specifications, between December 1945 and September 1948, and seventeen have been preserved. Many Scammell tractors look similar, but a genuine Showtrac carried a special Showtrac badge on the radiator and had a full-width cab. It was produced before Scammell joined Leyland Motors in 1955 and is part of the Scammell range that Leyland later took forward.