We looked, but Google Maps couldn’t find a direct route from Amsterdam to the US. Not a missed opportunity, so someone deliberately brought this old Scania V8 to America. Although the truck has been given a Florida license plate, the Dutch license plate is still on the nose. A certain Bruce Wilson is now the owner of a truck with a long history in the Netherlands and Belgium.

The YouTuber claims that the truck was purchased in 1997 by Belgian company Ronnie Sisters Transport. The truck came to the Netherlands at some point, and in 2007 the truck took second place in the ‘Tractor over 300,000 kilometers’ category during the Liesel Truck Show. Finally, it appears to have been used by fairground operator Vermolen Amusements. Some of the stickers are still on the Scania.

MOT last expired in 2016. Somewhere between then and now, Dutch Scania was exported to America. Why? Probably because they think such a rare show truck is cool. Just as we think it’s cool to drive a Mustang, some Americans think it’s cool to own a European truck. The current owner wanted to import a Scania to the US for a while, but it was simply for sale.

The Scania V8 is much lower than the American trucks

According to the self-proclaimed ‘idiot American’ filmmaker, Europe has ‘many small countries in a small area’. This explains why the trucks are so short compared to American trucks. He thinks we are afraid that maybe trucks will not fit in our country otherwise. In fact it relates to the maximum length a compound can be; The truck is short, the trailer is long.

The years have not been too kind to Scania as the truck’s chassis has rusted away. The new owner plans to replace the back of the frame with an American frame. Or he is considering bringing a better copy to America, but it would have to be a manual version.