Young Darren & Mark Goddard start trucking…
In 1984 Mark bought his first brand new truck A666 LKV a LHD F12 385bhp Globetrotter 4×2 tractor unit – This truck was absolutely stunning and screamed look at me from all sides. It won many trophies at many truck shows and stayed with Mark up to 1988 when MR BEAST came home. Another LHD truck but this time the most powerful truck of it’s time a Volvo F16 6×2 S ride (Rear Lift) Globetrotter, Twin Eminox stacks pearlescent white paint with porsche surinard red striping. This truck was awesome, looked awesome sounded even more awesome and I am sure you have guessed this is where the 16 litre Volvo obsession began and still carries on to this day.
In 1992 when I passed my Class 1 I drove for / with Mark running to Germany with groupage for Anglo Overseas. This was a massive learning curve for me as you can imagine, not only did I get to drive this amazing machine I also got to learn from a complete professional that had very high standards and expected the same of me. there was some well deserved bollockings along the way but I never got pissed off at him because I knew it was for the right reasons and I think I made him proud sometimes too.
