DIAMONDS FOREVER

Ed Burrows profiles Leanne Peet, daughter of ex-showman, heavylift crew chief, legendary Scammell and Diamond T restorer and traditional stick-and-brush signwriter Graham Booth. Leanne’s new husband Martin Peet’s restorations include a Scammell Pioneer and Explorer – and Leanne’s first truck was also an Explorer, a project she took on with dad’s help when still a teenager. What a family. What a gal!

Words: Ed Burrows.

“But dad, it’s been part of my life since I was five,” she pleaded. “How could we get married without it?” It was not exactly something borrowed, but it was certainly blue, which was the colour theme chosen for the wedding. Dad is Graham Booth, one of the last traditional brush-and-stick signwriters, legendary restorer of heavy prime movers – and former multiple-tractor heavylift operations crew chief. The object his youngest daughter Leanne had her heart set on as the centrepiece for her wedding reception is EGG 160, Graham’s Pickfords-liveried 1942 Model 981 Diamond T ex-British Army tank transporter tractor. The wedding was only days away. Graham’s signwriting business takes him all over the country. Being away from home so often had prevented him from fixing the Diamond T’s nearside front…

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Heritage Commercials (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2020

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