A dream car: Uwe Harms' model 1924 cement mixer

Classic vehicle

The joy of driving.

With the best will in the world, Uwe Harms' model 1924 short-nosed truck is far too nice to be used as a cement mixer. Just looking at it is a true delight.

A true rarity: in the whole of Europe there is only one roadworthy model 1924 cement mixer – and Uwe Harms owns it.


Anyone who has succumbed to the virus of collecting classic vehicles does not think in categories like "practical". Yet there are veteran trucks whose owners occasionally transport a cubic metre of gravel, or add a tarpaulin under which you can camp comfortably for a few days. The model 1924 short-nosed truck owned by Uwe Harms from the village of Jübek in Schleswig-Holstein is a different matter. This cement mixer looks clean and fresh, and is really only intended for driving. 46-year-old Uwe Harms loves driving it. "I just had to have a cement mixer. I've always had a strong emotional bond with these vehicles," he said. Harms’ grandparents used to own a haulage company that delivered raw material to a cement works and transported finished concrete parts. He would spend every spare minute riding in his grandfather's truck, and at the cement works there was a large fleet of three-axle cement mixers.

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