4-Xtremes – Part 57: The Fab Four plus two with Andrea and Mike

Hypermodern museums stand side by side with historic stone buildings, there are old ships to marvel at and much more. Naturally, Liverpool is famous the world over for football and the Beatles. We met the Fab Four – or the four life-sized statues of John, Paul, George and Ringo to be precise – and briefly introduced ourselves.

Perhaps more exciting for you RoadStars was the Beamish Museum: an open-air museum where you can experience different eras of British history. The historic double-decker buses are a particular highlight. Strangely, some of them have Daimler logos. We asked why: these are British-made vehicles whose manufacturers acquired the Daimler naming rights from Germany.

In a Victorian-era workshop, we came across another Daimler: a 5.5-tonne truck. We peeked inside the cab and were amazed at the arrangement of the pedals: clutch on the right, accelerator pedal in the middle. The vehicle is petrol-driven and only has rear brakes and no shock absorbers.