A hilarious Facebook page has been set up to celebrate the battered, tattered and shattered vehicles used by many residents of the Highlands and islands.
Teuchter Wagons shows incredibly crumpled cars, pickup trucks piled high with hay – and even a sheep wearing a seatbelt.
For the benefit of townies, the Facebook page defines a Teuchter Wagon as a vehicle used to transport “sheep, sh**e, or Teuchters”.
Ruairidh Macrae, 34, a marine engineer who grew up in Lochcarron, started the web page with pals David Maclean and Ruaridh Phillips.
It has already made over £200 for the school.
He said: “The inspiration was my father’s old Vauxhall Brava. When I moved to Glasgow it was like the Beverley Hillbillies coming down the road. We had sofas, a king size bed and a wardrobe all held onto the back with twine.
“It’s a little thing that Highlanders like to do – keep an old wreck around the place.”We thought we had better do this before these cars disappear.
“Also, we wanted to support the traditional music school. We want to keep the Highland tradition alive.”
So, are you ready? Prepare yourself for some cars, trucks, wrecks, that you would only ever see in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
1 – A beautiful piece of machinery
2 – Who needs a whole pick-up?
3- Red is an excellent choice of colour
4- From estate to police car…
5- How else would you transport a flagpole? (notice the P&J finds its way into this one too…!)
6- Pimped-out
7- Because it just makes sense. Doesn’t it?
8- Anything more that can fit on here?
9- A beautiful final resting place
10- Had a Jurassic Park-style run-in with a T-Rex.
11- Where else would you keep lambs?
12- Looks like they got on okay transporting that flagpole… (refer back to number 5)
13- Piano in a pick-up. Of course.
14- So, how many sheep do you reckon we can fit in the back of a Honda?
15- Perhaps he was looking to trade it for a bed from Dreams?
16- So this explains the corroding car on a beach in picture number 9
17- We have no words. None.
