All of us must have seen and known classic car collectors in one way or another. Sometimes at an event, sometimes in a documentary… Well, have you ever heard of truck collectors? We had not heard of it either… Until our Uşak dealer told us about Ömer Gül, the operator of Gül Nakliyat.
As Corporate Communications, when it comes to trucks, we immediately set off on the roads of Uşak with our friends from Ford Trucks Marketing team to go to Gül Nakliyat facilities and meet Mr. Ömer, an extraordinary collector.
And when we first encountered that very famous collection, our mouths fell open and our eyes sparkled. More than 30 Ford trucks lined up side by side… Colors, models, some fancy, some plain… All of them are D-1210 model Fords whose production ended in 1983. Each of them has a different story, witnessing history…
At first, we could not understand Ömer Bey's surprise while the cameras were being set up, but when it was time to put on a microphone, we were surprised to see that he was not around. “Does he have a fear of the camera?”, “Did he get excited and feel bad?” While thoughts like these were passing through our minds, one of the officials at the facility said that Ömer Bey was going to the market and would arrive in ten minutes. Indeed, exactly ten minutes later, Ömer Bey was in front of the cameras; It turned out that he went and had a nice beard shave in the bazaar, and he got his father out of his sick bed and brought him to meet us...