10-4 Magazine / February 2025 63 Linus wanted the patch with The Grim Reaper, the club’s logo SAMCRO (Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original), and the main character Jax to be included. Otherwise, I had a lot of creative freedom.” Besides the specific requests, Hakan managed to include six more characters from the TV series including Clay Morrow, Gemma Teller, Bobby, Chibs, Tig, and Opie. “Sons of Anarchy” is an American action crime drama television series that was created by Kurt Sutter for the FX television network. Originally aired from September 3, 2008, to December 9, 2014, the show follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club that operated in Charming, a fictional town in California’s Central Valley. The show was broadcast in Sweden during the same years as the USA. The series featured 92 episodes and became the network’s highest-rated show of the time. The main characters were played by Charlie Hunnam (Jackson “Jax” Teller), Ron Perlman (Clay Morrow), and Katey Sagal (Gemma Teller). This Scania isn’t the first truck Hakan has painted – he’s done around 15 so far. However, this one has the most detailed artwork. TV series themes are quite popular among truck drivers and owners in and around the Netherlands. Hakan’s portfolio also includes trucks painted with themes from the shows “Vikings” and “Game of Thrones.” Linus has already attended a truck show with his Scania and plans to attend more when he’s not using the truck for its intended purpose – delivering asphalt to companies and construction sites. And the fact that this Scania actually works shows a bit. “There are spots everywhere. That’s the problem with hauling asphalt, you have to wash it all the time,” Linus laughingly said. However, spots or not, this eye-catching Swedish Scania truck is turning heads wherever it goes. n
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