It is the ultimate parking Dodge. Want to park on double yellows but don�t want to get towed? Then buy a Dodge Ram, an all-American three-tonne monster pick-up. Alan Love did. And the council can�t pull him away.

It is the ultimate parking Dodge.

Want to park on double yellows but don't want to get towed?

Then buy a Dodge Ram, an all-American three-tonne monster pick-up. Alan Love did. And the council can't pull him away.

"It just won't go on the back of a truck," the Glasgow tycoon and car enthusiast boasted earlier this month, before taking delivery of his new motor. "Because of the size of it."

Yesterday he was proved right.

Parking officials from Glasgow City Council tried - and failed - to remove his new Dodge, which was parked on double-yellows just a few yards from the entrance to Queen Street Station.

Their standard-issue tow trucks just weren't up to the job: they were smaller than Mr Love's pick-up.

Clearly frustrated, all the council workers could do was ticket Mr Love - for at least the 75th time this year.

As reported by The Herald earlier this month, Mr Love and the council have effectively been at war for some time. The millionaire parks one of his cars illegally almost every day - and then happily pays the fine. Officials, however, believe his vehicles cause an obstruction and are determined to stop him.

A council spokeswoman yesterday said: "The council is committed to stamping out illegal parking in the city. This individual is not exempt and we will not be deterred from taking appropriate action."

The authority, moreover, has a cunning plan. Parking officials will soon take receipt of two monster trucks of their own, each strong enough to tow any rogue parker, however big. Mr Love has already got wind of the council's move. That's why he bought the Dodge, which has the personalised plate 111UV. Will it be heavy enough?

Until earlier this month Mr Love was commuting to his city-centre office in his £250,000 "ultra-luxury" Rolls-Royce, which he also leaves on double-yellows, earning him the nickname the Phantom Parker of Old Glasgow Town.

The Roller, which weighs two-and-a-half tonnes and carries the registration number 11UV, was also too heavy for current removal trucks.

Mr Love has won some fans. Many car enthusiasts see him as their champion, taking on what they see as local government jobsworths.

Others are not so sure: surely, they ask, nobody is above the law, even the very rich? The council has received several complaints from members of the public.

Irritated parking officials privately stress that Mr Love's cars really are often in the way of delivery lorries and other road users. "Yellow lines are there for a reason," said one.

The tycoon was not available for comment last night. Earlier this month, however, he said: "I feel I am doing the council a favour. I am giving them a bit of revenue."

"The problem I have with my vehicle is that it does not fit in Buchanan Galleries or other major car parks. I don't mind paying the fines. I get on quite well with the parking attendants."

Mr Love, who used to own the Drover's Inn near Loch Lomond and Langs Hotel in Glasgow, said he paid around £150 a week in parking fines.

His Rolls-Royce Phantom is understood to have collected at least 74 fixed-penalty notices so far this year alone, a bill of some £2000.

In the last financial year, Glasgow City Council made £5.5m from fines, a drop of £1m from the year before.