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As the bloke who has just finished writing a history of Pacific's in Aus.... It ain't a Pacific.

You know, we just may be looking at a photo of one of those two long lost Peterbilts that were imported over by the French during the heydays of oil exploration in the Outback.
Seemingly disappeared off the face of the earth many years ago.
Urban myth or legend (or just downright B.S.) had one of them falling off a barge somewhere or other and sinking to the bottom and maybe still there?
Would have always liked to have known just what happened to them and my money is on the Wotzit being one of them). quite a bit written about the Pete's both here and other publications, but still not a great deal known about them, or where they ended up.
Few years ago, it was written that Laurie O'Neil, (he of the Peterbilt fame) flew in a private plane out in the middle of nowhere to get one of these going after doing a diff in or something like that.
This is one topic I would like to be a bit more informed about, think it makes great reading and you don't necessarily have to be a devotee of the marque to appreciate it.
Bit like those Mighty Antars, of the SMA, Vestry's Rottinoffs, the Rhodes Ridleys, very small numbers about bits of gear that helped shape Oz.

Dave,

You could be on the money that this one of the the French Petroleum [Total Oil] Peterbilts.
Peterbilt model 383 with floatation Tyres.
Conventional Cab LHD 6X6
Steel Chassis
Spicer 8052 Main
Spicer 8341-f aux
GM 8v71
Rockwell SFDD4640 65,000LBS Diffs
10.16:1 Ratio
Delivered OCT 64
LN700

werkhorse wrote: As the bloke who has just finished writing a history of Pacific's in Aus.... It ain't a Pacific.

Well I enjoyed the right up you did

Great job and thank you


Paul

Try Autocar

Mrsmackpaul wrote:

werkhorse wrote: As the bloke who has just finished writing a history of Pacific's in Aus.... It ain't a Pacific.

Well I enjoyed the right up you did

Great job and thank you


Paul

It's a 4 part article.

Werkhorse,
For those of us who may have missed the write up on the Pacifics, can you point us in the right direction please?
Sure to be a quite a few out there who are also keen to have a look.
Dave_64
P.S. Maybe we could also have someone do up a bit about the Hayes brand in Australia, i.e. Kevin Russell's old rigid. What about the old Biedermans?

Dave.... I believe the Beiderman's are being done... But not by me... Love to do Hayes one day


All my articles are in Vintage Trucks and Commercials magazine

Well dun Werk
U kno your Pete's

drinx 4 U





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Producing its first truck in 1939, the company specializes in commercial heavy-duty and medium-duty vehicles. Since 1958, Peterbilt has been owned by PACCAR, operating alongside sister division Kenworth Truck Company. Introduced in 1953, a large red-oval brand emblem distinguishes its vehicles.














































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cya

Freightliner cab, however I reckon we are been tricked as it's 6x4 with a pusher axle so probably not Freightliner but their cab was used

Paul