Old trucks

hayseed wrote:

PDU wrote: Do I read this correctly . . . ?
Caltex will rebrand its petrol stations as Ampol
AND
Chevron will change Puma Energy petrol stations to Caltex :dry: :blink: :oops:

Perhaps I'm confused, but . . . :S

That's How I read It Too, PDU.....

You're both right. The company that own Puma owns the right to the Caltex name in Australia and the lease on the Caltex naming rights in Australia expired and Puma refused to renew them.
So Caltex are going to rebrand as AMPOL while Puma having just finished rebranding Matilda and other small brands to Puma are about to rebrand as Caltex once the AMPOL rebranding is finished.
looks like a good time to be a signwriter!

There may be more in the printed version than in the online one.
200125Sa-Melbourne'HeraldSun'-Ampol-GoldenFleece (two photos)

Roderick

Roderick

Stonnington street watch: Toorak vintage ute stolen
Stonnington Leader January 18, 2020
A vintage ute has been stolen from Toorak and police need help to solve the crime.
The green truck has white writing on both doors and the registration plates 1JP 2EM.
The ute was stolen from St Georges Rd, sometime over the weekend before Christmas — between 7pm on Friday, December 20 and 11.30pm on Sunday, December 22.
A distinctive vintage green ute was stolen from the roadside in Toorak.
Anyone who has information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
< www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-east/s...20959474e0d4b695222a >

200118Sa-Melbourne'HeraldSun '-stolen.vintage.truck.jpg

200118Sa-Melbourne'HeraldSun '-stolen.vintage.truck.jpg

With all the street cams about it should be a quick solve crime.........:huh:




.

200131F-Melbourne'HeraldSun'-1948strike-streetscape.



Roderick

1948 was to be the year of the International Communist takeover ....lots of strikes in key industries worldwide ,but the masses never rose to acclaim Joe Stalin as a benevolent dictator.Probably because he was a tyrant.

5003 Mar.1950 VRNewsLetter - truckingbaggedwheat (two photos)

Roderick

Love the bag loader , there would have been some wrecked backs , no Medicare or private insurance back then....

Uncle Joe a tyrant? There are some who saw him as the great saviour!
Look at all he accomplished, built mines, railways into the Artic, helped the population with travel arrangements, redistributed the wealth, so he misplaced a few interlectualls, dissidents, people of unpopular sexual leanings! Can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs!

Omg remember that it was you that said that, I only placed it ....

Dave_64 wrote: Uncle Joe a tyrant? There are some who saw him as the great saviour!
Look at all he accomplished, built mines, railways into the Artic, helped the population with travel arrangements, redistributed the wealth, so he misplaced a few interlectualls, dissidents, people of unpopular sexual leanings! Can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs!

Wealth redistribution is an accomplishment? Sorry I don’t want to share what I’ve worked for with someone who doesn’t want to get off their backside.