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sleeper cab 1917-1950

9 years 5 months ago - 9 years 5 months ago #148924 by
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...true pre 1950's sleeper cabs in Australia...home made or otherwise... would've been just about non existant in that era.....we seemed to just make do with what we had, and that situation made for bugger all creature comforts......

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9 years 5 months ago #148925 by Dima Ukraine

Yeah it started with pre 1970's and I think we are creeping back a little .... which is good .... Ray Gilleland (RIP) aka NullaborKid Told me that most blokes in the early 50's slept on a board across the seats, on top of the load ...or even under the trailer .... basically wherever they were comfy. By the mid to late 50's some guys started to make their own sleeper cabs by just extending the cab backwards ..... gotta remember that most british cabs back then were timber frame with sheet tin/Aluminium paneling .... easy to work with.

Ray's Albion HD54 "Moonlight Gambler" with home made sleeper in 1958



This shot is in Melbourne in 1960 and shows a possibly home built sleeper on the AEC in the centre. The sleeper may possibly be a Hastings-Deering??? built add one ..... did they do sleepers as well as day cabs?


1950's Outback Foden ...... looks home built too


Another one


More 1950s sleeper action






Thanks to the guys who donated the photos to TMP ;) 8-)

Thank you very much for your help! Nice photos! Sincerely, Dima!

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9 years 5 months ago #148926 by prodrive
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Great pics, werk, aren't rays old pics just a treat?
cheers
Rich

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9 years 5 months ago #148927 by Mairjimmy
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Don't know if it's a crew or sleeper cab, but they know how to load it ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)



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Time to get up andd get going.......todays bad decisions aren't going to make themselves!!!

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9 years 5 months ago - 9 years 5 months ago #148928 by
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..that's a great pic Mairjimmy .. 'scuse my ignorance but what model truck is she?.....cheers

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9 years 5 months ago #148929 by Mairjimmy
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Maybe it's one Deadly can answer ;) ;)

Time to get up andd get going.......todays bad decisions aren't going to make themselves!!!

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9 years 5 months ago #148930 by overnite
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Bedford and a crew cab

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9 years 5 months ago #148931 by Dima Ukraine

Don't know if it's a crew or sleeper cab, but they know how to load it ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)



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Thank you very much! Interesting picture! This is a double cabin.

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9 years 1 month ago #148932 by Dima Ukraine
Hello friends! Maybe you have something new for me? Old Australian trucks with sleeper cab? Also interested in the Australian leader trucks and RFW and others.

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9 years 1 month ago #148933 by Swishy
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