Re: FODEN

....Great work Overnite,you only sitt'in on the shoulder broken down for 4 hours...turns out you only had to turn off the ignition & turn it back on...there the best kind of breakdowns mate. . Hope you were able to do that before the breakdown van turned up... .Good story re Lang & IS-318.That must of been a FODEN you were 'rocketing' thru 'Wangaratta' in that morning.. . ( thread back on track now ). REPLY 40-What was the freight in those wire crates on Commer. Anyone? Still enjoy'in the pics...gunna issue you with a 'summons' if you stop.

Great photos overnite, thanks for sharing them on here

Isuzu at Nimittabel NSW, with my parents FC Holden in the background.

Diamonds are forever. Especially when they're on Razorback.

Well overnite, that's My new thing learnt for today..
I never that there were any ISUZU's of that style & vintage in Australia..
Keep these pics coming Mate.

....G'day Overnite,sitt'in here with popcorn & choc tops enjoy'in the show... Giddy.

The Mklll AEC model started in 1949 and ran through to about 1961. From about 1958 the radiator was hidden by a grille. They were imported as a chassis with just the firewall (cowling), cab floor, engine cover and mudguards. The main importer was Hasting Deering in Sydney who built their own cabs. RW Brown was another importer and had cabs built by a firm across the road in Newcastle.
The first AEC has a standard Hasting Deering cab, but interestingly wears a 'Mandator' badge instead of the pre war 'Matador' name which was maintained on exports. The Matador name was given to the war time 4x4 and hence created confusion so the Mandator name was created for 4x2 heavies (both bonnet and cab over) on the home market.
The 2nd AEC has a very 'individual' cab, and being longer may have had a sleeper shelf.

With full air brakes in the early 50's and a heavy chassis that could take any punishment there was no doubt you were king of the road, and typically on interstate. However at 30mph for the 5 speed and 40mph for the later 6 speed the future was going to be limited.

Happy to share. Got a sad one for tomorrow.

yes overnite you have done the one thing most of us regret not doing taking photo's

My Dad took heaps of photo's he had a draw full of them me and my brother as kids used to like looking thru them then one day Dad decided he need a clean out and thru most of them in the bin !!!!!!!!!!
not only did you take the photo's you also got them today [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

most have cost a small fortune as a kid to get these developed

Paul

overnite,Yes it was and the bloke running it was Ted Cook,who later became the transport manager for Pioneer Quarries at Bass Point.Once he got that job his attitude to truck drivers did a complete 360. Ha didnt want anybody to stop for a leak even !!!!!!

....Just bought me ticket Overnite,wait'in for tonights show to begin....