4070 Tramcars

ACT "YIM XXX " rego' plates were issued during 1977.

Regards

Rob
PS I can't place this Inter' Are they Monier colours?

This truck was owned by Bob Rawlings he used to cart bricks for Besser

Hi All

Just to introduce my self, I was part of the Whitelaw Transport business from Bayswater in Melbourne, the slimline Blue 4070 Transtar truck days as a kid, my family had 8 of these truck from 1970 to 1976 when the business closed down. these truck were a big part of my life back then the trucks doing various trips around the county for AFE Ansett freight Express doing the Rocket and also some local work as well. I started working on these truck as a 6 year old kid washing and greasing and I'm still in the industry today at K&S - DTM Business Logistics in Operations, I would like to share some picture over the coming week of some of the truck they Whitelaw family had, hope you enjoy the photo's

Thanks Greg

Welcome Greg
I'll be looking forward to the photos


Paul

Hi Greg welcome to the forum. I also am keen to see your photos and any anecdotes and stories you have of a life in trucking.
Don't be surprised if various people here pepper you with requests for information!

Morris.

Hi GWhitelaw.
Great pic look forward to seeing some more i spotted this on FB a while back.
Mine is still in the resto stage have been a bit slack for awhile.

Bought back a few memories there!
Well remember those blue slimlines hot-footing it across both the Hay plains and the Murray Valley Hwy back in the 70's!
Bopping along with old F model Macks about 80-90 k's in a headwind, get a cupla quick flicks on the headlights, then they were gone!
Company trucks (Ansett) were still doing the relays, reckon the catch cry of the blue jiggers was "Last out-first home"!
From memory, Whitelaws did the "Rocket" and Ernie Daly ,(Benton-Daly Freightlines) did the last rigids out for the night.
Dave

Cogz
gudday m8

RE: Benton-Daly

Now th@ rings a bell of record times
Twaz it
Bayswater Vic - Bayswater WA
OR
Melb - Perth
Can't remeber the times quoted but they ran by a qik few hours (may B 38 hours) (IS2BC)
us poken around Vic nowadays run by the calendar
LOL
cya

Swishy, yep, some ridiculous times for the era, in an era of ridiculously fast trucks!