Overlander's old Photos

Southbound wrote: There was an R700 for sale on this forum 8? years ago that had an 8V92 in it. IIRC it was in WA, had rust in the rails and $10K. Why do I remember? I considered buying it...

This one............??????
www.hcvc.com.au/forum/salewanted/3918-fo...le-mack-r700?start=0

www.hcvc.com.au/forum/truck_Chat/2948-73-mack-r700


EDIT, See if you can find something from 10 yrs ago on facebook... ????
No problem here..!!

Apparently it was here in Tassie somewhere

hayseed wrote:

Southbound wrote: There was an R700 for sale on this forum 8? years ago that had an 8V92 in it. IIRC it was in WA, had rust in the rails and $10K. Why do I remember? I considered buying it...

This one............??????
www.hcvc.com.au/forum/salewanted/3918-fo...le-mack-r700?start=0

www.hcvc.com.au/forum/truck_Chat/2948-73-mack-r700


EDIT, See if you can find something from 10 yrs ago on facebook... ????
No problem here..!!

Yep, that's her Mr Hayseed. Thank you.

Southbound that would be the R model that the bloke who worked at DETCO bought from Tasmania and put the 8-92T DDEC in. I'm pretty sure he bought the truck without an engine in it- I'll ask him next time he calls by for a download. Same truck that Matty Harkin now has. He also put an 8-92 in his brother's F model and an 8-92 in his father's F model. He worked at DETCO all his working life from apprenticeship to retirement and took me under his wing when I started at DETCO in '74 .

Thanks for that info Overlander.

So many non - sleeper trucks. Drivers did it hard, 10 or 20 minutes bent over
the steering wheel then back to work. Or cramped up over an engine cover.
Used to see Eastoe's up and down the east coast - no sleepers and big miles.
Tough times. Respect, Paul.

They didn’t have any sleep at night , they had a little bottle.....the elaborate paint jobs are no more either, imagine some of them on today’s kenworths and freightliners that are now awash in a sea of mostly white...
End of a bygone era .