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5 years 6 months ago - 5 years 6 months ago #196098
by Bobsboy
Mucking about on the edge
Replied by Bobsboy on topic Any information on this picture please?
Ah,
maybe because 42 is the answer to the ultimate question?
(What is the meaning of life, the universe and everything?)
Perhaps we have inadvertently stumbled across a photo of the ultimate truck?
bwwik?
-b
maybe because 42 is the answer to the ultimate question?
(What is the meaning of life, the universe and everything?)
Perhaps we have inadvertently stumbled across a photo of the ultimate truck?
bwwik?
-b
Mucking about on the edge
Last edit: 5 years 6 months ago by Bobsboy. Reason: punctuation
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5 years 6 months ago #196100
by Swishy
OF ALL THE THINGS EYE MISS ................. EYE MISS MY MIND THE MOST
There's more WORTH in KENWORTH
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BobzBuoy
gudday m8
Not sure wot the ultimate question iz
but the ultimate answer cood/shood/wood B
( . )( . )
WotSezU?
cya
gudday m8
Not sure wot the ultimate question iz
but the ultimate answer cood/shood/wood B
( . )( . )
WotSezU?
cya
OF ALL THE THINGS EYE MISS ................. EYE MISS MY MIND THE MOST
There's more WORTH in KENWORTH
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5 years 6 months ago #196106
by jeffo
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Easy to see they’re photoshopped if you check the back windows through the windscreen.
Poor old LAD cab mounts would not like all that tin work.
Poor old LAD cab mounts would not like all that tin work.
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5 years 6 months ago #196107
by jeffo
Not for this blackduck.
If there were any around that could be restored I'd have one in an instant. Love the LAD Beaver/Hippo/Octopus but owners tended to work them right into the ground.
That photochopper was pretty keen, moved the axle so the turntable looked right. Fuel fillers were a bit of a slip up.
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JOHN.K. wrote: What a waste of a nice shed.
Not for this blackduck.
If there were any around that could be restored I'd have one in an instant. Love the LAD Beaver/Hippo/Octopus but owners tended to work them right into the ground.
That photochopper was pretty keen, moved the axle so the turntable looked right. Fuel fillers were a bit of a slip up.
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5 years 6 months ago #196114
by V8Ian
Replied by V8Ian on topic Any information on this picture please?
Or the speed to which they aspired. :woohoo:Swishy wrote: RE: Why are they all numbered 42 ?
42 was the max speed .......... 42 MPH
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
cya
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5 years 6 months ago #196116
by jeffo
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No mate. Typical for trucks of that era, diff ratio options were 38, 48 and 58 mph.
There was also a “bus” diff ratio which was bloody quick. Dad imported a crown wheel and pinion and we installed it. Speedo still read from the box but that thing hauled away from the car at 70mph. Only for a day or two though, way too quick for those days.
Pinion was almost same diameter as the crownwheel. Hub ratio was approx 3:1.
There was also a “bus” diff ratio which was bloody quick. Dad imported a crown wheel and pinion and we installed it. Speedo still read from the box but that thing hauled away from the car at 70mph. Only for a day or two though, way too quick for those days.
Pinion was almost same diameter as the crownwheel. Hub ratio was approx 3:1.
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5 years 6 months ago #196150
by PDU
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Swishy, we know the answer, but what is the question . . . ?
The number 42 is, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything", calculated by an enormous supercomputer named Deep Thought over a period of 7.5 million years. Unfortunately, no one knows what the question is.
The number 42 is, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything", calculated by an enormous supercomputer named Deep Thought over a period of 7.5 million years. Unfortunately, no one knows what the question is.
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5 years 6 months ago #196152
by Swishy
OF ALL THE THINGS EYE MISS ................. EYE MISS MY MIND THE MOST
There's more WORTH in KENWORTH
Replied by Swishy on topic Any information on this picture please?
PDU
gudday m8
RE: no one knows what the question is
Hang about
eye'll ask the hanbrake
she knoze everthing
:evil: :woohoo:
cya
gudday m8
RE: no one knows what the question is
Hang about
eye'll ask the hanbrake
she knoze everthing
:evil: :woohoo:
cya
OF ALL THE THINGS EYE MISS ................. EYE MISS MY MIND THE MOST
There's more WORTH in KENWORTH
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5 years 6 months ago #196154
by JOHN.K.
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I bought a Hippo with an extended cab and roofline similar to that from the DCA at Brisbane airport,at the same time they were selling the Thornycrofts.......Hippo and bogie float.....got the hippo for $1800,but missed out on the float by a big margin....Hunter Bros,the long time brisbane garbo s also had a Hippo with the cab extended that used to shift their Komatsu 155s ..It was quite common to see a AEC or leyland with a sleeper tacked on the back........wernt no stupid rules in those days,people were realistic,not the eggheads running the show today.
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