First Truck

Here are a couple of photos of my Fathers Truck
Big River area in North East Victoria Circa mid to late 1950s'







Cheers

Slasha

you cant knock a knockercomer ... nice truck mate

That truck would have ehcoed of the hills around the BIG River it would have sounded great . Dave

That truck would have ehcoed of the hills around the BIG River it would have sounded great . Dave

There was a transport mob (blue & yellow colours) from Mount Barker in SA that had aCommer Knocker that did a daily run to Adelaide. As a kid I lived in Piccadilly. We could hear the Commer Knocker as it made its way up Germantown Hill heading towards Bridgewater every morning about 5:00am. This was before the big flash freeway went through. The sound was awesome. I wonder if the driver ever wore ear protection.

Slasha,
thank,s for the great old photos, it is good to see how our mums and dads survived while we were kids, and if it wasn't for trucks we wouldn't be here. thanks charlie

Nice truck Slasha. It's actually an R7 Commer with a sloper petrol six cylinder so wouldn't have been too noisy yet I'd reckon fairly thirsty. Dads first one was identical.

If I get to the Crawlin' the Hume run Slasha (and it's looking pretty likely at this stage) I think you'd better have a steer of mine for old times sake!