First Kenworths "down under"

JotS
Gudday M8

RE: giving detective a bit of competion

He tort me everything eye dunno
LOL
He also scrutinisez every pic with an severe scrute
LOL
spose when U B apply n lotsa elbow grease U do C more of the beast than U really wanna

Cya
[ch9787]

Now what about the Ansett S-models.....
Are there any ex drivers or mechanics that could share any info on these S-models.There doesn't seem to be many photos of these S-models,I've been recording all the regos of the early Kenworths and there is a massive blank when it come to the Ansett S-models.I have IS-2689,IS-3203 & IS 3843 from 15 S-models.
Soon after the first 7 S-models arrived #76632-38 Ansett took delivery of two S921s #76639 & 40.After trialling them for a short period they ordered ten S-925s and converted the S-921s to bogie drive.Also they were all 8V71 powered.
Cheers JOTS.

JotS
Gudday M8

Keep the info flow n
We can't have tooo much info on yanky iron ........ specially KW
LOL



Cya

[ch9786]

Yes great article there Swishy.Ansett took delivery of their final 3 S-models #103939-41(taking the total to 15 S-models all up) as well as a K125 COE #103942,This was a 76" cab their first COE. Cheers James.

Cum on JotS
give us sum more pic n info
we gotta bleed u dry
GiveTillItHurtz
LOL



Cya

[ch9786]
OK JotS can U match the Reg# to Chassis # of AFE

OK Swishy regarding matching Chassis numbers with Regos...
IS-2689 was a single drive and was either #76639 or 40,I think it was #76640.
IS-3202 was one of the ten #101565 - 74.
And IS-3843 was one of the final three 103939 - 41.
Cheers JOTS.

Good onya JotS

RE: IS-3843 was one of the final three 103939 - 41

n if n its the 2nd last Ansett KW az in the above pic
means it did float work back then n also I peddlled it for a while on float work (103940)
LOL



n Thanx for the info n pix

KeepmCummin

Cya [ch9786]

Funny they didn't worry about bull bars, would have thought there would have been a bit more wildlife around in those days than there is now.

Big C
Gudday M8

RE: didn't worry about bull bars

Way back when

on the East coast twaz very strict with length laws

Guess n here the overall length bumper to bumper B 47 feet...Allow for a 37 foot trailer n 10 feet from front of trailer to front bumper (KW 'S' Model truck 90" BBC =7'6" + 2'6" trailer swing clearance = 10')
so no room for a BullBar

Jist a WAG


Cya

[ch9787]

Funny they didn't worry about bull bars, would have thought there would have been a bit more wildlife around in those days than there is now.

That is a very good point Cam.Bull bars are non exsistant in USA and all the early Kenworths came with a standard bumper with the exception of off highway Kenworths.A few operaters had them fitted here, Trail Bay Haulage,Eastoes,Mcfies,MBCV come to mind amongst others.I think KATO was a main manufacturer of bullbars at the time (will some-one correct me on this...).
Interesting facts regarding length laws Swishy and that would obviously been a major factor.Also regarding your enquiry about IS-3843 the notable difference from this one to the ten is the air horn in the middle of the roof and the luber-finer mounted on the battery/tool box.I think this is Harry's S-model #103941.
Cheers James.
ps. MBCV is Manufactures' Bottle Company.