heggie's transport

Its a GMC,but not a 6 wheel drive....maybe the front axle has been replaced ,but the GMC s were also made as 6x4 s,but not common.........Once ,there were lots of the pre war US military trucks around,because when the Yanks arrived in early 1942,they had prewar vehicles to begin with......Quite a few of the cab over engine types of GMC seen around locally.

GMC

It probably is an original 6x4. They made them in the early part of the war specifically as prime movers and non-tactical highway cargo trucks. I have seen quite a few over the years. They all had the split type differentials instead of the normal GM truck construction of Banjo diffs. By about 1943 all the GMC's were soft top cabs.

Here is the same truck but with a very rare forward control and sleeper. The Army got a handful in 1939/40. I will put it in Dima's thread also.


Lang

werkhorse wrote: 400054 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400055 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400056 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400057 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400058 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400059 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971

Those dates are Sold dates not delivery dates.... So delivery would have been late in 71 and early 72

Next lot were SARs up around 402320... About 1977

Interesting on Heggies builds.
Guy rang me after a shop manual and states his 76 Heggies W925SAR was ordered with hendrickson spring rear suspension listed on the build sheet but still shows it as a 925.
Just wondering wouldn't that be a W924 not 5.
Did Kenworth at the time have the abilty to change mid build and change its specs but not the designation.
Curious minds.

roKWiz wrote:

werkhorse wrote: 400054 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400055 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400056 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400057 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400058 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400059 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971

Those dates are Sold dates not delivery dates.... So delivery would have been late in 71 and early 72

Next lot were SARs up around 402320... About 1977

Interesting on Heggies builds.
Guy rang me after a shop manual and states his 76 Heggies W925SAR was ordered with hendrickson spring rear suspension listed on the build sheet but still shows it as a 925.
Just wondering wouldn't that be a W924 not 5.
Did Kenworth at the time have the abilty to change mid build and change its specs but not the designation.
Curious minds.

Technically it could be 923 or 924... Depending on the weight spec of the Walking beams

And yes they could change any of the major components... Even after it was built and sitting on the lot for distribution.... They often did this with stock ordered trucks.... Build a few when things were quiet to a fairly popular spec.... Then some one would come along and look at it and ask for... Say a 9 speed instead of a 15 speed... So they'd swap it.... Easier to do that than build a whole nuther truck to almost the same spec

Thanks werkhorse for the info, I'll let him know.

roKWiz wrote:

werkhorse wrote: 400054 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400055 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400056 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400057 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400058 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400059 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971

Those dates are Sold dates not delivery dates.... So delivery would have been late in 71 and early 72

Next lot were SARs up around 402320... About 1977

Interesting on Heggies builds.
Guy rang me after a shop manual and states his 76 Heggies W925SAR was ordered with hendrickson spring rear suspension listed on the build sheet but still shows it as a 925.
Just wondering wouldn't that be a W924 not 5.
Did Kenworth at the time have the abilty to change mid build and change its specs but not the designation.
Curious minds.

If possible can you post some recent photos of the SAR and the build sheet and chassis number. All of Heggie's early W's. SAR's and LHD's were all fitted with the Torsion Bar Suspension.
Photo credit, Terry Sperring

.When i was at Lansvale we mostly had 1 or 2 stock trucks in the yard............
It did happen occasionally where a customer got one at the right price and had the spec
changed.......................
Mate of mine worked for Camerons he said that changing major components was
on quite often............
.......................Billy....................

xspanrman wrote:

roKWiz wrote:

werkhorse wrote: 400054 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400055 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400056 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400057 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400058 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971
400059 W925 Heggies Transport NSW 1/06/1971

Those dates are Sold dates not delivery dates.... So delivery would have been late in 71 and early 72

Next lot were SARs up around 402320... About 1977

Interesting on Heggies builds.
Guy rang me after a shop manual and states his 76 Heggies W925SAR was ordered with hendrickson spring rear suspension listed on the build sheet but still shows it as a 925.
Just wondering wouldn't that be a W924 not 5.
Did Kenworth at the time have the abilty to change mid build and change its specs but not the designation.
Curious minds.

If possible can you post some recent photos of the SAR and the build sheet and chassis number. All of Heggie's early W's. SAR's and LHD's were all fitted with the Torsion Bar Suspension.
Photo credit, Terry Sperring

I must ask him for that info but he swears its was built for Heggies in 1976 (small 5 3/4in) dual headlight hood., listed as a 925 SAR but also states on the build sheet hendrickson springs.

Photo from Greg Lynch. Unloading Rocla Concrete pipes at Bega using a rope, muscles and experience.

That right there is a photo for Frauline Friday

Gunna borrow that one

Paul