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12 years 6 months ago #64715 by Roderick Smith
Linfox Fuso beer truck was created by Roderick Smith
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12 years 6 months ago #64716 by atkipete
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They have been at that for many years, starting with Courage breweries back in the 70s.

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12 years 6 months ago #64717 by Chocs
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heres one i prepared earlier...
Taken at The Alice 2010

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chocs 8-)

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12 years 6 months ago #64718 by Swishy
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Guyz
Rumor haz it
Courage twaz formed in 1966, one of the directors twaz Sir Maurice Nathan Premier of Victoria jist also happed 2 B Lindsey Fox Brother inlaw
Fox placed the biggest order of new trucks to haul the beer, Inter ACCO coulda been 14 or 25 of the beasts
the largest single order for new trcuks in Austalia by a company
by step n ontoes he got where he iz 2 Day
LOL

ButEyeDoSt&2BCorrected

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12 years 6 months ago #64719 by Roderick Smith
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Sir Maurice Nathan was lord mayor of Melbourne, not premier of Victoria.
See www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00930b.htm

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12 years 6 months ago #64720 by ray
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All things being equal, the ACCO will feature at the upcoming HCVC display day at Sandown.

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12 years 6 months ago #64721 by atkipete
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I think it was 99 ACCOs for the Courage job but if Swishy's figure is closer I will buy him a beer. :-? :-?

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12 years 6 months ago #64722 by olddon
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I think you will find that Courage brewery was a pommie mob and the brewery was at Broadmeadows somewhere.It was a shocking drop too so no wonder it didn't last

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12 years 6 months ago #64723 by Chocs
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I'll go Maffra St.. Coolaroo?
There was a forkie there....Frank Hobbs..
Still one of the most precise and gentle forklift operators that i have seen to this day..
That was a good while ago too i might add

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12 years 6 months ago #64724 by Swishy
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FWIW

In 1966 CUB (Carlton & United Breweries) dominance was challenged for the first time. Courage, Barclay & Simonds Ltd, British Tobacco Company (Aust) and some independent Victorian hoteliers formed a new brewing company in Victoria. In a show of defiance, they drove 25 trucks bearing the Courage logo past the Carlton brewery. A war was on. Apparently the first brews of Courage tasted identical to Carlton, experts couldn
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