The KW S900 resto has started.

the one in the middle is another ansett truck chassis number 101566 that went through to roy mathews of buchan

the ex cameron rebuild 76636 went through to roger manson of bunyip.

hope that helps....cheers

g'day greenie whew!...lets make a start for you.

the two coming off the boat were in amongst a mixed lot, that arrived after the first seven (which were bogie drive) had landed in sydney and were driven down to melbourne. those two in swishy's pics, being single drive, may have had a bearing on them hitting the deck together (one with the pusher already). i'm pretty sure all S models came in fully built up bidstbc

the front hubcaps were original to around a dozen of the forty that came in and the exclusions were these..... twelve had 5 spoke dayton hubs, one had gunite (rockwell?) 5 spoke, four had heavy duty gunite 6 spoke and the ten ansett trucks with normal 6 spoke.

the early bogie and single drives both used the dayton 5 spoke hubs on the steer and even though the normal 6 spoke gunite hub had a slightly higher rating, they were still mounted to an FE900 5 ton front axle

hope all that helps....cheers

Bit more on the subject
In 1974 we traded KW 'S' model KBY054 on a new Atkinson @ Diesel Services
Princes Hwy & Mcnaughton Rd cnr
there we lost track of the beast
but did hear it was carting outa Lysaughts BHP Hastings
Can also remember a chap had it @ Glen Waverley
with the name Stevens or Stephenson
N here it B............. looks like cart n scrap


Cya
[ch9787]

...like all these early linehaul rigs...she's been to the moon and back

hey swishy could you do the calculation for us?...give or take a few hundred thousand miles?

might have been to the moon and back twice!!!

Thanks heaps for all the info on the history of Robs kw
and the s900 trucks. Ill have to get the book and have a read:) Swishy - Rob loved the pics of his truck workin the heavy hauls.
Ill continue to add pics on flickr of the resto-
www.flickr.com/photos/72598650@N04/

thanks, james

hey guys ive never heard of these girls till now being only 16 and all but could someone tell me what anset transported and wat ended up happening to the company??

hey guys ive never heard of these girls till now being only 16 and all but could someone tell me what anset transported and wat ended up happening to the company??

About now, - Google - should become YOUR best friend, have you tried it yet ?

regards greenie [smiley=vrolijk_1.gif]

that was a good idea, i cant believe ive never heard of them before by the look of it they were big big time how did they get financial troubles though

The chassis just been painted and some rust in the lower back of the cab to fix.
some more pics on - www.flickr.com/photos/72598650@N04/with/6769660113/

I know of one slimline AFE kenny that got to Adelaide a bit late on a hook........ after it decided I needed a hurry up at Stirling. Pity the boss wouldn't let them have CB's in them days...... I was yelling in the mike "WAKE UP!!!"