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Trying to find this mk2 atkinson

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13 years 3 months ago - 13 years 3 months ago #63679 by The Learner
I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of the atkinson (pictured below)
It should be powered by a 8v71N and have a 10 speed over drive road ranger
This picture is from when it was owned by my grandfather and located in dromana

Any leads appreciated :) :)

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13 years 3 months ago - 13 years 3 months ago #63680 by The Learner
I have gotten some more infomation
its rego was DRM 638
it is a 74 model
and its last known location was somewhere near pakenham

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13 years 3 months ago - 13 years 3 months ago #63681 by The Learner
i thought somebody might have seen this old girl at some stage its not a common jigga so I thought that it would stand out from the rest

some more info
originally it was a feul tanker in Tassie
then owned by my grandfather in dromana
he sold it to someone in moorooduc

and then it was about 5-10 years ago working in pakenham

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13 years 3 months ago #63682 by werkhorse
Fuel tanker in Tassie you say.....hmmm......ya know what company ??? got a bloke who has a huge piccy collection might have a shot or two of it as his father drove tankers.....and still does.

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13 years 3 months ago #63683 by The Learner
werk
i dont know the company but i dont think it got painted so would green and white sugest BP maybe :-? :-?

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13 years 3 months ago #63684 by atkipete
Quite a few still working but haven't seen anything resembling that one.

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13 years 3 months ago #63685 by The Learner
so in saying that you havent seen an atkinson speced like this one working recently ???
just wondering

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13 years 3 months ago - 13 years 3 months ago #63686 by bparo
there is a white tipper powered by a detriot running around Melbourne with a bobcat. I think he is an ATHS Member and lives out Warrandyte way as it appears at shows. I haven't got a decent photo of it so I hope these old ones from a Whittlesea Truck Show will do


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13 years 3 months ago #63687 by The Learner
Bparo
Yes it is similar but the Atkinson in your pics is a mk3
It also has a 5 stud steer axle whereas the one I am trying to locate has a 6 stud
Another sign of a mk3 is the pull up door handle where a mk2 is a push button

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13 years 3 months ago #63688 by 653Detroit
The truck has always been green, but it was a darker green like older BP colors, we did repaint the old girl the photo is lighter green, it did have white strips but we changed them with the new paint. I basically cut my teeth driving this old girl, It was ex fuel truck had all the standard extras of the time. The learner is my son if you haven't made the connections. The Atkinson was sold about 11 - 12 years ago from Dromana to Moorooduc. Any info would be handy guessing the truck is not on the road anymore.

Chris 8-) 8-)

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