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Cool video Swishy, legendary stuff there.
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I read a story many years ago ( I think it was in Truck and Bus?) about some crazy old dude in Victoria who strapped a jet engine onto the back of a 1950s Atkinson to try and set a land speed record. The end result was a spectacular crash that killed him on a trial run. This was before Waltzing Matilda, anybody know of this one?

Yep ... Seen photos too ... Just can't remember where .... Was it an Atki ... Or Foden ?

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Thanks for posting that Swishy! Another fast truck I remember came to Townsville dragstrip in the late 70s or early 80s was a W model called "Son of Satan" or something similar. Frank Gaffiero in the Bandag Bullet (the Road Expeditor version) and Billy Gordon in the Mean Machine were booked to match race at a highly publicised truck drag meeting, and this W model appeared (allegedly uninvited from WA) and blew the doors off both of them. Apparently they were a bit put out as they were vying for the title of Australia's quickest truck. We heard the W model then headed back to WA on a float and was destroyed in a fire on the way home.From memory it was running low 14s, with Frank running low 15s and Billy running high 15s, pretty awesome for a B model!

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Knew I found a photo of it some where .... Not my photo .... Found in the net

Thanks for posting that Swishy! Another fast truck I remember came to Townsville dragstrip in the late 70s or early 80s was a W model called "Son of Satan" or something similar. Frank Gaffiero in the Bandag Bullet (the Road Expeditor version) and Billy Gordon in the Mean Machine were booked to match race at a highly publicised truck drag meeting, and this W model appeared (allegedly uninvited from WA) and blew the doors off both of them. Apparently they were a bit put out as they were vying for the title of Australia's quickest truck. We heard the W model then headed back to WA on a float and was destroyed in a fire on the way home.From memory it was running low 14s, with Frank running low 15s and Billy running high 15s, pretty awesome for a B model!

Didn't Billy Gordon have an 871 or 892 in that B model?
I'm thinking it was green and 892 but I could be wrong..

Yep, I'm pretty sure it was an 8v71 at about 600hp. I think it was green when he was working it, but was painted metalflake purple as a race only truck. I remember seeing him unhook a trailer outside the Norgate servo in Townsville, do a ubolt, head into town laying rubber for about 50m up the road. Late 70's awesome stuff!

Yep 8 71 with a quad box fantastic to watch Bill yankin' on them sticks

Surfers Paradise late 70s