Info on RAAF vehicles

Google told me thiz

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cya

Thanks for the post, Swishy!

Seems if that is Abi's old jigger in that blokes shed, she HAS survived!

Maybe 'Old Dog' can confirm the running gear on it? I remember it as originally having a turbocharger on it, used to whistle a bit. BUT, could have indeed been a 250 with a 'smoke kit' on it. Definitely ORIGINALLY a twin sticker, and also had a big back end under it, bigger than the SSHD's. Of course it's always possible that they had more than just the one?

It was over 40 years ago, I can't remember it ever being blue and the front grille looks smaller than I remember, but I have my doubts that that particular truck was the one on Abi's float work. Maybe they had a few of them?
But, in the immortal words of Swishy, I do stand to be corrected!
Cheers, Dave

G'day Dave,remember Abi's ' red Autocar' as a kid. there yard was @ Hornsby industrial area over looking where southern end of F3 is now. Was bogie drive with 'pusher'....she a BIG cart as a 10yr old boy. Did'nt know @ that time but was told recently a bloke by the name of 'Derm Carl' used to drive it?? Derm incidentaly drove for 'Peter Masic' Normanhurst 1950's-60's. As a boy my father used to ride with Derm in one of Peters 90's Syd-Adel...car fastners over & salt back....P.S-saw a period pic of the AUTOCAR on FLIKR photo site...someone will know where?? ABI no more,now LEND LEASE. Rogerover...

Yep!

I said Pymble, wasn't!

It was Asquith, cupla mile up the road!

Dave 64

At one stage they were at Pymble......

CNR of Ryde Rd & Pacific H/Way

They were just Abignano in those days ...(the big narna)...............

As i recall.............. ...............Billy..................

...Lot of 'HIGHWAY' history in that neck of the woods Billy... .

Billy,
I stand corrected! I was right the first time, dunno where I got Asquith from, gotta stop smoking that stuff!

The 'big narna' as you called it, remember that phrase being coined when they did a lot of work up in the Rylstone/Kandos area late 60's.

Also think they had a couple of 631's on hire to Citra on the ash disposal dam at Liddell, where I first heard the term. Scraper driver offered that he worked for "The Big Banana".

Old Jim himself was a hard but fair man, paid well, but expected his dollars worth.
Dave

Talking about Abigano, I seem to remember them having a yard in Asquith,around the corner from Hymix Concrete,but I can't remember the name of the street,except that it was a cu-de-sac and down in a gully. BIDSTBC (that was in the early 70's)

Well...........
your all pretty well right.............

they were at Pymble early in the piece (where they were before that i dont know).......

Assumin they then moved to Asquith area .......
.................Billy..................

....Nothing wrong with your memory 'oldon'....name of the street was KELRAY PLACE ASQUITH off SAILSBURY Rd. HYMIX was in SAILSBURY Rd. As a boy I worked @ HYMIX, was on big $$$ ($20) there on a Saturday morning,sweeping the yard & shovelling slop.... :.This included some up close action watch'in all them slimline 892 powered 'KW's & Big A's' come & go.... . I could hardly sleep Friday night... . Better than the $2@ hour I got @ MT COLAH FRUIT WORLD packing 5kg bags of spuds... :. (& hid all the green ones in the middle of the bag. )