Early Plastic Cab Atkinsons

Thanks Detective and Geoffa, I cant find that yellow Atkinson photo (on my own site ) which is embarrassing.

....sorry Pete .. it's on the ''Flickr Aussie Atkinson Pool''...first page about half way down with a few pics showing the gantry/rear of cab....cheers mate

This Atkinson has just being offered for sale on Gumtree. It is said to be 1979 model and other photos show the gantry at the rear of the cab.

Geoff.

Slight topic variance what was the difference between a A 4870 and just a plain ole 2670

big A in the middle of the grill.....and a plush velour seat on airbag.......hahaha.....
the mandatory rust in the channel was delayed for 12 months....
newto

Swishy
In that cab drawing there appears to be some missing rivets

Found a couple of old posters in the archives....

...thanks Jimbo...nice pics and i reckon Coca Cola had a couple of these on linehaul/local distribution ??

...anyway, i'll bring this topic back to the top till all the topic ''views'' get replaced from when someone pinched 'em : :

www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1660

Check this one out Phil

Spotted this one on Gumtree today, may well belong to a forum member for all I know....but we all like pics.

www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/sydney-city/heav...-line-cab/1055572487

there is an interesting mix in all of this, and that is the contribution made by International Harvester USA when it was finally realised our beloved CO 4070's were literally falling apart at the seams...our rough Aussie roads... and (with all respect) their American aluminium cabs

...the upshot is we started seeing the ''Atkinson by International'' Mk 2's around the same time as the demise of the 4070's...about the mid 1970's...

...not too far down the track the steel cab F 4870's made their appearance, and which by all accounts, was proven to be a very successful truck indeed....and these Aussie produced bangers are still held in very high regard

....... the twists and turns of the corporate world......