Early Plastic Cab Atkinsons

Was describing the Rothmans out of Sydney Decco, Brownie had that work for quite a while. In my time I often scored Kodak up (they loaded and unloaded) and a pre-loaded pan of Rothmans back. Pretty creamy for the day!

Can't quite make out the writing at the top of both sides of the windscreen on Roland's picture of the red-and-white KW ... can somebody please tell me what it says??

Hi Bugly.. how ironic eh?....and yeah Jimbo you nailed it....i forgot all about Kodak out at Newlands Rd....that was a very big deal until the digital age buggered that lot as well

Can't quite make out the writing at the top of both sides of the windscreen on Roland's picture of the red-and-white KW ... can somebody please tell me what it says??

My eyes aren't as good as they once were but I think it says "DETROIT"

g'day fellas .. here's a link to the inside shenanigans at Atkinsons relating to the earlier release of the KT 450....dated January 1977 ....


www.flickr.com/photos/stuey3800/75074553...et-72157630433481302
www.flickr.com/photos/stuey3800/75074616...et-72157630433481302
www.flickr.com/photos/stuey3800/75074579...et-72157630433481302

....thanks and all credit to the owners of the information.

Well done Detective.... very informative. No secrets with that sort of approach to marketing and sales.... Honest John heart on sleeve probably did not sell trucks... and volume may have been a problem.

thanks for sharing.

/me

So Detective ... When was the first KT450 installed in an Atki ..... We know it was early/mid 75 for KW in their W models

...wouldn't have a clue werk .. I s'pose it would've been prior to early-mid 1975?? ...

...ol' mate reckons Murrells got the first one (or one of the first ones)...

Jist think n out side the square here

but any Atkinson wiff a KT450 would need 2 B an 8 wheeler az in twin steer to carry the weight of th@ big lump of iron Y/N ?








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...g'day Swishy .. pretty sure the blurb in those links said there were orders taken whereby this sort of engine/HP would be accepted in certain situations....(definitely heavy haulage being one of them i s'pose)....and i'm only guessing they would still be able to be registered or operated in 6x4 configuration with certain dispensations ??...