Re: our most Favourite Aussie truck

BYFixr
Gudday M8

guess n the back of the flat cab B like a vacuum n suk all the dust up the back of cab n by putn m up front the air should B cleaner


cya

One for us oldies with good memories. Spornes from Blakehurst Sydney, with green B model Macks. A more immaculately kept fleet would be hard to beat. Drivers only allowed to wear moccasins in the cab, and a tin of silvafros in the toolbox to touch up the paint on the wheel nuts after changing a flat tyre. Sorry I never took any photos.

I know its a bit off topic, but...

Here is a bit of light reading for the Backyard Fixer...

www.hcvc.com.au/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1411816618/0

Repper's SAR from Stawell was in TL in the 80's, that would be my 1st choice. Yes, I know it was for sale on here awhile ago, faded, with patina....

One for us oldies with good memories. Spornes from Blakehurst Sydney, with green B model Macks. A more immaculately kept fleet would be hard to beat. Drivers only allowed to wear moccasins in the cab, and a tin of silvafros in the toolbox to touch up the paint on the wheel nuts after changing a flat tyre. Sorry I never took any photos.

Didn't one of his sink into the bitumen around Kogarah one night because it had a little bit too much pudding on it?

..Johnny Reppers SAR is still out the front with the for sale sign on it last time i went by not that long ago

One for us oldies with good memories. Spornes from Blakehurst Sydney, with green B model Macks. A more immaculately kept fleet would be hard to beat. Drivers only allowed to wear moccasins in the cab, and a tin of silvafros in the toolbox to touch up the paint on the wheel nuts after changing a flat tyre. Sorry I never took any photos.

Didn't one of his sink into the bitumen around Kogarah one night because it had a little bit too much pudding on it?

It's a wonder they didn't sink everywhere they went. Coming back from Adelaide FULLY loaded with salt, some trips took much longer, sometimes days longer, ( waiting for the scalies who manned some of the temporary roadside weighbridges).

Goin back a few years( In the late 60s i think) a top unit , big & fast for its time,

was a truck belongin to Smiths Transport of Orange.

A mickey mouse lookin DCOF Inter,day cab, dark green in colour, 250 Cummins, with Jakes fitted

after delivery, 8125U spicer box, single drive, draggin a slidin spread bogie fuel tanker (about 6000 gallons

in the old money.)

It carted fuel from BP Auburn depot to Bathurst , Orange etc

this fuel run was later taken over by Paddy Ward & family

Initally it was driven by a bloke , Lance Smith, no relation to the owners , ..i think.....

This was a big mover at the time. It sure looked & went real good.
.....................Billy.....................

Hi BillyP .. those old single drive DCO's had what was almost considered to be an "infinite" diff ratio....

...the Howes and Medew 250 DCO i have was sold by them very early on because of the constant ongoing issues of speeding, and worry about the truck being so fast.....and was eventually replaced by a 1418 Benz or two....

...she ended up going to Knights of Kilmore and was fitted later with a Franklin pusher axle....cheers mate

GDay Tec,
At the risk of treadin on some ones toes,.......i think i might have stayed with the inter.
................Billy.................