Frauline Friday

 
 
 

You folks have had a lot of bigger Fraulines than we had up here in the States.. I never remember seeing a bogie drive one??? All ours were medium sized city delivery vans.

This one looks like it's in a nose dive
Q:? Why is the Rsend so hi above tyress?

https://www.hcvc.com.au/forum/attachment/41836

 

@ Maffra Trck sho witha cupla of European starrs

cya

 

Thanks to all that have kept yhis ticking along while I have been a bit busy of late, will the Fraulines forgive me for not sharing the love ?

HAPPY FRAULINE FRIDAY EVERYONE 

so freshly flogged for everyones viewing pleasure 

Rod Roswell photo, note quad trailer with a little Frauline up front, kinda makes you all warm and fluffy inside doesn't it

 

A Craig Johnson photo from a few years ago now at Heyfield Vic 

 

next one is from Tones Truckin Stories, this is how I remember them

  

have a great weekend everyone, and welcome to the first day of summer

Paul
 

 

Ok here is my nostalgic Frauline Friday, an ode to the girls I just waved goodbye to...
1) This is the LPS, when it came from Yass. Old mate was "going to do her up" of course. She was a damn good truck, had been sitting for so long that a tree was growing up through the vent in to the cab.. But a set of batteries and away she went.   
 

 

 

 

A few more of the journey- 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Don't know what happened there, some sort of error message! I'll try again- 

 

 

 

 

And here is the old "Low windscreen" LS 1418- she came from a farm up at Finley. I bought her sight unseen, old mate said "she's a bloody ripper, I'd drive her to Sydney right now but the brakes have gone bung from sitting"... Hmmmm. I reckon she would get there no worries, but I can't imagine what our friendly NHVR people would say if she was seen rocketing up the road. Be an interesting drive, just the way it used to be. Noisy, slow, and hot. But good fun, kinda.... 

 

Choc's did the signwriting, we used my Dad's old name from his trucking days, and just made up an address that sounded suitably middle-of-nowhere-long-time-ago....

 
   
 

 

Certainly a face that only a mother could love..
 


Anyway that's a bit of an end of an era for me, but hopefully that start of a good new era for someone else.
Happy Frauline Friday, people!
Cheers
Rich