INTER-esting days

180wannabe wrote:

I got my semi licence in a 3070.

Then drove a 3070 Eagle on local harvest work, absolutely fantastic.  Easy to get in and out of, excellent vision, it drove brilliantly, and with 32' alum TOA had a very light tare weight.

Brett.

How tall are you Brett, in real measure, foot and inches.

Yep ,for sure ...if you adjusted the suspension seat so it didnt bottom out ,you hit your head on the roof ..........I asked the guy I got it off ,he said ......just lock it on the floor............I think it was a Saydair ,or some crappy brand ,and as you let the clutch out ,the seat would rock back a foot or so .....clutch pedal was like 100 lb force ......sure fire anti theft .

5' 9" tall, and weigh 150 pounds.

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Morris post=258489 userid=1365I liked the Sidebottom transport video also, although I have never owned an Inter. My mate has several though.

I had never heard of Sidebotton Transport but the countryside and the fruit trees certainly show it is Shepparton.

The name reminds me of an incident in my very first job, as a 16 year old, where I was one of six boys delivering telegrams (remember them?) in a town more than a thousand miles from Shep. One of the boys had a telegram for a Mrs Sidebottom who lived well outside the area we could cover on our pushbikes, so he had to telephone.

He asked if he was speaking to Mrs Sidebottom. She replied it is pronounced Siddey-bow-Tom, young man. My colleague replied Yes, Mrs Sidebottom and proceeded to read out the telegram.

Shades of Hyasynth Bucket.

Mrsmackpaul wrote:

Since discovering that 3070's sometimes came with a bunk a few pages ago I have had a bit of wandering eye

Will Mrs Mack forgive me ??

Paul

Do a few hours in one first, might dampen your enthusiasm.

I never drove a 3070, but had my arse parked in a 2670 for hundreds of thousands of kilometers. It was better than any Louisville I drove. The Ford would have been okay with an extra 8" of headroom. 

Morris wrote:

I liked the Sidebottom transport video also, although I have never owned an Inter. My mate has several though.

I had never heard of Sidebotton Transport but the countryside and the fruit trees certainly show it is Shepparton.

 

Would regularly see the petrol powered International Sidebottom tanker go through Violet Town heading back to Shepparton..
I once had a great conversation all about his great fleet and how he had modified his own tankers for adaption to water cartage trailers from milk tankers.
Always kept in immaculate condition.

Inter C30? from Fighting Rust's Brisbane pics. 
 

Always thought these were a good looking truck 

Dunno if they were much chop, the Yanky ones had classy paint jobs and look smart in their alloy wheels 

 

 

And the flash interstate runner with a bunk bellow 

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Paul

A couple of Inters from Fighting Rust's Perth pics.

 

 

The bathing suits sure have shrunk since then!!!!