Kenworth SAR

It was suggested - a thread devoted to all things SAR - so to kick it off here's the first three built.

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Good on you jimbo, this will be a great tread. Heres some shots of a memorable KT450 SAR. Ron Fews from Coffs Harbour when I first went in it in 1980.
Someone will have shots of it back in the day with the murals on the doors (ie Baxters).
I took these at on the 22 5 05 at Brown & Hurleys w/shop Kyogle as they were finishing her off for the trip to Alice Springs.





Showing the Harbour Bridge reinforcing on the axle housings.

Here's a early SAR brochure....









Cheers JOTS

Smashing idea, Jimbo. How many were built? Could we find pics of them all?

I'm repeating the shots from the Hume thread but for the sake of completeness...

Apologies in advance if I post something that's not an SAR. KW IDs aren't exactly my strong suit.



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those of you who have seen the kwikasair sar thread will know the first photo is of 407617..... Sorry i cant do photos or link to it from my phone

Here it is ....

www.hcvc.com.au/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1267525755/0#0

RE: Kenworth SAR

FWIW

Twaz the 60's when we were screemin out for more power in a short truck to drag big float loads mainly in n around the suburbs of Melbourne..... stop start etc
(we even enquired bout gas turbine LOL)
then ol Bill @ one of the Kenworth doos told m bring back the 'S' model Kenworth
not too much later after Kenworth started make n the trucks @ Bayswater the SAR appeared with much more HP than the previous trucks we ran
we ordered a specially built KW SAR for big float work
Twaz Duble Chassis, Detroit 8V-92T @ 430 HP.. RT 1215..Eaton 44DT duel range diffs... Big 6 with harbor bridge modification
a Huge truck for the@ era 1976 .....nowa days U need 600 hp for a tray truck
the SAR has had a few engine upgrades n now 520HP n the cog box duble OD 18 speed (now puttn fuel back in the tank as it twaz originly geared to 95kph)
it still out performs modern trucks with Computer lag BS on take off fully loaded
LOL



I have many pix but dun wanna bang my own drum
LOL

WotSayU?

Cya

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...hey swishy .. don't stop bangin' yer own drum : : :

....and anyway...where's ya tubed rims, like they're 'sposed to have

Hey Swishy, looks like a sauce stain on your picture mate.

. . .They only get better with age .