playing with an old linehaul banger

Don't worry about Detective .... Reckon he's happy there's another one about

...things are inching forward and dear nephew Jason has been slugging it out all day today getting the old rigid ready and able to be transitted to her next destination.... and screaming along under her own steam!!..... with the endorsement, support and help from his dear old man ....

....young blokes having a crack really couldn't ask for much more than that eh?? .....cheers fellas

Tec,
Wouldnt have it any other way,
..............Billy...........

Gotta love the early cabovers.
Just a buggar when you start to collect a few

...after a couple of weekends worth of slog, i s'pose it's as good a time as any to say we got Jason's old Kwika 8 wheeler down to Melbourne Sunday arvo...screamed along with no issues or dramas and drove pretty nice at about 55 MPH ...

...i kinda couldn't help but think at the time what these jiggers were like at almost double that speed ...

I hear Jason has been looking at a shed partner for his 8 wheeler ...... :-X

I heard the forum scream out for pics of the 8 wheeler!!!!!!!

Hi guys will post up pictures soon hopefully. I gotta figure out how to upload them on here again as I used photo bucket last time & now I've forgotten my details, but no stress I will figure it out Cheers lads.. Lol sorry once again uncle Phil

Sounds like a great truck, and makes me even keener to track something down myself.... Anyway here is probably as good a place as any, to mention the ex-Grey Ghost which was owned by a mate of mine from Townsville up until maybe 6 or 8 years ago... #400021 from memory, 8V92 and its still up this way, was speaking to the current owner a while back through my work. I will try to contact him again sometime as his plans were a respray in white and a set of late model doors... : :'( Will try to get hold of some old photo's of the jigger and post them here when I can, cheers Pat

Pat - what is your mates name? If you dont want to tell the world, then please PM me? Just that I think I might know the guy & the truck.

Oldfulla

Gday Werk, my mate owned it from around the late 70's, the truck was painted black with yellow stripes, set up as a body tipper and dog. Mainly worked local on roadworks etc, pretty sure was used on the Greenvale line construction. Will give him a ring to see about some piccies, or even better try to get him on here too.

By the way, there's also an early slimline cabover siiting neglected in the weather on the side of the highway near Innisfail NQ, been there for years, yellow and white. Seems such a waste, :'( and I'm guessing dozens would have enquired over the years, know anything about that one? Havent been that way for 6 months or so but guessing it'll still be there, cheers Pat

Would that be the one on the eastern side of the highway between Innisfail and Babinda? If so, until cyclone Larry it was in a shed, post Larry it was supporting said shed. :-[