While the International nameplate is no longer a player in the new truck market, enthusiasts like Scotty Wilson are keeping the Eagle badge flying high.
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To notch up 25 years continuously operating the same truck on the same job is quite an achievement, and it is one that Mick Hayden, who worked in partnership with his trusty 1978 White Road Boss, can look back on with a great deal of pride.
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The famous ‘Blue Oval’ logo of the Ford Motor Company is one of the most easily recognised, and revered brands around the world, and prior to its demise, trucks bearing the Ford nameplate built up a strong following over a number of decades in Australia.
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From the back of a 1940s Studebaker you can visit the Darwin sites which were bombed by the Japanese in World War II, locations where Cyclone Tracey struck in 1974, and perhaps even see a saltwater crocodile in harbour waters.
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“I only ever drove one 3070 in my life, around 1973-1974…Willaton’s in Morwell owned one. It was a single drive, but I always had a bit of an attraction to them, and this one came up.”
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Regular readers of Big Rigs with a good memory may recall a chat I had back in 2018 with the Geehman family from Gippsland, who had just undertaken the Crawling the Hume event with ‘Dusty Tracks’, their ex-Ascot NT 1979 model Kenworth K125. Read More
Since first being sold in Australia in the early 1970s, the Scania name has become a popular and well-regarded product on Australia’s highways with the famous Griffin emblem adorning Scanias in all manner of applications.
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From its beginnings in 1954 to becoming part of the Toll group of companies in 1998, the bright yellow trucks and trailers of IPEC (Interstate Parcel Express Company) were a familiar sight on Australia’s roads.
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This veteran truckie has covered his share of miles in a lifetime on the road, but no truck is giving him more of a thrill than this beautifully restored classic car-carrier.
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Scania is throwing its support towards the upcoming Convoy For The Cure, with a recently refurbished Scania 1985 112 6×4 tipper being used to encourage people to donate.
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