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RUNAWAY ERF

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The ERF story in issue No. 48 was most interesting it would seem the marque sadly went the way of most English heavy trucks in the mid 1960’s they had fallen out of favour and could not compete with the Yankee big iron. Back some time in the late...

By The VTCM Team

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A Ford Man

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Having just received issue #29, I came across the story of Johnston’s transport and, on looking at the photos, I noticed the Ford semi-trailer unit was identified as a Jailbar Ford. If you turn to page 17 you will notice at the bottom lefthand...

By The TOMM Team

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Basil Jarman

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In the article about Basil Jarman in issues #40 and #41, he mentions Jack Batty. I worked with Jack and many other drivers in the early 1970s/1980s. Names I can remember include Ian Shipp, Niel White, Owen Turvey, and Norm Johnston, as well as...

By The VTCM Team

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The R600 mack

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It was great to see the picture of the FB and FA McMahon R600 Macks in the News & Letters section of issue #41, regarding the Gold Bulldog. I have great memories of these days, of which I managed to capture a few on film around 1970. Picture 1...

By The VTCM Team

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Harrods’ electric vans

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The more things change, the more they stay the same... London department store, Harrods, has returned an electric van to its delivery fleet, 100 years after first using one for that purpose. Harrods began as a wholesale grocer and tea merchant in...

By The VTCM Team

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Light Rescue Tender

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In issue #30 of Vintage Trucks and Commercials Magazine, on page 50, in the bottom left-hand corner, is a photo of a light rescue tender, built on a jeep FC170 chassis. These units were produced by Wormalds, of Port Melbourne, in the late 1950’s...

By The VTCM Team

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#32 Truck Art - Grey Ghost

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With reference to Bernie Clifton’s ‘Truck Art’, #32, page 10, that F88 Volvo wasn’t the only thing being run down by the overnight shuttles back in the 1970’s. As motor race fans, we made numerous overnight trips to Melbourne’s Sandown...

By The VTCM Team

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ROBS PETERBILT

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In reading issue #52 of your fine magazine, I noticed a picture on page 7, of Rob French’s Peterbilt, captured when it was working. Here was a picture I knew well. The Peterbilt sitting in front of the Queensland Titanium Mines (QTM) dry plant at...

By The VTCM Team

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UNIDENTIFIED TRUCK

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I think the unknown truck on page 51 of issue #51 of VTCM in the S.A. Farmers Co-Op Union Butter Factory article by Paul Tol, may be an early 1920s Maxwell. The picture above shows a line-up of Maxwell 1 ½ ton trucks. As far as I know the photo...

By The VTCM Team

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Caltex Tanker

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Some additional information in regards to the L. J. Hansby, Caltex fuel tanker pictured last issue on page 18. I first saw this brand new truck on its way from Sydney to Medlow Bath in the Blue Mountains with a full load of fuel. It had stopped at...

By The VTCM Team

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TANKERS

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Dear Editor, I have just read the very interesting article on tankers in issue 51. I have enclosed some photos of the tanker that I drove for twenty-two and a half years for Ricegrowers Co-operative Mills. It was custom-built by EPEX Limited who...

By The VTCM Team

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Yellow Express

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I read the Yesteryear article in issue #40 regarding Yellow Express and your proposed larger expose. I cannot help you much regarding Yellow Express, however, I very much look forward to whatever information that you eventually publish. I can help...

By The VTCM Team

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International aircraft refueller

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A friend and I are building a 1:34 scale model of the widely-used International RF-190 tri-axle RAAF aircraft refueller, with the final destination of the completed model being the RAAF Museum at Point Cook, Victoria. Attached are two images, one...

By The VTCM Team

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Yellow Express

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I have attached this photo of a Yellow Express R600 Flintstone Mack that I saw in West Wollongong around 1970. [Can we use the side view picture if we are only using one?] The side view of the Mack shows its somewhat unusual turntable being used at...

By The VTCM Team

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AEC Mogul

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With reference to the Road Trains article in issue #37, and the information listed by English researcher, Malcolm Wilford, I include a “not-very-good” photo of an AEC Mogul my father ran from 1966 to 1975, hauling fuel for Shell as...

By The VTCM Team

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