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  1. 23rd May 2014, 10:56 AM #41
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hogarthde View Post
    Yes Rurover, that wonderful clatter of those Commers . The little [in respect to competitors] Tilling Stevens 3, of about 100 hp ,performed superbly, tho i can visualise the driver rolling the makings coming up to the Eagle on the Hill.

    One thing i miss nowadays is evocative engine sounds, ie knocker ,jimmy,v8,6.354 and as Brian mentioned in another thread, the big ol Allis Hd 41 ...although single cyl still sound single.

    Enough of this must wash the D3 ready for daughter's wedding tomorrow.

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    My family owned eight knockers all told. Seven were eight ton body trucks and one pulled a single axle trailer. I owned one of the later ones and pulled a 32' closed bogie trailer. Slow as, except downhill in Mexican overdrive. The TS3 stood for two stroke three cylinder. They were around 105 hp. The last ones with the six speed o/d box were the best. Commer made good trucks but the knockers were oversold in this country as a prime mover. Damn good eight tonners though. The six cylinder petrol engine used in trucks and the Humber Super Snipe was a great engine.
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  2. 23rd May 2014, 02:12 PM #42
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    As promised, a few photos of some beautifully restored trucks (including a 1950 Foden).
    These are all owned by truck enthusiast, Murray Langford. His restorations are to "better than new" condition.

    Note the real "gem" in his collection, and his most recent restoration, the early 1920's GMC, complete with original trailer.

    I also love his massive 1969 Kenworth (yes GM powered) which at the time was the fastest truck on the Australian highways (probably still IS in fact, since modern trucks are supposed to be speed limited!)

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  3. 20th March 2015, 03:55 PM #43
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    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq6OKvBouBo]WINCHING WITH A MATADOR - YouTube[/ame]
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    http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...em-trailer.jpg
    Those spread axle trailers are a bit of nostalgia. Dad had one of the very last F86's, it came with the 230hp donk that the first of the F7's had as opposed to the standard 210hp mill and he thought the world of that truck.

    Brian Hjelm wrote,
    "I don't know how the F88 became the G88. Maybe some mysterious marketing dept. reasoning."

    The F and the G series were pretty much the same truck but the steer axle was moved forward on the G series to appease weight and axle spacing rules (I worked for a bloke who was a Volvo tragic and this is what he told me but that was 30 years ago) and I can't remember which country the change was made for. F88/89 had the step to get into the cabin in front of the steer axle and the G88/89 had the step behind the axle and there's an old F88 still earning it's keep pulling a flat top tri around Newcastle.
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  5. 25th March 2015, 08:31 PM #45
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rurover View Post
    ...His restorations are to "better than new" condition.
    Great pics, but i cannot really appreciate 'better than new' restorations, and none of these seem to be still working...
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  6. 25th March 2015, 09:43 PM #46
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  7. 30th March 2015, 05:12 PM #47
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    I passed these guys this afternoon on the way home



    Looked mighty impressive I must say seeing about 10 or so clippers in convoy.

    Some more info here
    HCVC Vintage Truck Forum - 60th Anniversary Re-enactment Run MELBOURNE TO SYD

    They are heading to Sydney tomorrow should anyone be able to catch them

    TUESDAY 31 MARCH 2015

    0930 ? Depart Canberra
    1030 ? Arr Goulburn
    1100 ? Depart Goulburn
    1200 ? Arr Berrima
    1300 ? Depart Berrima
    1320 approx ? Mittagong
    1340 approx ? Bargo
    1500 approx ? Picton
    1530 approx ? Narellan

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  8. 30th March 2015, 05:33 PM #48
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tote View Post
    They are heading to Sydney tomorrow should anyone be able to catch them

    TUESDAY 31 MARCH 2015

    0930 ? Depart Canberra
    1030 ? Arr Goulburn
    1100 ? Depart Goulburn
    1200 ? Arr Berrima
    1300 ? Depart Berrima
    1320 approx ? Mittagong
    1340 approx ? Bargo
    1500 approx ? Picton
    1530 approx ? Narellan

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    Thanks, I have tomorrow off so I might catch them after a nice lunch at the Bargo Pie Shop.


    **Maybe they're stopping there for lunch too as they've allocated 1hr 20min to travel from Bargo to Picton (about 15km).
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    Those clippers are unbelievable. They just look gorgeous.
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