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[4bee]

Perhaps I can help Mr. Bee, ‘ cause I suppose I started this tangent

cummins =engine manufacture
12513 =gear box, 13 speed fuller or road ranger (I forget)
44= 44thousand pound Hendrickson suspension.
double rails=chassis railx2
74=gross tonnage
5.28 to 3.7= differential ratio,by lowering the ratio increased the wheel speed hence
100 which means m.p.h., which means
1. Get out of the way.... the White Commander is on the road and the guide posts look like a picket fence

Thanks for that Dave. I can hear Ian in the background sayin' "I told you not to tell him all that 'cos it won't make any sense to the silly bastard."
Yep good hearing.


A tad ****ty down your way tonight Dave?

[Hogarthde]

Indeed Mr. Bee, woollen socks and hot toddy or even heater and hot bonox. 🔥

[4bee]

Indeed Mr. Bee, woollen socks and hot toddy or even heater and hot bonox. 🔥

But but but, Wooly socks won't keep your Hot Toddy warm, you need something more than that. I saw an ad once where you could actually buy Hot Toddy warmers. Same shape as a big banana & knitted in all sorts of colour selections. Well I think that is what they were called. Maybe they were Willy Warmers?

[67hardtop]

Perhaps I can help Mr. Bee, ‘ cause I suppose I started this tangent

cummins =engine manufacture
12513 =gear box, 13 speed fuller or road ranger (I forget)
44= 44thousand pound Hendrickson suspension.
double rails=chassis railx2
74=gross tonnage
5.28 to 3.7= differential ratio,by lowering the ratio increased the wheel speed hence
100 which means m.p.h., which means
1. Get out of the way.... the White Commander is on the road and the guide posts look like a picket fence

Coming across the Nullarbor in '85, I was doing 70mph in my old HR towing a loaded trailer, full compliment of heads on board, and the semi's were flying past me, so we're tourist buses. Road trains and singles. Scary at that speed....

[Homestar]

Coming across the Nullarbor in '85, I was doing 70mph in my old HR towing a loaded trailer, full compliment of heads on board, and the semi's were flying past me, so we're tourist buses. Road trains and singles. Scary at that speed....

Did you see Ian waving to you as he past by???

[67hardtop]

Did you see Ian waving to you as he past by???

Nope, was just a blur..

[4bee]

Coming across the Nullarbor in '85, I was doing 70mph in my old HR towing a loaded trailer, full compliment of heads on board, and the semi's were flying past me, so we're tourist buses. Road trains and singles. Scary at that speed....

Don't tell me. When you got home you needed to replace the burnt out Hand Brake Drum & linings. "Oh ****!" sez you "no wonder they were all ****ing past me, your indoors left the parking brake ON"".

[V8Ian]

[QUOTE=67hardtop;3088064]Coming across the Nullarbor in '85, I was doing 70mph in my old HR towing a loaded trailer, full compliment of heads on board, and the semi's were flying past me, so we're tourist buses. Road trains and singles. Scary at that speed....[/QUOTE] Only if you need to slow swifty.

[Hogarthde]

Tassie had a quasi-govt. fleet of buses in the ‘60s.

They were Flxible rear engined, either Deutz or G.M. and heavens above they could round up Dad’s Austin Westminster as if he was stopped, mind you he wasn’t one to go fast in anything.

Those same old buses are now an icon and much sought after.

dave

[V8Ian]

Dave, I think originally the Clippers were Perkadyne (Perkins) powered from Ansair. The Deutz and Detroit were popular retrofits, both popular and successful engines in the day. The rear axle was Kirstall.
Clippers were built between 1950 and 60, a time that Pommie imports had a major advantage over any non-Commonwealth country.
GM Detroit Diesels were not available as loose motors before the mid 50s. The sale of loose engines was forced on The General by anti trust laws, introduced by the US Fedral Government.
Fixable would supply all brackets and mounts for owners to convert the original straight eight Buick (?) to GM. 4-71was a popular conversation in the States.
There is an active Clipper club in Australia.
Clippers in Australia | Flxible Clipper Club of Australia