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An Austin K2Y in Australia

I have been involved in my brother’s project of restoring an Austin K2Y, two ton War Department (W.D.) ambulance, built in 1941. The Army, Navy and the R.A.F. used them from 1939 to 1950’s. It has a basic Austin lorry chassis, using 5 ton lorry...

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Making A B-Line for ‘ Old Station’

When you get the suggestion to come and see the biggest and best collection of historical Mack trucks, drive a Mack B model and watch a host of old tractors and aircraft go through their paces on a cattle property, it has the makings of a few great...

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Mustangs Corralled

Phillip Mathie has been a White Mustang truck fan ever since his father owned a WC22 single drive back in the Sixties. He has made it his goal in later years to round up a couple of Mustangs to stable in his shed on the NSW South Coast. Jim Gibson...

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Of Bricks and Budas

The decade that was the 1950s saw Australia enjoy high levels of immigration from Europe and an explosion of building both domestic and commercial. In Geelong Victoria, a young Ron Dew saw an opportunity to begin a business that would service this...

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Making A B-Line for ‘ Old Station’

When you get the suggestion to come and see the biggest and best collection of historical Mack trucks, drive a Mack B model and watch a host of old tractors and aircraft go through their paces on a cattle property, it has the makings of a few great...

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Hi there, vtcm crew. The old Mack R600 with Nev Nicholls sitting on the bonnet is back in the hands of Allen Lever from the south coast now I believe. Allen brought it new and worked it until he sold the old girl, which passed through several hands...

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An Austin K2Y in Australia

I have been involved in my brother’s project of restoring an Austin K2Y, two ton War Department (W.D.) ambulance, built in 1941. The Army, Navy and the R.A.F. used them from 1939 to 1950’s. It has a basic Austin lorry chassis, using 5 ton lorry...

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Questions on BMC

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Here is a photo of my BMC and Dodge trucks in the back yard of my parent’s home at Northmead in western Sydney. I owned the BMC truck from about 1976 until 1978. In standard specifications, it had a five speed gearbox and a six cylinder diesel...

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