Sunday, January 29, 2017

Neerim Show 2017

The Trafalgar Truck Restorers Club attends the Neerim Show every year and the Show was held today, Sunday January 29 2017. As well as the usual modern day Show activities including dog high jump, lawn mower racing, stunt motor bike riding - there was also a display of historic cars, steam traction engines and the historic trucks. The trucks are picture here, with some traction engines, because I really like them.


Line-up of some of the trucks


Here's our 1989 N12 Intercooler with integrated sleeper


NH12 Volvo  - not really historic (1999/2000 model), but we liked it, because it's a Volvo!


I have decided we will look at the  trucks by colour -this is Max Devlin's blue 1948 Kew Dodge


Tony Hackett's blue 1957 REO Gold Comet


John Fowler's blue 1947  Dodge. It had a few 'issues' on the way up but there were plenty of people to give advice.


Graham Young's green 1947 Bedford


Bob Lee's  green 1937 Diamond T


Andrew Main's green 1964 Dodge


Phil Mapleson's green 1928 Dodge


Rod Pretty's very nice Ford Louisville, the green is a Peugeot colour.


Ray Black's green International Acco


John Staley's green 1962 International


Alan McCormack's green B-model Mack


Steve Ellis' maroon (or is it  dusky pink?) B-model Mack


Mike Herbert's red 1962 Austin fire truck  



Des Walker's red 1950 Diamond T


Bill Aitken's  red Dodge


Peter Lynch's red Dodge


Jeff Johnston's red Dodge with his red 1929 Dodge on the trailer


Graham Cameron's red 1973 International


Russell Marshall's red Studebaker


Joe Beaumont's brick red Ford


John Gramlick's red and white 1961 Commer


Wayne Henry's red and white Kenworth


Vyn Harris' white and black Scania


Ted Bould's white and blue Kenworth


Gary Aitken's 1973 white and green 1418 Mercedes Benz 


David Rickards' 1966 white and red Dodge


Graham Young's 1978 white and red  TK Bedford


Les Siddle's 1965 yellow B-model Mack


Here are the Steam traction engines


Traction Engine 1


Traction Engine 2


Traction Engine 3


Traction Engine 4


Saturday, January 14, 2017

Alexander Truck Show - 2006 and 2008

Here are our photos of the Alexandra Truck Show, on the Queens Birthday weekend,  that we took in 2006 and 2008. We took the N10 Volvo up in 2008 and just went by car in 2006. 


Bransgrove's Bedford in 2006


Ian Lee's B-model Mack tow truck, above and below



Line up of trucks in 2006  that's Dave Horne's  1934 British Bedford on the right


Max Pollard's Chev in 2006


We we went up again in 2008 we took the N10 Volvo - here it is in the fog after we just arrived.


John doing some last minute polishing


Max Devlin and his 1928 Dodge, also doing some last minute polishing


The sun eventually came out


This is Gary Evan's Ford, all the way from Oberon in NSW, and a neat KB5 International.


Overview of the trucks in 2008


This was a photo that we scanned, we must have had two cameras with us, a film camera and a digital, some of the film pictures are pretty ordinary. Anyway, this is a B-model Mack in 2008.


Burma Dodge in 2008


Alexandra 2008


This was the first time we ever met Frank Latorre,  June 8, 2008, and we have seen him plenty of times since and he's still lovely.


Here's another shot of the Volvo and some of the other trucks, in 2008.