Thursday, April 10, 2014

Melbourne International Truck and Trailer Show 2014

The Melbourne International Truck and Trailer Show was held at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds on April 3rd to 6th 2014. There was a selection of historical vehicles on display, as well as all the new gear. Here are some of the old trucks. 


Two views of our 1976 N1025 Volvo



Jeff Johnston's Volvo


More of Jeff Johnston's fleet - the Ford above and his 1929 Dodge, below. 




Graeme Johnston's Commer Knocker


The third Johnston brother, Robert, had his Bedford on display


Warren Harris came with his AEC with his Karrier on the back

  

Ian Castle's Chev  is above and his 'Critter' is below



Nice looking 1934 British Chevrolet


Peter Maude's Commer


Ian Coote's three trucks, all shown individually below.



Cootes' Inter



Another Coote's Inter - it has Paul Cootes on the door



Ian Cootes' Kenworth


Diamond Ts - Aldo Marson's is above and Stephen Corstorphan's is below.



Glenn Lancey's Dodge


There were three Linfox trucks on display - this is his Ford


Linfox Inters, above and below.






Fancy 1975 Acco on one of the trade stands



A matching pair of Loadstars - the one above belongs to Keffords - its from 1969 and the trailer is a Fruehauf. 



This is Steve Livermore's Loadstar



Tony Rinaldi's 2244 Mercedes Benz


1927 Inter belonging to Trevor Davis


We love this - saw it at Clunes this year - Barry Dodson's Inter


Another very tidy Inter


Murray Popes 190.


Jack and Mickie Turner had two trucks on display - the L205 and the K5 Inter.



Nice looking Kenworth in TNT colours - because we like it, here are two shots of it.



A Kenworth


Colin Brown's Mack


Les Siddle's Mack



Keffords 1992 Kenworth


Finally - the Shell Morris Commercial

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Korumburra Working Horse and Tractor Rally 2014

The Korumburra Working Horse and Tractor rally took place on March 15 & 16 2014 at Nyora. Here are a  selection of trucks on display on the Sunday.


Theo Versteden's Austin


Jim Parker's Bedford, above,  and Kelvin Wyatt's is below



A Bedford bus


John Gramlick's Commers


Aldo Marson's Diamond T


Barry Campbell's Dodge, above, and John Fowler's is below



Heather Cameron's Dodge, above, and Glenn Lancey's is below



Andrew and Marion Main's Dodge


Don Cheesman's Ford, above, and Joe Beaumont's is below.



Wayne Henry's Ford.


John Denholm's Inter, above, and Donny McGregor's is below.



John and Bev Ferguson's Inter, above, and Graham Cameron's is below.



John Crawford's Inter is above and Ian Latham's is below.



An Inter in original condition, above. Below is John Nicholson's Scout, with a vintage caravan. 



Anthony Findlay's Kenworth, above, and Vyn Harris' is below



Ken Stephens' Kenworth


Wayne Henry owns the red KW and Vyn Harris owns the blue one.


A pair of Land Rovers - Eric Shingles military one and our Defender (the Defender is not really old - it's a 1997 model - it just looks old)


Warwick Bryce's Leader 


Steve Humphrey's Leyland


A military Mack


Steve Ellis' Mack



Stan Hamilton's Maple Leaf


John Burley's Morris Commercial


Tony Hackett's REO


John Ziebell's Scania


A flash looking Western Star used to cart tractors