The Historic Commercial Vehicle Club of Australia's annual display day, held at Sandown race course in Melbourne, was again threatened by rain this year but managed to shine on the day (Nov 28). A good selection of trucks attended, well over 200, and there were a number of Bedfords flying the flag. Unfortunately I didn't get photos of them all as we left by midday for the seven hour drive home. There's probably a good three of four at least that are not featured in the photos below.
I've tried to put them in age order - oldest to youngest - but am purely guessing in some places. Again, due to lack of time and my strategy for this year (concentrate on shooting the trucks moving), I do not have any detail shots of interiors for you to enjoy.
Some familiar faces below but hopefully some good new ones too.
Above: WL and K-type keeping each other company. Golly, I didn't even take photos of the placards for further information! Below: OB in a reflective mood.
Above: the ACW Bedford convoy arrived with some fine examples of their earlier projects. The '68 or earlier TK is a regular attendee along with ACW's CDJ 'support vehicle' below.
Above and below: this KM was a distinct surprise when she arrived. I had not seen or heard of her before so I relished her GM as she idled past (drowning out the similarly-engined R190 that preceded her). Not the CF in the background. Unfortunately, I blew the photo out for this truck i.e. I stuffed it up. She was a tidy little thing with a good-sized tray and, making her a real truck, dual wheels.
Above: Southern Cross Recyclers operate a number of Bedfords and regularly have them serviced or rebuilt by ACW. Why wouldn't you operate good, solid trucks that don't cost an arm and a leg to simply pay interest on? Note the early W on her back. One of two at the show (although decidedly more complete than than the other one), yet another truck I can't for the life of me think why I didn't have a closer look."A good student but must try harder"! Gawd.
sorry to break the party with the KM but it has to be the quietest 6v53 i'vw ever heard the INTERNATIONAL R190 has a straight thru exshaust where the KM is what i call whispers
ReplyDeleteHa ha, thanks for bursting the bubble! The 190 had blasted past but was stopped and idling when the KM came through so this was one of the few occasions when the KM won in the sound stakes.
ReplyDeleteThat said, two wonderful trucks that were great to see together.
I Thought the Bedford sounded great. The R190 Was too noisy sounded like a commer knocker
ReplyDeleteLOL, there's a dangerous comment!
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