Brocky

MackDaddy Where did you get that picture??? Is it still in the states with LHD??? I was at his place 2 weeks ago it was NO WHERE around...

Randy, you can have it.. Juice brakes on a twin screw.. No plow and wing.. But Yeah, I could see myself driving it to a show!!!

Welcome to the board.. Is it still a plow truck??? Several of us on here are into them.. PICTURES!!!

Rob Glad to hear from you.. You were dodging fires when I left for Down Under and had not heard from you since I got back.. This was definately more rain than we needed!! It was dry when I got back and it seems like it has rained for the last 2 weeks then this storm on top of it..

Randy Thanks for your thoughts.. It has finally stopped raining about 4PM. I am about 75 miles north of Colmbia and on high ground. Since it had been raining most of the week before the ground is full. My friend had an about 6 inch pine blow over onto his F-700. will need to go to the body shop!!

Swishy Thanks for correcting my short memory.. We visited his place and I will post some pictures from there when I get a chance..

Dave at Keystone Museum has one that he uses all the time.

Jim That RM needs 2 wings and a V to be able to work properly!!

OK The last of his yard!! At the dinner they had both the Holt and the CAT fired up and running.

The rest of the collection and back thru his shop with is projects and survivors. This order is sorta how I wandered around!! This belonged to one of his guests but was on display

More of Tony's collection

More of inside his gallery building Page and Page suspension on the "rubber Band" drive tag axle This is Ian Bell, the man who built and operated to above B model wrecker for many years

These are all in his "Gallery" Building complete with Slim Dusty trucking songs on the sound system.

The first building is his old CAT dealership shop, now his restoration shop. You will see pictures of the inside later. I am also posting some of the non truck pictures on the Just Old Trucks website here. This is an on going process so check in often.. http://forums.justoldtrucks.com/84264/Down-Under-Trip His replica "outback" gas station with a Mack Junior undergoing restoration in front of it.

Here is Tony's dealership and collection in Rockhampton Australia. Even though the sign says Volvo Commercial Vehicles, I did not see any Volvos on the lot!!!! He has also imported several trucks from the States. I did not get a night picture of his Aussie 50th Anniversary Mack at night, All the chrome panels with the trucks name "Southern Cross" cut out of them are back lighted in red LED and the Mack letters on the hood are raised and back lighted with white LED's. They were just back from Alice and not unloaded. Tony is a great guy and what was scheduled to be an afternoon tour lasted until 9 PM. He called in a lot of ATHS members and friends and provided about 75 to 100 of us with a catered sit down buffet dinner!! Tony (standing) visiting with ATHS Chairman John Vanatta and his wife Carolyn and some of our group standing in fron of the sign Tony had hung on the fence between the dealership and his restoration barn and gallery. A customer truck in for service

Speed I think (??) a lot of it may have been due to import taxes?? A lot of the Aussie's used older parts and styles in assembling vehicles. Not to mention the IH / Chrysler connection. IH L and R models with a Dodge Pilot House cab and Dodges with an IH A model cab..

Timmy This whole deal was set up by top ATHS members thru a private tour director. So the private collections were thru various friendships. There were 30 of us total so it made 1 nice bus full.

Looks like the Aussie Valueliner

Paul and Paul I do not know what days or hours they are regularly open?? The big Reunion show only happens every 5 years, so start saving your pennies!! Possibly ATHS will have another tour??? I also have 3 more topics to start: Misc trucks at Alice and the 4 private collections in Melbourne which will be on Odds and Ends Other Trucks. And Tony Champion's collection which I will put in the Antique Mack section. SO STAY TUNED Brocky

Job 41 Thanks for all the great info.. As Red Horse said it is all history.. Know where the Town of Maine is.. Grew up outside Ithaca on Town of Caroline Brockways thus my interest in plow trucks. Would love to have one down here to scare the S##t out of these rebels who think a dusting is a total blizzard!!!

They also have a Railroad museum, that I did not take pictures of, and some tractors and construction equipment around.

Then they have a big bone yard

And some more. The Australian Kenworth Dealers Assn also has a big building with about 15 KW's in it that I did not take pictures of. This is the very first "Road Train", a Diamond T 981 converted to civilian use with home made trailers, and yes that pile of drums is on the third trailer.

Some of the trucks in outside sheds

Here are some pictures of the Australian Truckie's Hall of Fame in Alice Springs museum facility and trucks. Alice Springs is out in the middle of the Outback, about the same as our Des Moines IA, except the climate is very dry like our Arizona