The Rubber Duck 006 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 On 7/26/2013 at 11:41 PM, vision386 said: I knew I had saved this picture somewhere!..............................Mark I would love to have that Gem 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-502574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Brocky and Brockway lovers I have mentioned before about Brockway trucks been sold in Australia and I have found the add for them, if you can call it a add Must of been i.pressed as they wrote a poem UK Diesels appear to of been the importers which is a surprise So they were coming in in 1973 Paul 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-539950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Interesting thanks for that… bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-539958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Paul, Thank you for the ad.. Various outfits must have imported Brockways even earlier than your ad as Archie Baines down in Victoria has a, just postwar, Model 88 (the smallest Brockway) front clip, cowl and chassis in his boneyard when we were down in 2015.. 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-539967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted October 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2023 Dunno if this is the same truck or not as the add Logging in north east Victoria, Australia, Peter Nichols photo I believe 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-540542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Can anyone tell me what model this truck would of been? Can people tell from looking like with other makes ? Thanks in advance Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-540645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 I don't know how the price of a Brockway compared with other trucks, I figured since they were hand-built they would cost more. The poem calls them cheap. Pretty good poem! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-540784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 They were mainly construction in my area …. Only freight outfit I know that used them was lippa transport and Hathaway other than my uncles fleet Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-540835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 I really don’t know a whole lot about them except I had a ball riding in them as a kid 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-540838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 On 10/19/2023 at 5:22 PM, mrsmackpaul said: Can anyone tell me what model this truck would of been? Can people tell from looking like with other makes ? Thanks in advance Paul Paul, That warped picture does not help, BUT I will guess a late 50's to mid 60's model 257???? It is a 200 series and i do not know exactly when the 300 series with the big square grille was introduced.. Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-540884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Thanks Brocky, I'll do some digging around and see what I can learn Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-540896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 On 10/23/2023 at 4:28 PM, Brocky said: Paul, That warped picture does not help, BUT I will guess a late 50's to mid 60's model 257???? It is a 200 series and i do not know exactly when the 300 series with the big square grille was introduced.. Somebody on here just mentioned recently what year they started the big nose it was earlier than what I had thought and I can’t remember what year he said I think it was 70 or 71 I was surprised cause I didn’t think it came up that early I was kinda close I would’ve guess 72 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-541220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 It must have been right around 1968, you can find several photos of that nose style on the web. When you look for 1967 Brockways, you don't see many (possibly these were built in '67 but maybe titled as '68 models). 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-541284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 11 hours ago, h67st said: It must have been right around 1968, you can find several photos of that nose style on the web. When you look for 1967 Brockways, you don't see many (possibly these were built in '67 but maybe titled as '68 models). I think you a close!!! That is about when I would guess.. Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-541304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted November 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 18, 2023 On 10/18/2023 at 2:04 PM, mrsmackpaul said: Dunno if this is the same truck or not as the add Logging in north east Victoria, Australia, Peter Nichols photo I believe So apparently 2 Brockways (I am looking into this more) got imported into Australia from Vietnam before the fall of Vietnam So I am guessing these were U.S. Navy and I am also guessing that U.K. motors imported them, they imported all types of everything, specialising in Pommy trucks and buses into Australia from across the globe, anywhere in the once British Empire now known as the Commonwealth This sort of is making sense Anyway some quick googling finds me this picture of a Brockway in Vietnam Looking kinda familiar to the other two photos And here is the article I found the clipping in https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/vietnam-vet-agent-orange/ I know one truck went to north Eastern Victoria and the other to South Eastern Victoria Anyway this has gained my interest for no particular reason except the story behind these unusual trucks in Australia and how they came to get here Paul 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-542188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 Paul: Contact Ed Edminston in Dubbo NSW. He imported a 1976 model 761 with 8V92 in it from the states.. He also attended the Brockway Weekend in Cortland NY several years.. He can probably give you a good history of Brockways in Australia??? 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-542204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 I have contacted Ed some years ago, can't remember why now, it was probably about Brockway trucks I'll see if I can track him down again Thanks Brocky Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-542209 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Brockway was also using the 903 Cummins in the long nose. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/32077-brockway-toughest-truck-in-the-world/page/16/#findComment-542222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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