Australia then and now

I was on loan to Pak Pacific (Kingsgrove) for a while and I liked their Hino FF/ FG flatbeds.

At about this time of the year there’s an annual event called Haulin’ The Hume where everybody and his dog joins in to drive all sorts of old tackle along the Old Hume Highway from Sydney to (theoretically) Melbourne (it’s a bit like the London to Brighton event, but longer and heavier). Here’s Steve’s Place Down Under’s recap:

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There’re some memories there, even if Picton has got bigger, the hole in the wall hasn’t changed.










A few AECs

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DGT (Department of Government Transport) in Sydney apparently bought 50 AEC Regal IV chassis in the 50s with pre-select gearboxes. More here: AUSTRALIA - NSW - Sydney DGT AEC Regal IV-Commonwealth Engineering 1953-1954 | Flickr

That’s when AEC was independent and could export freely without Stokes clipping their wings

He’s wisely taking it wide to avoid the trailer taking the drop, especially as he doesn’t seem to have thought that a few chains might be a good idea. :rofl:






Some more Park Royal






And some more of Southalls finest

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Not Australian but just down the road :joy::joy:

Anyone care to attempt an identification? :thinking: I have no doubt you will have no difficulty, PR

Look like Pinzgauer 4x4 to me.

Last one I saw was in Marrakesh. That was a French family from Bordeaux going down to South Africa.
They had mechanical issues with the suspension. Not the Pinzgauer’s fault really IMHO. The vehicle had been “overland prepared” but the dampers fitted had not enough travel and had been over extended, and broken already.

A very capable vehicle, but spares are difficult to get away from it’s home, and the petrol engine fitted to the one I saw was very thirsty to. I reckon diesels are best for most off-road and overland use.

Wrong continent of manufacture, but similar type of vehicle.

In that case I would think Asia, and Japan?

I did think a Delica would be more common in Aus but they don’t look like that to me, so I’m stumped.

Oka, pronounced ocker. With a name like that it has to be Australian.

I wonder how they went during the recent floods out there… and yes, OKA.

“Over the ditch” as they say here :slight_smile: