Finally found a way back into Truck net don’t know how long it will last anyhow came across this photo the other day this unit still earning a crust and the owner obviously knows his job
Dig
And is a glutton for punishment, Dig. The Flintstone shared the same cramped quarters with the R600.
Star down under.:
And is a glutton for punishment, Dig. The Flintstone shared the same cramped quarters with the R600.
I know i owned a R600 Coolpower.
DIG:
Finally found a way back into Truck net don’t know how long it will last anyhow came across this photo the other day this unit still earning a crust and the owner obviously knows his jobDig
It’s that searchlight that gets my vote Dig, that’s what most of us had at Buntine’s, wired into the high beam switch we could see for miles if there was no-one in the way.
Welcome home btw. 
As far as cramped is concerned, SDU, couldn’t be as tiny as the B Motor, but then we weren’t required to sleep in it. 
Spardo:
DIG:
Finally found a way back into Truck net don’t know how long it will last anyhow came across this photo the other day this unit still earning a crust and the owner obviously knows his jobDig
It’s that searchlight that gets my vote Dig, that’s what most of us had at Buntine’s, wired into the high beam switch we could see for miles if there was no-one in the way.
Welcome home btw.As far as cramped is concerned, SDU, couldn’t be as tiny as the B Motor, but then we weren’t required to sleep in it.
Hiya,
The roping and sheeting isn’t all that It’ll flap like Paddy’s wigmam in a gale when he’s underway.
harry_gill:
Spardo:
DIG:
Finally found a way back into Truck net don’t know how long it will last anyhow came across this photo the other day this unit still earning a crust and the owner obviously knows his jobDig
It’s that searchlight that gets my vote Dig, that’s what most of us had at Buntine’s, wired into the high beam switch we could see for miles if there was no-one in the way.
Welcome home btw.As far as cramped is concerned, SDU, couldn’t be as tiny as the B Motor, but then we weren’t required to sleep in it.
Hiya,
The roping and sheeting isn’t all that It’ll flap like Paddy’s wigmam in a gale when he’s underway.
No it won’t, Harry. Ringo could hammer out a beat on that.
Spardo:
DIG:
Finally found a way back into Truck net don’t know how long it will last anyhow came across this photo the other day this unit still earning a crust and the owner obviously knows his jobDig
It’s that searchlight that gets my vote Dig, that’s what most of us had at Buntine’s, wired into the high beam switch we could see for miles if there was no-one in the way.
Welcome home btw.As far as cramped is concerned, SDU, couldn’t be as tiny as the B Motor, but then we weren’t required to sleep in it.
Many had to though, B Models were the mainstay on the Sydney/Brisbane Darwin run til well after Cyclone Tracy.
They soldiered on until the late '80s on Brisbane local.
Star down under.:
Spardo:
DIG:
Finally found a way back into Truck net don’t know how long it will last anyhow came across this photo the other day this unit still earning a crust and the owner obviously knows his jobDig
It’s that searchlight that gets my vote Dig, that’s what most of us had at Buntine’s, wired into the high beam switch we could see for miles if there was no-one in the way.
Welcome home btw.As far as cramped is concerned, SDU, couldn’t be as tiny as the B Motor, but then we weren’t required to sleep in it.
Many had to though, B Models were the mainstay on the Sydney/Brisbane Darwin run til well after Cyclone Tracy.
They soldiered on until the late '80s on Brisbane local.
If we slept at all it was in the pm waiting for the cows to be calmer and in the bulldust under the trailer. Otherwise ‘back home’ at Buntine Towers we had a comfortable bunkhouse.
Buzzer:
Buzzer
What year would the Guy be Buzzer I dont think I have seen that model before.
Dig
It was brand new 1956, They ran a fleet of Guys at one time, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
It was brand new 1956, They ran a fleet of Guys at one time, Regards Larry.
Thanks for the info Larry, I was a young nipper back then Buzzer
Buzzer:
Lawrence Dunbar:
It was brand new 1956, They ran a fleet of Guys at one time, Regards Larry.Thanks for the info Larry, I was a young nipper back then
. IIRC This photo was taken beside the Ace Transport Cafe on the North Circular London, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
It was brand new 1956, They ran a fleet of Guys at one time, Regards Larry.
Then they changed to the iconic Invincible/Warrior (surely the best pre-sleeper era) cab before finally settling for the Big J, after the Jaguar takeover.
Lawrence Dunbar:
It was brand new 1956, They ran a fleet of Guys at one time, Regards Larry.
Thanks Larry
and I was similar Buzzer at that time.
Dig
My son lives near Bairnsdale in Victoria look like brand new tarps.
Dig