WOW, I have never seen a Road Train, but it would scare the b'jesus out of me. I'm guessing they don't stop on a dime and are difficult to maneuver. I've always wanted to visit Australia, but may think twice about driving "down under". G'day mate!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Stash of Aussie Ford GT's found in South Africa
during that era a whole bunch of Falcon GT parts were exported to South Africa where they were assembled into Fairmont GTs. Recently, a large haul of Fairmont GTs was unearthed and the collector is the first commentor on the article, setting the story straight
read about it http://www.ausmotive.com/2009/02/19/ford-gt-stash-uncovered-in-south-africa.html
Monday, February 23, 2009
Antique Fire Engines / Trucks. Cool to the second power
1937 Dennis Light Brigade used until 1969, now used as a playground fire engine. Well, sad to see it wasn't kept up, but I bet the kids think it's awesome!
1940 American LaFrance 100' Ladder Model JOX600 Series It was originally bound for the Singapore Fire Brigade when Pearl Harbour was bombed on 7 Dec 1941. The ship put in at Fremantle Harbour and fearing Singapore may fall to the enemy, was off-loaded and commandeered by the War Dept.
Totally restored to near new condition by the members of the Western Australia Fire Brigades Historical Museum. It still has its original compliment of ground ladders and equipment and is surprisingly quick on the road.
It can be viewed at the Old No 1 City Fire Station Museum im Murray St Perth
1933 Datsun originally based in Kawasaki, a suburb of Tokyo, where it stayed in service until 1960. In 1962 it was purchased by a sailor who was based in Yokohama, during 1962 it was handed to Nihon Kikai Limited (fire engine manufacturers) where it was restored.
In 1964 it was shipped to California, when the sailor was stationed in San Francisco. In 1967 it was moved to New York, where it stayed until his retirement in 1976.
By 1987 it was moved to Pennsylvania, but it was now in need of major restoration. In 2002 this finally happened. Sold in 2005 to a private collector
Thunderguts our 1948 Leyland Merryweather TTL
Dennis Dart fire appliance New ZealandWednesday, November 15, 2006
The Aussie Ford division Falcon GT XA Super Roo stole the Super Bee logo
Dodge came up with the Super Bee logo / emblem in 1967 (on the '68 model). Soon after, the Australian Ford division stole the logo, and fashioned a local style from it. Copy cats.
Super Roo was first used by Ford to distinguish its 1970 XW GT Model from the rest. These Aussie cars are form the most part, all 4 door. It wasn't until72 or 73 that the 2 dr was an option. When I was in Australia in 98, I did not see any two door muscle cars, onoy 4 drs. Strange. The other weird Aussie auto culture thing is the predominance of Ranchero El Camino type autos. They have really big brush guard type push bars, and need them, becuase they frequently run into kangaroos. Overly used to humans, stupid, and more suicidal than skunks, rabbits, racoons, and possums combined; the kangaroo is such a vehicle collsion threat the Aussies I talked to are as ambivalent to hitting a roo as we are to hitting a bug... so the cars there all seemed to be equipped with the heavy duty brush guard / push bars.
For a great variety of Aussie cars at a hot rod show http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueyes/sets/72157594310834327/
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