dubbo truck show

[Bob McNeill]

Your correct on that one , the only pic I took of the Scania (lhd ) is a front on shot.

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi all - this is an interesting story I only heard tonight from Lawrie the Dingo Man. It involves some liaison by a NSW Military Club member Dutchy. Dutchy subscribes to a Netherlands vehicle magazine and a recent article featured the 1950s importation of some Scania buses from the Uk to a Netherlands bus company. One of these buses was converted to a wrecker by the bus company with the addition of a Holmes Wrecker for their bus recoveries. This truck was eventually bought by a collector in Tasmania who removed the Holmes Wrecker and housed it on another truck. The remains of the truck was eventually bought by a Queensland collector and finished up at the Dubbo show.

In the mean time Dutchy wrote an article to the Netherlands magazine stating the history. But not only that, Dutchy also located an identical Holmes Wrecker that will join this truck. Apparently when the initial conversion from bus to wrecker took place the grill, for some reason was cut down to about half its size. The current owner is looking for a full size grill.

That's the story in a nutshell and is correct as far as I know and I reckon it is a fascinating story.

Bob

[Bob McNeill]

Bob, if I could work out how to put up the pic I would, tried but didn,t work, brain fade I suspect.

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

But you did it. Well done.

Bob

[Bob McNeill]

After a lot of looking, the odd machine at Dubbo, WE believe to be made by this company BROWN EQUIPMENT. It would be a frightening ride at the quoted 27MPH.

[aj.lec]

Very scary
Would have sworn someting that ugly would have had to be a slap together
just as scary 10 gears forward and backwards
where on earth did you find a sales brochure on one of these

[Bob McNeill]

An advert inPower Farming in Australia and New Zealand Technical Annual 1953. this is not the double steer, Fitted with loader, but all the right running gear.