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"You don't know what you have until it's gone". USA was built by people who left their homelands because of all the ills in their home countries. They united and co-operated to create a new country. Why does a large percentage of the population want to waste and destroy all the good that was created for their now privileged lives?

Sadly it reflects how easily our populations have been fooled by the snake oil salesmen. The rot happens within. In Australia our weak and gutless left have charged our most decorated Victoria Cross SAS soldier, Ben Robert Smith, with war crimes after 14 years. An example of his bravery and loyalty to his fellow soldiers BRS lifted onto his shoulders one of his fellow SAS soldier who was wounded by the Taliban and ran under gun fire to save his life - what we see in the movies. This unnamed former SAS soldier who would have been tortured and killed has turned against BRS alleging war crimes. The arm chair warriors are frothing with joy to see BRS being hand cuffed in front of a plane load of passengers and airport staff. Who will protect and keep us safe in a time of need?

Joey, it appears that the Dems and all their latte lefties supporters have completely lost sight of basic life principals. We have the same in Australia. Their whole approach seems to be because they have for 50-60 years enjoyed a relatively rich, stable secure and comfortable lifestyle with all the trimmings, compared to other countries. You name it they have it in spades. However, if suddenly the US or Australia were to be attacked by a foreign power all the lefties would be demanding help from our military, police, etc. And they would have no idea of what to do to protect themselves.

Agreed Geoff. It seems that religions have been centre stage of conflicts for a very long time.

Below is a recent speech at the UN on 26 March 2026 by Kuwaiti dissident journalist Jasem Aljuraid is a realist summary of the real Arabic issues confronting all countries. From some of my research, the Shiite Islamic Iranian Clergy have been endlessly pursuing the belief that the Shiites should have inherited the leadership of the Islam community after the death of Muhammad around 700 AD. Instead the Sunnis took over the leadership based in Mecca, Saudi Arabia and have retained the leadership to this day. Around 1070 AD the Shiites took control or invaded the Kaaba, a sacred cuboid building in Mecca. Mecca is the holiest site in Islam, serving as the focal point of worship for Muslims worldwide, who face it during their daily prayers. The Sunnis defeated the Shiites and banished them from Mecca. Shiites are about 10-15% of the total Muslim population. The Shiites are determined to achieve their belief that they should control and lead Islam. The Iranian Shiites are determined to takeover Saudi Arabia and that would give them control of Mecca and the massive oil reserves. All the other middle east countries would fall like Dominoes. Imagine what consequences would follow? Iran became the Shiite stronghold because it has the black gold - oil - which provides the cashflow for the Iranian clergy to pursue their forever belief to control Islam. After the 1979 revolution the Shiite clergy nationalised all the oil resources in Iran. Hence the funding of the international proxies by Iran from the massive oil cashflows since 1979. And the $billions released by certain politicians. The Saudis have been battling the Shiites since around 700 AD and more recently Iran, directly and indirectly. Maybe that is why the Saudis support the Trump administration and were ready to sign the accord with Israel. The Saudi King and Prince - MBS do not want to loose their Kingdom to the Iranian clergy and expose their Sunni population to the Shiites. I would consider that China would not want Iran and its clergy to gain control of the Middle East. China has since 1948 continuously putting all its Muslims through a De-Islamize process. That would not please the Iranian clergy! Iran/Persia and other countries were never Islam countries, it was invaded and colonised by the Arabs (see article below). The Persians and all other peoples were forced to convert to Islam or else. The same happened across North Africa, Judea (now Israel) Egypt, Lebanon etc. The Arabs also invaded the southern half of Spain and were in occupation for maybe 200 plus years until the Christians defeated the Muslims and converted the country to Christianity. Within the Kaaba is the Black Stone - Hajar al-Aswad, an Islamic relic believed to date back to the time of Adam and Eve. I understand that in the 1070 AD battle the Shiites took this Black Stone but when the Sunnis defeated the Shiites they returned the Black Stone to its place in the Kaaba. Annually the Muslim world most sacred time is the Hajj pilgrimage to the Kaaba in Mecca. It is the life long ultimate journey that all Muslims aspire to attend before they die. The 2026 Hajj is between 25 to 30 May. Millions of Muslims from around the world attend the Hajj. Saudi Arabia has set a deadline for Umrah (to go to Mecca) visa holders to depart by 18 April 2026. For the Muslim world this annual Muslim pilgrimage cannot be cancelled. Consider this - if the Iran war is not in a cease fire then the annual Hajj cannot proceed due the bombing by Iran into the Gulf countries and Saudi Arabia. The Media do not report this into their articles. This is part of Jasem's UN speech. https://sharingfromisrael.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web

Our Aussie supply is 91, 95 & 98 Octane. I always used to buy 91. Then I was encouraged to buy the E10 which had some bio fuel. Within 6 months our Toyota V6 Prado would not start, it was choking. I called the Toyota service manager, he asked are you filling up with E10, yes. He told me go buy 98 and put as much as possible into tank and some injector cleaner and then try start motor. He said if you get it to run it was cough and sputter but let it run so new fuel and cleaner can get into the injectors. He advised me, never use the E10 because it clogs up the injectors and in time will damage the fuel system - big $'s to repair. It worked. 98 has been the fuel ever since and never any issues. Then my local BBQ LPG supplier told me he always filled his cars with 98. His work Ford Falcon ute from new had 750,000 klms, ran like new, oil regular changes oil was near clean, no smoke out the exhaust. Plus more power, no valve pinging under load and better economy than 91 & 95. My daughters filled their little 1100 Toyota with 91, under load it pinged like a sick piano. I put 98 in and some additive, it hummed like a canary and it pulled real hard up hill, and more distance. Many years ago over hear we had Standard and Super, I dont know what the Octane was in each grade. I do recall that with Standard our 6 cyl Holden (US Chev blue/grey motors) would ping under load especially uphill. Same with dad's Inter R190's, with Super the pull and performance under load was far better than Standard. And with a high load fronting a head wind they would top gear easily. Not so with Standard fuel.

In Australia we have preferential and compulsory voting, both at our National and State elections. The preferential system is the worst possible election voting system. like the US it is realistic to say the founding fathers never intended for our govts to be controlled by parties, especially as they have cemented their control. The way the Australian Labour Party has structured the electorate, its immigration intake and the fake Teals and Greens, being like subsidiary companies, ensures that Labour has a front row seat to win many elections to come, National and State. Sadly our people have been conned and the effects are coming.

Maybe economics and market forces will level out the oil price, quite feasible for the Venezuelan oil sell prices to ease down to the discounted Russian offers. In turn this will reduce Russian oil revenues and that may add to the Russian economy woos. There are many more opportunities for India to keep close to USA as India grows its economy and progressively replaces a multitude of China made products. Russia is a minor market, smaller than the California economy. The Indian NSA, Ajit Doval was the key operative in the TRUST agreement, I doubt he will allow that to be damaged or compromised. There is another huge oil reserve next to Venezula, that is Guyana. No one mentions this sleeper! It too can supply India. There is another key development relating to the above. The Panama High Court has decided that the 2 ports ownership/leaseholds held by the Hutchinson Group from Hong Kong (effectively controlled by the CCP since the HK hand back by the UK) at either end of the Panama Canal are unconstitutional. The Panama govt has handed the lease/rights for the 2 Panama ports to Maersk of Denmark. Maersk is no 2 in world container shipping. Maersk separated its oil and gas operations, but still Danish controlled. Maersk oil is exploring for oil in Suriname, which just happens to be next to Guyana. I have not seen any objection from the US administration about the Panama ports being granted to Maersk. Or did the US administration encourage this granting to Maersk? Surely this makes for smooth uninterrupted sailing of oil ships from Venezula (and Guyana and Suriname) through the Panama Canal and onto Indian refineries. Greenland and Denmark!!!!!!!! And Maersk, Panama and oil to India!!!!! Just thinking. Maersk have major operations in India and also shipping services for oil.

Don't forget the TRUST deal signed Jan 2025 - USA and India, maybe this was part of the plan! India has been buying about 35% of Russian oil production and China buys 47%.

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The Mack B model door lock and the International R model door locks, later 1963 type and thereafter with the push button external door handles, are identical. I had a 1965 R-200 and B model - 615 whilst both next to each other, I noticed that the 2 locks were the same. I did a bit research and it confirmed that the Inter and Mack B model locks came from the same door lock supplier. Have a close look at the attached pictures and you will see the locks are the same. The red R 190 with the blue lines was a fully imported truck into Australia from USA so you can see the same locks. So try find an International dealer they may likely have NOStock. And those original Inter comfo-vision cabs were fitted to the smaller pick up Inter's such as 110, 120 & 130 etc.

He certainly has an amazing collection. Every truck, trailer etc that they restore etc is perfection plus. Tony and Bernie and their team are prefectionists.

Are the hood sides aluminium like the original hood sides?

H67, the cross member under the front pulley looks like a adapted railway line, or does it happen to look a railway line?

H67, try contacting the race horse clubs or the race courses where their horse ran. Most often these clubs have a big history of material going back many decades. You could be surprised what treasures you might find. Good luck with your research.