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BKrois

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Well it's new years day here now, stinking hot again, up near 100 or more today

Was a good boy last night and made it to 11pm, woke up woth Miss Molly the gun shy border collie curled up on the floor beside the bed, she dont like them fire works at all

Anyway truck pics

These are photos of a much modified Diamond T in NewZealand 

Now this is a hot rodded Diamond T 980 or 981

 This truck was created by a bloke by the name of Bob Corden from Kerikeri Engineering from Northland NewZealnd in the 1970's 

Is or was powered by a 250 Cummins, note the one piece windshield, custom guards, and everything else custom from front to back

Apparently the consensus is the headlights are from a Nissan Cedric

Now these arent my photos at all and must thank Hamish Petrie for these, some of you blokes will know of Hamish from Just Old Trucks Forum

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Anyway, hope everyone's heads aren't to sore in the new year

 

Paul

 

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8 hours ago, james j neiweem said:

Looks like Diamond-T and Sterling may have used the same cab in this era

 

But neither of them had a 1 piece windshield.. And it does Not look like the IH Compfovision cab either??? Totally flat windshield with the wipers mounted above it.. This truck may have a Diamond T  chassis and power train but that whole cab assembly came from somewhere else!!!!!

Brocky

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Yeah Brocky your right 

What I guess a lot of people in the States dont understand is just how hard it was to get good trucks for many many years after WW2 in Australia and even more so NewZealand 

The Kiwis really were the masters of custom rebuilding of trucks for many decades, NewZealand was broje after WW2 and there was like Australia huge import duties for countries out of the Commonwealth 

Pommy trucks never quite cut it in the colonies, so ex army US trucks were used and rebuilt and modified for at a guess,  up to 30 years of age  

 

Paul 

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