Timothy Maikshilo Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Saw this in a cocky's(farmer's) paddock. Old Leyland Buffalo that I know nothing about. Interesting top mirror bracket and half a sun visor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Finally, a picture of a proper Commonwealth truck. Now, how about some of Fodens, ERFs and Seddon Atkinsons? They should be broken in just about now.A Scammell or Bedford TM would be acceptable as well.I recall an ERF-built Western Star COE running down there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted August 6, 2015 Author Share Posted August 6, 2015 Finally, a picture of a proper Commonwealth truck. Now, how about some of Fodens, ERFs and Seddon Atkinsons? They should be broken in just about now.A Scammell or Bedford TM would be acceptable as well.Well I know of a Foden to photograph and I'll try to find the others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 the old Ergo cab they had them as Hippo's Buffalo's and with sleeper cabs as well great big long cabs heaps of glass Kev the local IH Dealer gave me these pictures of Seddon and Atkinson trucks back in the early 80's all Aussie trucks except maybe the second last one Tim I didnt know any one else called farmers cockys I always thought it was a Australian thing cow cockys cane cockys grain cockys and the list goes on I dont no why we give names to things in Australia as we never use them even citys towns rivers states the lot all have nick names we are funny buggers Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Mack Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Ohhhhh....where's my pills..!!!!the last one is interesting for me, the UK construction and uses regulations for petrol tankers (PetRegs) for that time required the exhaust to be placed under the front bumper, seems the Oz regs allowed for a spark arrester on the stackpipe... the rear window glass had to be armored with wire in the laminate and the back of the cab had to be metaled down to the bottom of the mudflap height.... and no sleeper allowed.Tim...you are going to find a lot of uk built or kitted "lorries" on NZ farms... we traded NZ lamb and butter for british rust until the EU/EEC came along... however, they do seem to have many tidy survivors.Paulprobably at that time IH owned Sed/Ak hence the photosBC Mack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Yep defiantly when IH Australia took over Atkinson BC Mack I have read what the connection was between Seddon and Atkinson but cant remember what it wasAtkinson Australia had to start selling them they never sold any good as they weren't suited to Australian road laws with out a lot of modification UK sold more trucks tractors and cars in Australia than all other brands put together I reckon till EU/EEC debarkle happened and they left Australia high and dry then as it turned out didnt work any good for UK either Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Mack Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 PaulAtkinson formed in 1907 as a steam engine repair company, by 1916 were manufacturing their own steam wagons but went bankrupt in 1930 and was reformed with a new owner to produce trucks which it did by 1935, the Big A logo was introduced at this time. Seddon bought Atkinson in late 1970 for 4.8 million Pounds, Leyland had held a 20% stake in Atkinson and swayed the lesser takeover bids from ERF and Foden to Seddon....IH bought 'Seddon Atkinson' in 1974 which though some acquisitions came under Pegaso of Spain and then rolled into Iveco..production ended in about 2004 and the marque disappeared a couple of years later... so, nearly 100 years..!!!BC Mack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 There are over 240 pages of Aussie trucks and other information here:http://forums.justoldtrucks.com/870/Down-Under-AU,-NZAnd another 40 pages of Pommy (British) trucks here:http://forums.justoldtrucks.com/38892/pommy-trucksSome interesting reading, drag out a case of VB and enjoy yourself Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Tim, here is the beautiful Western Star-branded model 7564 COE which was produced by UK truckmaker ERF. Nice truck. Quite a few were sold in New Zealand such as this stunning Mainfreight unit. It was based on the ERF model EC and featured the company's signature fiberglass panel-over-steel frame cab architecture.ERF had been taken over by Canada (British Columbia) based Western Star in 1996. MAN bought ERF in March 2000, and Daimler-Chrysler acquired Western Star in August 2000.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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