My apologies for any blurriness.
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| "Waltzing Matilda" came to NZ in the 80s and did some demonstration runs. These pics were taken at Thunder Park. This is a return run with the air brake in the deployed position. |
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| Air brake now retracted and heading in the correct direction down the track. The runs were not done and full power, but I can't remember why this was. |
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| "Barney Boy" and "Little Brown Jug" were a matching pair of (I think) NZ's first aerodynes. This is "Barney Boy", snapped in the southern Hawkes Bay area. |
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| International "S" line on Auckland's Southern Motorway. |
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| Shot from the car as we waited for the wide load to pass. A W900 Kenworth moves house. |
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| Australian made International 3070. This one belonged to Burling Transport. Powered by the big 903 Cummins V8 with 15 speeds of Fuller Roadranger. |
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| Auckland Southern Motorway again. One still sees the odd M series Mack on the road, but where did all those Renault Fuegos go. |
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| Jarret Sandes of Palmerston North operated this smartly painted Hino. Unusual to see this model as an 8 wheeler. |
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| TD Haulage KW with 8V92 to push it along. |
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| Another Detroit powered rig was this Bedford TM of Sanitarium Health Food Company. |
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| ERF swb 6 wheeler and 4 axle trailer approaches the top of the climb up the Kaimai range. |
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| Mack F series 8 wheeler tipper of Don Phillips Trucking. |
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| Produce Freighter's White Road Boss and self steering trailer performs a tight turn. |
Where did all those Fuegos go? Probably most of them have succumbed to the dreaded tin-worm by now, I would say. I know there was one in Greymouth last year. I always thought they were an attractive looking coupe, different enough to not be mistaken for anything else, but not too different to be ugly. The rare turbo model was a real ball of fire, justifying its name of Fuego.
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