A gem of a collection once again Craig, some memories, my pick is the little Commer tipper at 15:25. A lot of those smaller operators have either been bought out or vanished into history. Love the opening of the video with fuel at 38.5 cents a litre at the Shell!
@truckingjohnno75 ай бұрын
Aaah thanks very much hahaha yes the Fuel Price eh my goodness its scary to think where it will be in anoyher 30 years time . Yes they were the back bone of our country the smaller operators , things have sure changed . Thanks again for the support much appreciated as always
@dieseldavetrains89885 ай бұрын
@@truckingjohnno7 I seen a truck Parsons of Castlemaine in your clips, is that Tiger Parsons who used to work for J. J. Leech in the late 1960's? Maybe his son.
@truckingjohnno75 ай бұрын
@@dieseldavetrains8988 Im not 100% sure but i think would be his son i reckon
@rosskennedy5 ай бұрын
Bring back memories of my trucking days in seventies and eighties, onlyfrw Mack and not western star.😭
@truckingjohnno75 ай бұрын
Oh thas fantastic hope this bought back some great memories for you , Yeah they were hard but great days
@JohnMorley-e3q5 ай бұрын
Beautiful old photos, thank you.
@truckingjohnno75 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for watching your support is much appreciated
@faronanderson25365 ай бұрын
This great country of ours wouldn't be the place that it is today without these magnificent machines taking much of the workload. A mark of reflection, respect, and honour to a wonderful era in our transportation industry. I take my hat off to you all. Thank you for this montage. 🇦🇺👍🏽
@truckingjohnno75 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for those amazing kind words , i could not have said it better myself ,and its an amazing industry with great people all doing their best out there to keep this Great and Beautiful country going
@faronanderson25365 ай бұрын
@@truckingjohnno7Well said 👍🏽
@deanj93455 ай бұрын
Thank you mate. Its great that you do this for us. Growing up in rural Victoria a truck loving Kid with a truck driving Dad. The seventy's and eighties. School holidays in the truck. I remember a lot of these, great stuff Craig
@truckingjohnno75 ай бұрын
Aaaah Thanks so much , yeah i was going to say you must remember some of these classics then , Yeah Big Days Big Days , and your most welcome and thanks for your support mate
@stevendietmann35955 ай бұрын
Great job mate. I'm glad you thought to take all these wonderful photos so long ago.
@truckingjohnno75 ай бұрын
Thanks very much hahaha yes my parents used tosay to me to stop wasting my money as no-one will ever see them and I always said to them you know one day and I dont know how but the whole world will see my photos and 50 years later , Well here we are LOL
@damienodonohue13275 ай бұрын
Great stuff, excellent video, beautiful old jiggers there 👍
@truckingjohnno75 ай бұрын
Thanks so much really appreciated yeah times are changing quickly so we must keep this history going , Thanks for Your Support
@rodneyjeffery97265 ай бұрын
so cool
@truckingjohnno75 ай бұрын
Thanks Yeah got to love the old skool cool Big Iron Thanks for your Support