But for now he’s content to drive it around a
paddock near his Colac home.
Macks travelled from throughout Victoria, New
South Wales, Queensland and the Northern
Territory. Organisers even counted 11 Tasmanian
Macks. The Tasmanian contingent included three
generations of the Sutcliffe family – Paul, Daniel
and Brayleigh. Daniel received much praise for the
1985 Super-Liner he restored.
Owner-driver Paul Smythe from Bridport,
Tasmania, says he still works his blinged-up 1988
Mack Super-Liner II, “but only on the good jobs”.
Bickleys Transport of Goornong, Victoria, took
eight trucks – a mix of Valueliners, Super-Liners
and R Models. Most are still working trucks, but
Tony Champion’s 1937 Mack. Peter Clapton of
Castlemaine completed the restoration in early
March. Tony travelled to Victoria to pick it up and
took it to the Mack Muster before carting it home
to Rockhampton, Queensland.
Built in the USA during the Depression, the Mack
Juniors weren’t as popular as more affordable
trucks, and are quite rare. Tony found it in San
Diego, USA, “in very poor repair”.
Mack lovers of all ages enjoyed the weekend.
Eleven-year-old Toby Sheedy is proud to have his
name on the door of his own 1974 Mack R600.
His parents presented him with the Mack on his
10th birthday. Toby wants a career in the trucking
industry and hopes to one day restore his Mack.
It’s so nice
and everything
works so good.
It reminds me of
the old days.
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