Deals On Wheels Australia - May 2018

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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