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it was vandalised. David bought the truck in the
mid-1980s and restored it over the next 16 years.
“I think there are 180 bolts on the cabin and Dad
has made each one of those on a lathe,” Tim says.
He believes the AC is the only surviving complete
AC Mack that originally worked in Australia when
it was new. The family’s 1929 AB Mack was also
on display.
Dave Willis took five trucks to the Mack Muster
- a Super-Liner, Flintstone and three F Models.
“I’ve got a bit of a liking for the F model Mack
cab-over range,” Dave says. “They went from
1963 through to 1980.There were a lot of them
around and probably never had the fanfare that
they also polished up a few retired trucks for the
muster.
Collector Craig Duren travelled from Wollongong,
NSW, with 10 trucks, including a 1948 EH Mack fire
truck.
OLDEST MACK
Tim Daws’ family owned the oldest Mack
attending the muster, a 1923 AC Mack. It was
restored by Tim’s father, David Daws.
The AC originally carted fuel and oil around
Melbourne for Vacuum Oil. It finished its working
life at a saw mill in Marysville Victoria in the
1950s before being dragged into the bush where
It’s a bit of a
novelty to drive
them with the
two sticks.
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7.Co-organiser Dave Willis
took five Macks to the
Mack Muster
8.Wayne Smith and his
bulldog, ‘Mack’, with a
couple of the Macks from
Wayne’s fleet