Deals On Wheels Australia - May 2018

TRUCK SHOWS

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