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My name is Gary Parker, and this is my 1934 1 1/2 ton Dodge Truck that my dad gave me in 1985,
It was the Winton Shell truck from new not shore when it stop being the
Shell truck, I thank it was sometime in the lat 50s, In the 70s and early
80s she was used to cart water for pigs out of town and was hooked up to a
table saw. I tried to restored it in the late 80's but could
not find the parts or the time, but I still got it going for the Outback
Festival in Winton QLD for the following years (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991,
1993) and was on display for the 1995 Outback Festival, after this she
became unsafe to use. It went through the January 2000 flood in Winton
where the water went over the roof of the truck, then in February 2000 we
dried it out and started it to drive it to our new house in Winton, She
sat there until we moved to Townsville in June 2007, so we moved the truck
to the truck museum in Winton, in June 2009 we hade it trucked to
Townsville to be restored, and started the restoration on the 26
June 2009 plan to be finished by June 2010, This
time the parts where easy to find thanks to the internet and ebay, and
some parts we have changed to modern parts like Alternator, Thermostat,
condenser, and new set of VDO gages. The plans are to go back to Winton
for the 2011 Outback Festival this will make it 16 years since it was in
the Festival . This truck has a 218 small block motor and a 4 speed
gearbox it was imported into Australia by T. J. Richards & Sons and
they built the cab and tray. The model is K32, engineering code and
wheelbase is T-6-E-136. There is more photos and information on http://dodgetruck1934.tripod.com  
 
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| Hi Garry. Picture of a restored Dodge K30 in Kingaroy - currently owned and restored by Peanut Company of Australia in Kingaroy. As you can see, it was in very good condition when purchased. I have a lot of photos of it as it was stripped and rebuilt. Engine, gearbox and diff had been rebuilt in the past. Nwe tyres all round as well. it is fully restored, running and on full rego.. John
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