Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 418 i Deals On Wheels Australia

The year was 1990. Businesses across the board were taking a severe belting and, among many, Kenworth was doing all it could to simply endure Treasurer Paul Keating’s interminable ‘recession we had to have’. Almost a decade into his long and laudable career as Kenworth’s first Australian managing director, Andrew Wright, had been quick to react to the downturn. As he saw it, the economic signs were foreboding. With his bean-counter brain kicking into survival mode, retrenchments at the Bayswater, Victoria, head office and factory came hard and fast. Everything depended on the factory’s ongoing viability and Wright was uncompromising in his determination to protect the future and avoid Kenworth becoming just another importer. Yet seemingly overnight, Kenworth, generally, and Wright, specifically, became pariahs as commentators and competitors publicly lambasted…

Kenworth says its display at the Brisbane Truck Show of the new T610 and the first of its Legend 900 trucks highlights the brand’s broad appeal to a dedicated market. The T610 is the biggest new model development from Kenworth in 30 years whereas the Legend 900 is the re-creation of a model first introduced 26 years ago. “There is an irony in that,” says Brad May. “It’s something we discussed at length, whether or not it was a conflicting message, but we recognised there’s a portion of buyers who are very much attached to the past. “They’re possibly, and probably, the same people who will buy T610 for their business but may also buy a Legend 900 as a source of pride in where they’ve come from and what…

Quick Search Visit TradeTrucks.com.au and search for ‘Kenworth’ or type in the TA or DIY code shown here into the keyword search field. $77,000 DIY812064 1995 KENWORTH T900. Fullers 18spd RR, 106T rated, 6 rod susp, recently rebuilt • 0428 854 666 $185,000 +GST TA802137 2004 KENWORTH T904. P/mover, Cat C15 engine, 6 rod susp, side tipper hyd • QLD 07 3171 1722 $70,000 DIY569164 1993 KENWORTH T950. 45T rated double chassis rail, 13 spd RR, well maint. • 0412 824 768 $115,000 TA806337 2005 KENWORTH T904 6X4 PRIME MOVER. 110T rated, Cat C15 engine • QLD 07 3171 1722 $155,000 TA821679 2013 KENWORTH T409 SAR. 18 spd man, Cummins ISX EGR DPF • QLD 07 3073 8141…

Despite the morning chill in the air on June 11, Alexandra Truck, Ute and Rod Show co-founder Andrew Embling was all smiles as he warmed up for what was going to be another successful event. This day, however, was extra special. It was the show’s 21st birthday, and major sponsor Larsen’s Truck Sales had a bonus in store for the event’s organisers. As the clock struck 10am, Andrew was clearly delighted with the number of trucks that had already parked along Grant Street, the town’s main thoroughfare. “It’s only early, the show has just kicked off and we’ve got trucks everywhere,” Andrew smiles. “We’ve got trucks still coming in, we’ve still got trucks coming out of Melbourne.” As it is now, the first show was held on the Queen’s Birthday…

The movie was based on a book written by Richard Matheson. In real life, he’d been tailgated by a truck on the day President John Kennedy was assassinated and that inspired the story. Steven Spielberg held truck auditions and chose the 1955 Peterbilt because the long hood, split windshield, and round headlights gave it more of a menacing face. They applied make-up to the truck during filming to make it appear uglier. The TV movie Duel used the first truck – a 1955 Peterbilt 351 with a Cat engine. While filming, the truck’s engine began to give the crew problems so another truck was purchased – the 1960 351 Peterbilt, which belongs to Brad Wike. This was used when they decided to make the TV movie into a full-length film.…