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How many times have we all heard that Swishy, "the other bloke got in here" in a rigid😒

Magnificent looking 6-110👍👌

This was all filmed and photographed on U.S. hwy 99 between piru canyon (which is under Pyramid lake since '65 after completion of I-5 ) and Castaic Ca. . Shots of the old 99 Oaks truck stop and cafe in the background from .54 to 1:31 . When I was 11 ('61) and riding in a '53 Kenworth semi from Bellflower to Frisco and back we stopped there . I was over that route on the truck and with my folks MANY times from '52 till it was bypassed by I-5 in '65 .

I wounder it's it's still around hidden?

Just like my father, spent many hours in his SAR with Detroit, S2 with 903, S 20 Foden, Commer knockers, Atkinson’s, Diamond Reo, and White Road boss, his last truck was a Ant eater Kenworth. I had a very good childhood.

They call them Screaming Jimmy, so get your ears ready...

Excellent Swishy, pity about the music, couldn't hear the jigger's!!

7:20: A bull-nose pulling a trashcan!!!

5:10: One of the old dual-steer PIE dromedaries they used to run from LA to Denver. My Godfather used to drive these over the Rockies from the Denver terminal, and he'd rendezvous with a California driver somewhere in Utah, switch trucks, and head back to Denver. From there, freight was unloaded from the drom-box, and freight heading east was carried by single trailers pulled by a long-nosed White day-cab. It took 3 Whites to pull the freight from 2 of these dual-steer KW's....

2:02: Ah, yes, an old "side-saddle" or "half-cab" KW. The UGLIEST American truck, ever....

Great to see the old SAR in its early days! I still see it around

Yes, Waltzing Matilda was a spectacle, lots of heat, lots of noise, and a nice paint job but not a drag truck. The real competition here starts at 2.40 where the Detroit Devil absolutely blows away the Super Boss. To say Ty was pissed off is an understatement. He couldn't believe a small crew from South Australia with a budget of around 100KAUD ( a shit load of money back then ) could beat his 1M + USD team. I must say though he put on a hell of a show with Super Boss and the Calder crowd was stoked. Sent him home with his tail between his legs to deal with the US media. That was a laugh!

Bloody brilliant Swishy ✌

Gas turbines are horribly inefficient and we're sacked by diesels decades ago both on the railroads and in trucking. There will be NO resurrection of gas turbines in the future

Qwantwz hp?? Qwal cilindrada??

Agreed on the music,drives me nuts, IT SUCKS!!!!

Freightliners werent Whites, they had a 30 year marketing agreement with White.

Why are so many photos cut off at the bottom???? Ruined!!!!

Go Swishy, I just picked up a 6V92T complete Generator with 71.2 original hours :):):)

Awesome, bloke has mad skills :), heaps of experience, go Swishy !!

Problem is the engine was only 175 HP and today they run 400 to 600 HP !!!

My Dad had 2 SAR’s one was an old Schrapels day cab and the other was an 86 model with ROH on the spoiler. Used to run Adelaide Perth and Melbourne. Anyone remember it?

Leo 😊

Excelente video yo maneje la mayoría de esos modelos y mi padre

I worked around heavy equipment and we had are own transport trucks and driver's people that do this stuff make it look easy.

They sure got a lot of work done with that equipment and trucks back in the older days.

What a great old model

Wow a 7400 series too a Japanese freight liner too

There just like Carolina too

1500 rpms ?

They was called the Japanese white before freightliner too over too kh

The 7400 series it should have had a ladder on that side too also just like the left side too ok kh but hey a really good idea though too ok kh

I wish Mack still made the F-model but with today’s high horse power engines and air ride cabs. I drove 2 different ones n the late 70’s and early 80’s and even with “Armstrong “ steering you could get into 99.9% of the tight docks

By far and away, one of the best bits of Australian trucking on TH-cam.

i have a book with the pictures from this race !!

Willis Shaw and CR England were big time in those days. CR is a joke today.

Great old trucks and flags!

Of all the immeasurable amount of relative music regarding trucks wheels, rolling down a highway we tc where did you get the brainstorm to use this innocuous little ditty, and relevant to a machine with wheels, motor, and gears? This isn't a strummers parade! Stupid ! Without foresight, or insight!

Great photos of the sar's just turn the volume right down or it will drive you nuts.

If you don't have this truck anymore I reckon I might know where it is. I've even sat in it and has a 6V71 in it IIRC. Same colour too. Can't remember your name on the side though. Also it's under cover, dry and completely untouched since the day it was parked there which I assume was decades ago. It's still in Victoria.

Dam that single drive K model looks nice, would love to own one one day. And dont get me wrong the SAR is a good lookin truck to

Geeze that old SAR has had some work. And the single drive cabover looks nice to

with a nice set of airbags, today you could skip all that mucking about with the winch! nice vid!

My Father worked at White Motors for 41 years from just before he entered the Navy in WWII until his retirement when the company went into bankruptcy. He graduated for Case School of Engneering and became one to two engine designers under the chief engineer. He ran the engine test lab at E. 79th St and St Claire Ave in Cleveland and was involved in many field trials. Seeing these trucks brings back many memories. I once had a sales model of a Model 3000 Tractor Trailer that is long gone. I believe White Motors went out of business after the management was taken over by a former GM group that did not understand how to run a smaller company. They expected perks and compensations that were not sustainable.

you'd have to be gay to not like that sound

Started on a U model in1972 with a 5x4

Hello first time watching one of your old iron video wow lots of old iron from back in the day there few company names I remember as growing up wow drivers use to drive old iron 🚛 to get job done 👍👍👍

The SAR kenworth one the best looking and a model the Yanks didn't get even though they had front of bumper to rear of cab rules, they did the COE until rules changed, Australia turned the SAR into a classic, were quite popular for roadtrains as allowed a slightly longer draw bar for dog trailer stability and still fitting into overall length regulations, yes they tended to have a bit better airflow under cab improving engine and trans cooling too

sounds almost like a 6-71

At my job we rebuild mtu and detroit engines. Right now I'm working with a veteran mechanic (he's been there since 1974) on a 6v92. They're so much fun to work on. I hope I get to do more in the future