Being springtime in Melbourne, we've had a lot of rain. This sometimes leads to washed out shows. However the historic commercial vehicle show did happen this year but was vastly down in numbers because of the weather.
We loaded up Harry on the trailer, and took Roger to his first one, and set off early Sunday morning for Yarra Valley.
A Ford ute I spotted en route. They did not come with us.
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We got there early, as we had display vehicles. And Harry refused to move. Somehow one wheel is locked in position and we could not get him off the trailer. Very sad. So we left him and brought Roger in as other vehicles started arriving.
There was a lot of water everywhere so a lot of tactical parking was happening.
This Purple Petrol Eater won I think best in show. Faaaabulous colour!
Yo, I heard you liked trucks so I put a truck on your truck.
They were celebrating Bedford trucks this year, and lots of Bedfords came along.
Interestingly there were also two Bedford camper vans!
There were a lot of International trucks there as well.
The Vauxhall club came along as well. Including this wonderful 100 year old example.
Wandered back to Roger to find he'd found a parking buddy.
More Bedford trucks!
It kept lightly raining on and off during the day, so the sky keeps changing in these shots.
This is a commercial vehicle show, and that also means buses!
@vwdasher Flxibles are the most collectible, I think, amongst conversion bus fanatics. Some friends bought a very rough 60s Flxible and traveled in it for a year or two.
My favorite bus, and the one I think I'd buy if I were wanting to do a conversion, is the GM PD-4103.
Flxible has the benefit (or negative, depending on your perspective) of being relatively rare, so collectors value them pretty highly. And, there are certainly some gorgeous ones.
@swelljoe I was talking to a chap at a swap meet a few months ago and he was telling he'd imported this, a Sauer tour bus. I asked him to bring it along but it didn't come, may be due to the bad weather. I do hope to see it sometime, only one in Australia. And look how cool this is! Brought over from Switzerland.
That GM is gorgeous!
Frank
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