Posted by Daryl on Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 00:32:38 :
In Reply to: Re: 70' PW on registry posted by Howard in Newcastle on Friday, March 30, 2007 at 11:18:08 :
I agree - then you add in the Australian built bodies by T J Richards as well. They were copied from the Canadian cabs, but many of the parts don't interchange. Looking at the way the Canadian and Australian cabs were built, it appears that there was a real shortage of steel in the early days. Things like the door pillars are made up of multiple layers of very thin sheet steel bent for max strength. Keep the use of steel to a minimum without sacrificing strength?