Out and about in NZ with HP

Howard Pettigrew, Commer nut and owner of http://www.commer.org.nz/ , travels around a fair bit for work (and attending old truck rallies) so he regularly comes across old bangers that have seen better days, have been lovingly restored or, as is the case with this selection, are still giving their owners good service. Here's what H had to say about these three old girls:

The Inter was in the fog one morning - just up the road from where I live when I had an early start to Mid Canterbury. I was at the extreme of my camera's zoom. Must get a better one some time!

The Dodge/Commer RG was on a farm just outside the town I was working in called Methven. It had a load of seed of some sort on board and the farmer was sowing with his late model John Deere. There is another RG Commer on another farm nearby that is also in regular use. The interesting thing is that if you look closely at the Dodge you will see the lazy axle is in front of the drive and has only one wheel offset to the rear wheels, i.e. the track of the tyre is between the inner and outer rear. There are two TKs in the district with the same setup so it must be a local, and unusual, conversion.

Earlier this month after attending a commercial run of the Canterbury Branch of the Vintage Car Club around Christchurch I came across the early '60s KW which was being used as a tractor unit for a transporter.