The greatest road run ever held in Australia for classic commercials.
Watch this space for a few photos from Andrew Blacklock. I attended as well and shot 790 photos just south of Bargo, at Marulan BP truck stop and at the railway bridge in the Cullerin Ranges. A selection of these photos have been sent off to Vintage Trucks and Commercials Magazine so I will hold off posting them until I see what VTCM uses in their next issue. They may also appear in the HCVC newsletter The Monitor and in Queensland's Heritage Hauler as well as in a slide show on the Hunter Valley Classic Commercial Vehicle Club's website. On top of that the industry magazine Prime Mover may also be using some for an article on the run.
I was pretty happy with the results but the job was made easier by there being several trucks that you simply could not take a bad photo of. They just looked so right.
Congratulations to the organisers (Bruce Gunter, Kirky, the Western Sydney Historic Truck Club et al) and to the Hume runners. Everyone was on an absolute high enjoying each other's company and their old vehicles. This run was what the old truck scene is all about and the spirit in which it was organised, attended and enjoyed was truly epic. To make it a truly great event almost $9,000 was raised for kids with autism. Big trucks, bigger hearts.
Would you believe organising and registrations for the 2013 run are already happening!
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