This page will be constantly added to as we create new galleries that will help illustrate the evolution of the New Zealand road transport over one and a quarter centuries.
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Bedford
Bedford was one of the great names of British trucking, and it could be said that Bedford helped build the nation.
Click here to view the gallery – or add to it.
GMC CCKW
The truck that saved the nation.
Click here to see how GMC became so important to our trucking history.
Kenworth Collection
Ever since the first Kenworth arrived on our shores, the brand has become a by-word for durability and on-road presence.
Here we have a selection of galleries that illustrate this point…
International
Arguably the brand that more than any other contributed to the building of New Zealand’s roads and infrastructure. We made the brand our own.
Leyland
One of the greatest brands in its day, Leyland is a now but a footnote, but a footnote that built trucks for the better part of a century with generations of Kiwi truck drivers earning their stripes in the grand old marque.
Mack
As iconic as it gets, Mack, and in particular the R-Series arrived here ready for a scrap and the brand set new benchmarks for durability, torque and on-road presence.
Keep an eye on this gallery, as it is one that will grow like no other we predict.
Nissan Diesel 1967 – 2016
When the Nissan Diesel UD two-stroke Uniflow diesel arrived in New Zealand in the 1960’s, it stood in stark contrast to the trucking technology Britain was supplying, and probably more than any other brand of the era provide power, tandem drive, a diesel engine when the industry was entrenched with petrol engines that were short-lived and underpowered.
Nissan headed a technological transformation of which we are still benefiting .
