G’day ,

There are old vehicles, and then there are the battered old bush legends that seem completely incapable of dying.

You know the ones. The paint has faded, the seats have split, the aircon gave up sometime around 1998 and there is usually at least one important-looking part held together with fencing wire or zip ties. They rattle, leak and occasionally need a carefully placed boot, but turn the key and they'll still turn over, and somehow come to life...

We asked the RFTTE community to name the toughest old vehicle or machine they had ever owned or operated, and more than 240 comments came rolling in. Everything got a mention, from old LandCruisers, Patrols, Fergies and Caterpillar graders to family sedans, aircraft and even a typewriter!

Tim Burton’s old Subaru Forester clocked up 400,000 kilometres of 'being flogged' and never used oil, while Garry Bowd’s 1978 FJ45 LandCruiser has travelled more than one million kilometres and still refuses to give him an excuse to buy a newer one. Then there was Bennett Cramer’s 1969 Mack Flintstone, which he described as 'the best machine I’ve ever had the privilege to operate'.

From the humble family Subaru to the mighty Mack earning its keep on a cattle station, these old workhorses were built tough, could usually be repaired with aplomb and became part of the family along the way. Have a gander and see which machine the RFTTE community crowned the toughest of them all... want to take a guess?

What are the Toughest Old Vehicles and Machines That Refused to Die?

Hooroo for now,

Simon

Simon Cheatham | Founder RFTTE - The Online Campfire | E: simon@rfttejobs.com or simply reply to this newsletter | Subscribe to this newsletter | The RFTTE Story

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