Probably the best look I've had of our TK for the best part of more than three years. We rolled her and the 1949 ML out of their shed for a bit of a shuffle. Both have exchanged places - as detailed in an earlier post - and have been turned around. Installazione Linea Vita Tetto Giardino. The TK rolled so nicely it was a dream to drag and push her around. I hadn't been in the cab for a while but was pleased to be reminded of just how good she is inside.

Really, all I need to do is re-upholster the driver's seat and get a new floor mat and she is good to go internally (not counting a bit of a wash). Since this is an update post, here's a little bit on our '68 EFN TK. The shed shuffle and work I mentioned below did not happen but it is now planned to occur in a couple of weeks.

All we're doing is moving the '49 ML out so the TK can also be removed from the shed. The ML will take up the TK's current spot and the TK will inhabit the old ML parking space. This will provide a lot more room to work on the TK's Holden 308 V8 motor before the cracked exhaust manifold is finally removed, along with its sister, and replaced with extractors.

That will probably be the limit of the work in the next month or so. There's lots of little jobs to do like replacing pins and bushings and grease nipples but the more expensive stuff (driver's seat upholstery, servicing the entire brake system, steering wheel restoration, two new steers, four retreads and new wood for the tray) will be chipped away at this year with a very tentative aim of getting her to pass her roadworthy by the end of 2013. I'm not in a rush but she needs to get out and about to get the juices flowing (mine and hers!). Pleasing news on the Bedford front in Australia is that the restorations are coming thick and fast with a lot of KMOs and the smaller TJs getting some attention. I had a bit of a flurry on our EFN TK back in early March but this ground to a halt with the arrival of our daughter. I am hoping to move her around in the shed later this month so we can get some exhaust work done and give the Holden 308 (a common engine application in Australia for the TK) a decent service.

This 'front-end' work might lead to doing the king pins and the like but we'll see. That said, the main focus is the '73 LAD Albion Reiver as I try to get it ready for Haulin' The Hume 2013. Watch this space.

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But, as ever, don't hold your breath! August 27 was the date for what was perhaps the biggest truck-based road run ever seen in Australia to date. More than 140 vehicles ran the old portions of the Hume highway from just outside Sydney, over 'Razorback', through the 'hole in the wall' and on to Yass. The superlatives have all been used by everyone who was there and those who have seen the photos online so I won't go on about it too much. However, every superlative used doesn't come close to the camaraderie and good times that were had.