I think the club made a good choice to hold the rally outside Sydney.  Sydney is no place for a car event   Terrible traffic, expensive parking etc.   A regional centre is a much better choice.

I didn’t do the whole rally but when the club announced they would offer day passes, I decided to go up for the Saturday.   The events on that day were much more in line with my interests than some of the other days.   The programme was to a convoy lap around Mt Panorama, led by former racing driver Colin Bond.   Then a show and shine at pit lane, followed by a tour of the Bathurst racing museum.

I decided it would be a perfect day to take my 250SE Cabriolet and two of my kids wanted to join me.   We left early, departing home at twenty to six, as the start of the guided lap was 9:30.  It was absolutely perfect weather for a convertible after weeks of hot and muggy weather in Sydney.

Complicating things were the surge in petrol prices due to yet another pointless middle east war, plus the structural failure of the convict built Victoria Pass, the main road over the blue mountains from Sydney.   I would have normally taken bells line of road anyway, as I detest the great western highway.  However the media were predicting it to be a parking lot.   Turns out it was totally overblown and the traffic was even less than normal.   We used the extra 20 minutes for a pitstop at McDonalds Lithgow.

Coming out of Lithgow, all of sudden i heard something, like there was something on the road that had hit the underside of the car.   I figured perhaps a stone or something like that.  Nothing else seemed to be amiss.  However, going around the next corner i realized I no longer had power steering.  Water temperature and the charge light were both fine, so it looked like I had lost my power steering belt.

Since there wasn’t much I could do by the side of the road, I proceeded to Bathurst.  The car was perfectly drivable, but with increased steering effort.   Lower speed and tighter turns were obviously a lot more effort.

We arrived at the Rally at 9:35AM, perfect timing as the convoy was just assembling for the lap of the track.  We joined up the rear behind a 420SE.   It was quite a cool sight driving behind over 100 Mercedes-Benz around the track.  We ended up doing four laps as it took quite a while for the cars earlier in the convoy to get into pit lane and parked.   The extra laps certainly gave my arms a good workout.

I was surprised how many of the cars were moderns, I had assumed more classics would attend.   I’m not sure if it was due to the fuel prices, or that is what people planned all along.  Certainly I am sure that some people dropped out altogether and I’m sure more would have come up from Sydney from the day too.  Having said that, while the prices are very high, they are not substantially higher than they have been over the last couple of years.  I filled the 250SE up at 2.539 per liter, and looking at my fuel log, it was only 10c less than this at the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

As well as all the moderns, there were some nice classics on display from interstate.  My favorite was a Horizon Blue 280SE W116 from Queensland.  Apparently it had been in long term family ownership and it’s a real credit to the family for keeping it in such nice original condition.     Not too many older cars, although a couple of roundies had come in from interstate which was awesome.

There were some new MBs on display.  Chief among them was a massive Maybach SUV.   I don’t see the appeal at all.  To my eyes, it was tacky and overdone and more of a conveyance for footballers and rappers to be seen in than anything else.  I would have the blue 280SE any day of the week.

It was also good to catch up with a few interstate members that I know at this event.

Lunch was at a food truck near the event which was overpriced and had a massive wait. The quality wasn’t worth the wait either. I would have thought the day pass should have included lunch, as it wasn’t cheap.

After lunch we went to the museum which is quite good.  I covered this more extensively for Youngtimer Sacco day 2024.  The tour back then was more comprehensive, at the Rally it was more of an introduction to the museum.   There are some very interesting cars there and its well worth a visit.

We left at roughly 3:30PM.   As with our arrival, the traffic from Lithgow to Darling Causeway was less than normal, so we made good time, finding more traffic through Dural and Pennant Hills than the area with road closures.  Taking the W111 through these roads sans power steering certainly gave my arms a good workout.   We arrived home at around 7PM after covering 472km for the day.

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Since I was in Brussels, It was just under two hours on the train to get to the museum in The Hague.  The train system in Europe really is very good and I was able to purchase tickets the night before for about EUR45 each way.   I left about 9:30AM and was at the museum around 11:30AM.

I had about three and a half hours at the museum, and in retrospect I should have taken an earlier train. Three and a half hours wasn’t nearly enough.  I had a work dinner to attend in the evening, so I had to take a train that would return me by then.

Unlike many museums, the Louwman Museum is mostly focused on their own collection rather than having temporary exhibits like Autoworld Brussels.  In the 13 years since my last visit, the core collection was still there, but there were quite a lot of good additions too.   It was well worth a return visit.

There was so much to see that I pretty much drained the battery of my phone taking photos and had to be quite careful towards the end to quickly snap photos.    There isn’t a specific focus to the museum, but rather it tells the story of the history of motoring from the early days of the horseless carriage right through to where cars became more mainstream.

It also highlights that things that many people think are new, are not nearly as new as they might think.    The first hybrid cars didn’t come in the late 1990s, there is an example of a production hybrid car from 1917.   The petrol engine didn’t’ really become ubiquitous until the advent of the electric starter.  All electric and steam cars were quite common during the 1910s.

In most museums, while they have special cars, a lot of the collection is cars you can see at a local cars and coffee.  There is very little at the Louwman Museum that you would see at a cars and coffee.   Probably 80% of the collection is rare and special.  The items that are not are important to tell the story.

The museum is well organized.  Nearly all the cars have good descriptions that describe far more than basic technical specifications.  I photographed most of them as they are needed to understand most of the collection.

Some of my favorites were:

• The variety of design of cars before 1930 before the basic configuration that we know was settled.
• The different powertrains used used before most cars standardized on four, six or eight cylinder petrol engines.
• The contrast between the cars for the 1% vs the cars for the masses.
• The Propeller driven car.
• The collection of Spykers, the biggest in the world.
• The collection of Benz (pre merger) cars.
• The room full of cars like Bugatti, Ferrari, Maserati etc.
• The Duesenberg SJ.
• The concept cars or cars that were part of history.
• The Brooke Swan car.

There really is something for everyone.   It is still the best car museum I have been to.   I would return again if I am ever in the area.

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When I visited last year, the special exhibit was for the cars of Maserati.  I really enjoyed that exhibit, as it showcased many cars that I’ve not seen in Australia.  It is easy to forget how special some of the cars were, before they moved to making unreliable SUVs for people with more money than sense.

I was back in Belgium again for work and I had a free Sunday morning.   The exhibit running at the moment is ‘Mercedes – The story of the star’.  Naturally, I had to go and see it.

I was pretty impressed.  Not only were there nice examples of all the usual models, there were also a few special cars from the Mercedes-Benz museum, as well as cars from the King of Belgium.   The first thing you see when you arrive is a W111 230S universal parked at the front entrance to the museum.

There were three parts to the exhibit.  the first was on the left when you walk into the museum.  In that section, there are some eye-catching cars.  Of course a silver 300SL Gullwing with a red interior is the first car you see.  it is probably what most people think of when they think Mercedes-Benz.  I had a poster of a car in this configuration as a child.  It was quite a nice example.

In that same section was a 540K roadster, which is another really iconic car.  Perhaps not as iconic as a 500K, but almost.   Next to the 500K was a 220Sb W111.  An excellent car and the first one that would be in reach of most enthusiasts.   Next to the 220Sb, was an unusual choice, an O319 minibus.  People forget that trucks and buses have always been an important part of the Mercedes-Benz brand and the minibus had a lot of 50s charm.

While the minibus may have ferried regular people, it was parked next to a 600 pullman, on loan from the King of Belgium.  It was the four door pullman, which is the one I would have and is still in very good condition.  It is apparently known as King Baudouin, who was the uncle of the current King and King when it was purchased.  I guess he must have liked it.

past that there was a 220SEb coupe and a 560SEC.   This is a great pair of cars, and almost identical to the pair I owned in Detroit – except I had a 250SE.  My 250SE wasn’t nearly as nice as the museum car though.   There was also a 190E-16 2.5 Cosworth, and then a replica AMG 300SEL 6.3 red pig.   I know everyone loves a red pig replica, but I would have preferred to see a stock 300SEL 6.3.

There were some more modern cars and then upstairs was the rest of the exhibit.

Along one whole side was an evolution of the S class and the SL, which was visually quite nice.   In the first row, there was a 220S Roundie, 300SE W112, 280SEL 3.5 W108, 350SE W116 manual, a 560SEC and a W140 AMG.   It was quite nice to see them all lined up like that.

The Roundie and the W112 were both driver quality cars, and their condition probably wasn’t in keeping with the rest of the museum.   The Roundie was in many shades of green, and the paint job on the W112 was quite poor.   However, it was good they were there as they completed the set.

The next few cars were a different matter.  The 280SEL 3.5 was in much nicer shape and the velour interior was immaculate.  In Australia it is highly unusual to see a W108 in veolour, and the velours are in a different pattern to the W109, which is more commonly seen with velours.

Next was a 1977 350SE manual.  This car had very low kilometers and was in almost immaculate condition.   Typical for a 350SE in Europe, it was not fitted with air conditioning.  To my eyes it is odd seeing a W116 without A/C, even though some early cars were sold without it in Australia.

The 560SEC parked behind it was another car in great condition, in a superb colour with velours.  And the W140 started out life as a 5.0 liter car, before the previous King of Belgium had it changed to a 6.0 by AMG.

The SL line up was also good, although I found it odd they had the 190SL before the 300SL.   Then there was a lovely Pagoda, although it had my pet peeve of the horn pad in upholstery colour which I think looks terrible.  Behind the Pagoda was a manual 300SL R107 in an excellent colour.  After that there was an R129 and R230.

There were also a few other interesting sections.  Near the S class was the original diesel, the 260D, fittingly in a taxi setup.  This car was a hugely important car for Mercedes-Benz and set the scene for the highly popular midrange diesel saloons like the roundies, W110, W114, W123, W124 etc.  It was parked next to the 300 Adenauer, which was for transporting upper class people.

Behind this car as a 220S roundie cabriolet alongside a 170S cabriolet and a 170S saloon.   Behind them, almost tucked away as an afterthought was a W123 280E.   Since it is 50 years of the model, I would have expected a more prominent showing.   And there was no W114/W115.

There was a section that had a 190E, a W124 500E and then a W210 and W202.    Its a shame we never got the V8 W124 in Australia.

Beyond those were the two highlights of the exhibit for me.  They had a C111 (a rotary example) parked next to a red 300SL gullwing.  Seeing the two cars together was great.  It was also possible to get right up close to the C111.  While I had seen one in the museum in Stuttgart before, I wasn’t able to get as close.  You can see all the Mercedes parts bin stuff in the car, such as the bonnet release being the same was a W108, as well as many of the switches.

Past those cars, The 1928 630S was a car I had never seen before or even heard about.  It really looked like a car from the roaring 20s.

Finally they had some period rally cars a W201 and a 500SLC.   I thought the selections were pretty good.  The models I was surprised were not there was a W114/W115, a 770K, a W111 Cabriolet, W123 wagon and so on.

Regardless, Mercedes – The story of the star.   The rest of the museum was largely unchanged from my visit last year, so I didn’t repeat those photos.

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This year was more about the drive. The other parts of the formula of getting as many Sacco cars together as possible, and finding a great driving road remained.   The route chosen was the Putty road, which is probably the best driving road in Sydney’s outskirts.

I took my 560SEC.  Of my Sacco era cars, it is the best suited to the Putty Road.   In any case the W124 is being repaired after the hit from the p-plater and the 560SEL has a coolant leak.

Our meeting point was a hotel in Windsor.  We left home at 7am, so I would have time to grab the kids breakfast at McDonalds nearby.   They were less than impressed when a power outage meant that McDonalds Vineyard was closed, and so was the Hungry Jacks over the road.   We had been running a bit late too.  We took Galston Gorge to the meeting point instead of the main road.  The road down the gorge was fine, but on the way up, we drove at 5km/h, as a group of selfish cyclists were blocking the road and preventing anyone from passing.   There were ample places where they could have paused to let the huge line of cars through, including an ambulance, but they didn’t.

We arrived at the meeting point about 30 minutes before the departure time.  The meeting point was serving coffees, but not much in the way of food.  Luckily the kids had brought a few snacks which they ate instead.

The weather was amazing and turnout was really good.  As would be expected, The W124 and W126 dominated. There were also a few W201s and a few R129s, plus on or two other Sacco era cars.

At around 9am, the group took off for the Putty Road. We had a waypoint of the Greygum Cafe, around half way along the Putty Road.  The route was quite simple so it was almost impossible to get lost.  In addition, this year we didn’t try and keep everyone in a tight convoy.  This worked far better.

When we arrived at the Cafe, the Aston Martin Owners club was already there.  There were some lovely classic Aston Martin’s there, including a DB5.  I didn’t get a chance to take any pictures as they left soon after we arrived.

We stopped at the cafe for around 40 minutes.  This gave me time to get the kids something to eat.  Pies and sausage rolls is the breakfast of champions and one of my daughters aid the beef pie was the best she had ever had.

After our break, we completed the second part of the Putty Road.   The Putty road is great as it has long sweeping sections, tight corners and interesting scenery.   Traffic wasn’t too bad, so we were able to get along reasonably well.   The 560SEC does pretty well on roads like this.  It is fast and comfortable.

Our destination was the BenEan winery.   We had a parking area in a back paddock where we could line up our cars.   The only thing I would have changed about the day is that it would have been good to have the non-sacco cars lined up separate to the Sacco cars.

We had an excellent lunch at the winery.   There was an outdoor area with was quite shaded – important given it was in the mid 30s.   Next to it was a pizza oven and the staff were making very good pizzas.

Prizes were awarded after lunch.   There were prizes for the best original Sacco car, best modified Sacco car, presidents choice, highest mileage and lowest mileage.   The best original car was a lovely green E320 C124, the best modified was a red R129 500SL and the the presidents choice was a lovely Bornite 420SEL.   All were very deserving winners.

Looking around the cars parked at the event, there were some really nice ones on display.   Youngtimer Sacco Day 2025 manages to bring out a lot of cars that are rarely seen at club events.  It shows how well a theme for events works.   A regular drive and lunch event wouldn’t get nearly as many cars.  But focusing on a particular era of cars and making it a bit special makes the day work really well.

My kids and I really enjoyed the day and hope to go again in 2026.

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The museum is in a large shed outside the town.  It is quite a big museum, and it is filled with memorabilia as well as the cars.   They even had a collection of Dolls, a model railway and things like gramophones.

It wasn’t entirely clear, but I got the impression some of the cars belonged to the museum, but many were on loan.  So my guess is that a visit in a couple of years time would mean a very different collection.

The museum had good variety in the collection, especially in the extensive pre-war collection.   The post war collection was also quite varied.   Some of the cars were original, some were heavily modified and there were some other interesting curiosities like the old NRMA vans.   Most of the post war cars were in driver quality, but not all.   For example, the Rover P5 was originally a six cylinder car that had a V8 swap with a manual transmission.

Since we arrived in a convoy of Mercedes-Benz, there were a few cars that would have fit right in.   Especially the 1990 560SEC.   The 450SEL was a bit average, but the finnie was quite nice.

The museum also had an extensive collection of Motorbikes and Trucks.   The National Transport Museum is worth a visit if you are near Inverell.

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The museum covers the early history of the airline as a pioneering private airline, doing charters, air mail, flying doctor services and any other flying they could get their hands on.   Aviation was still in its infancy, but the vast distances and lack of transport infrastructure made it an interesting proposition for rural Australia.

While I think Qantas has lost its way in recent years, the Airline was very important to rural communities in the early years and the museum had quite good coverage of this.   They had replicas of the early aircraft and engines, uniforms, models and other information right up to the early 747 period.

The museum consists of the main building, plus a hanger and the large aircraft.   The standard museum ticket covers the main building and the hanger only.   I found it to be quite expensive at $39.   You cannot even walk around on the ground around the large aircraft.

To access those, you must purchase a tour.   I didn’t do this, so had to look at the larger aircraft through the fence.  The tours were considerably more expensive again.   I did however purchase a retro keyring as a souvenir.   Since I drove my car over 3,000km to get there, a keyring seemed a good memento.  I also got a polo shirt.

I think the museum is worth a visit, but I also think the prices are very high for what you get.  They would make more sense if you could walk around the large aircraft too.

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Last time I was here, back in September 2013, I visited Autoworld Brussels.  At the time I had enjoyed the museum.   Since car museum collections turn over, I figure nearly 12 years later it was worth visiting again.

Getting there was a bit more involved than I thought.   Since it was a Saturday, not all the trains were running and it took four trains, two hours and a very circuitous route to get there.   But get there I did.

The museum is in a lovely building quite close to the centre of Brussels.   There is the main collection, which turns over more slowly, and then the special exhibits, which run for about two months.   This month, the exhibit was for the cars of Maserati.   Today, Maserati seems a brand that is producing mediocre cars for yuppies that hark back to when they were something special.   Looking at the exhibit, you can see how special they were.   there were some pretty amazing cars on display, especially those that came before the mid 70s.

As much as I enjoyed the Maserati exhibition, its a shame I was not here in a few months time, when there is a special exhibit for the Citroen DS planned.   As well as the main factory in Paris, the DS was also built in Belgium.

As well as the special exhibition, the main museum collection is very good.   As you would expect, the Museum has a lot of cars that are either Belgian, or related to Belgium.  That means cars like Minervas as well as those produced in coachbuilding firms like Vanden Plas (the original Belgian coachbuilder, not the British Spin off).   They also had a nice collections of cars and bikes that had belonged to the Belgian Royal Family.

The museum also has a great collection of pre-war cars, some of them very rare.   There are quite good descriptions near each of the cars.   They even had a Daimler with an original snake skin interior.

I enjoyed my visit to Autoworld Brussels and would come again if I am in the area.

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It is located on the north side of Brisbane, not far from the airport, and is quite a good setup. There is plenty of under cover parking on the site, plus a restaurant and then the actual museum which has room for about 40 cars. The collection changes every few months. This month (January 2025) the theme seemed to be 70s and 80s performance cars.

Probably the biggest part of the collection was American Muscle, with cars like the Plymouth Super Bird, Dodge Charger, a couple of Mustangs and similar. They had three Pontiac Trans Am’s lined up, each with the iconic Screaming Chicken decal.

As well as the American Muscle, there were also some other performance cars like the Ferrari Testarossa, Porsche 930, De Tomaso Pantera, Jensen Interceptor and so on. Possibly the odd man out was the Mercedes 190SL, which isn’t doesn’t have the performance of its big brother the 300SL, but looks the part.

As well the friends I was meeting there, we ran into another MBCQ member in his W123 230E, plus a W124 owned by a staff member, so the parking garage was like an impromptu Mercedes-Benz show.

The museum is not big, but since the collection turns over regularly, it is well worth a visit.

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The thing that makes this event great is that its always a combination of great driving roads, an interesting destination, and the theme of the Sacco cars.  The past three events have had HARS as the destination, but this year the event was all new.   As much as I like HARS, I am glad the organizers decided to shake it up this year.  Even good events can go stale if they don’t change and evolve.

For 2024, the destination was Mt Panorama Race track in Bathurst.   The idea was to take some good roads up to Bathurst, have lunch at the track, do a lap and then see the museum.   The lunch was to include special guests of Aussie racing legends to talk about their time driving the track.

This was the first event since the recent passing of Bruno Sacco, at age 90.   Sacco was hired by Mercedes-Benz as a stylist in 1958, and became head of design in 1975 after the retirement of Frederich Geiger.   He would hold that position until 1999.   While Sacco contributed to many deigns under Geiger, he is best known for the models that were designed while he was head of the Styling Department. Timeless classics such as the W126, W124, W129, W201 etc.

I am lucky enough to own three Sacco cars – my 1987 560SEL and SEC, as well as my 1990 300TE.  I took my 560SEL.   Primarily because its a very comfortable road trip car and I have driven it less than the other two this year.  I also took two of my kids with me – they have enjoyed the previous Sacco days at HARS.

The meeting point was a hotel in Penrith.   Numbers were a fair bit down from prior events.   I’m not sure why as I thought the new event sounded really good.   Perhaps there was the perception that Bathurst is further than HARS, even though in reality that is not the case.   We arrived early at 7:20AM, so I could get the kids breakfast at McDonalds before the event.

Of the cars that attended, the A124 seemed quite popular this year with a number of very nice examples.

The drive to Bathurst was split into three stages.   The first was to the Botanic Gardens in Mt Tomah (on Bells Line of Road).  The second was Lake Lyell.   And the third was the racetrack itself.

The first leg was a bit of a shemozzle.  Instead of giving attendees directions with waypoints defined, there was a desire to keep the group in a very tight convoy the whole way up to Mt Tomah.   This was destined for failure. On these roads it would have been impossible to keep a tight convoy with three to four cars, let alone around 30.  We stopped to let the convoy regroup every five minutes or so, often blocking traffic and causing irate motorists.

In an attempt to keep the convoy together, it went slower and slower up the single lane sections of Bells line of Road, struggling to hit 50 in 80 zones.   The slower the convoy went, the more aggressive other motorists were in trying to get around us, causing us to stop even more.  It became a bit of a vicious cycle by the time we finally got up to Mt Tomah.  I’m surprised we didn’t have a road rage incident or an accident from other motorists trying to pass us dangerously.

By the time we got to the waypoint, there was a lot of frustration in the the group.  Some members were trying to think of ways of ditching the group and just going themselves.   One group with modern cars did in the end.   As it happened, the next leg as far better, not stopping nearly so much, and sticking mostly to the posted speed limits.   Since we were not going to slowly, the convoy stayed together more naturally anyway.

Without all the stops we could enjoy the drive and the roads were pretty good.   In some places the were quite bumpy, but the nice thing about most Sacco cars is they have wheels and tyres that are suitable for Australian roads.   Forged 15″ Gullideckels are not going to have any issues with a few potholes.  Especially with the amount of rubber between the tyre and the road.   In the W126 we hardly felt the bumps and cruised along quite happily.

At Lake Lyell, the planned stopping point was behind a boom gate, so we skipped it, heading straight for Mt Panorama.   On this third leg we didn’t stick to the route sent out the day before, I’m not sure if that was intentional due to being behind from the first leg, or an omission, but as far as I know everyone made it to the race track.   This even included the A124 with a jammed petrol cap – freed with a set of service station pliers.

We had a nice lunch at the Rydges hotel on the track.   As well as the food, we were entertained my anecdotes from a couple of Aussie racing legends – Phil Ward and Spencer Martin.  Their stories were quite entertaining and it was a nice addition to the day to have them there.

After lunch we did a lap of the track.   The track is a public road with a 60km/h speed limit.   It was good to see so many Saccomobiles driving around the circuit before we headed into the Museum.

The museum was a real revelation.  I’ve been past it a few times but never gone inside.  It looks quite small from the outside.   But actually it has over 100 cars inside.   We had a guided tour of the museum.  The curator is also the owner of a lovely W111 220SEb which was parked outside.

After the museum, my kids wanted to do another lap of the track before we headed home.  It turned into two, as we got stuck behind a box truck on the fist one.   Not sure who finds enjoyment in taking a box truck around Mt Panorama, but I guess others may say the same for a 5.1 meter German limo.

We ended up getting home at about 9:15PM – it had been a very full day and we covered 491km.   Events like these are what car club membership is all about.  We really enjoyed the event.  The only two things I would do to improve it is to send the google maps directions with waypoints and use the points between the three legs for everyone to regroup.  Plus it would have been nice to have a place to line up all the Sacco cars for a photo shoot near the track.

We are looking forward to next year.

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One of the nice things about the museum is that the collection changes over time.   As of the time of our visit, the theme was 20th century sports cars.   They had a pretty good collection of them, and the most impressive was the wide range of different 50s MGs on display.

In addition, the museum has a large motorcycle collection, thousands of model cars, signs and even a restored train carriage.  They are also fixing up a model railway.  Plus there are engines on display.

One of the highlights of our visit was one of the staff starting up the American LaFrance Fire truck for us.   It has a six cyilnder engine with three spark plugs driven by both a magneto and a distributor.   Given the age of the vehicle you could see a lot of things happening outside the engine such as the pushrods and distributor shaft.   It made quite the noise.

It is no longer carrying a fire truck body and was most recently used to tour Tasmania, or at least drive from petrol station to petrol station.   The engine is a derivative of the Mercedes Simplex engine developed by Willhelm Maybach for Mercedes-Benz.

I would certainly recommend a visit to the Museum if passing through Gippsland.

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