1957 International Harvester AB-180

1957 International Harvester AB-180 in Life in Australia: Geelong, Documentary, 1966

Class: Trucks, Trailer truck (tractor) — Model origin: — Built in: — Made for: AUS

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sixcyl ◊ 2023-01-04 17:06
Parapiri ◊ 2023-01-04 17:39	Some type of Australian International Harvester tractor
Bray7 ◊ 2023-01-05 06:36	This is part of International's B-Series line of trucks. (Not to be confused with the B-Series line of tractors.) Models produced were the B-100, B-110, B-120, B-130, and onwards until the B-180, which was the heaviest model that was made. All of these shared the same front end design. Australian built trucks like this one had a slightly different grill design, however this was only present on the larger models as seen here. These were known as the AB-100, AB-110, AB-120, and so on until the AB-180. Usually (A)B-180's were the only ones that had fifth wheels on them for hauling semi trailers. (I did find some (A)B-170's with fifth wheels but I think these were conversions.) -- Australian AB-180 -------------- American B-180 -- So most definitely an International Harvester AB-180, model origin USA, made and built in Australia.
sixcyl ◊ 2023-01-05 10:36	Thanks Bray7
Bray7 ◊ 2023-01-05 18:34	sixcyl wrote Thanks Bray7 You're welcome!