Sleek and stylish head turner
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Sleek and stylish head turner

Main Line Distribution’s latest addition to its fleet is this outstanding Kenworth T909. The big sleeper equipped KW was built to make a statement, and make a statement it certainly does. Driver, Joe Williams, says that when they were building the truck, the goal was to achieve a clean, tough look. Well Joe, mission accomplished! Simon Vincent caught up with Joe loading the bold Kenworth out of Timaru recently.

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The Real story behind NZ First FOrd CL-9000 - ‘Whistlin’ Dixie’
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The Real story behind NZ First FOrd CL-9000 - ‘Whistlin’ Dixie’

It’s funny how sometime when someone rings up with a question, the subject turns and you find out more about a subject you have an interest. Well that just what happened recently when Alan Mayo rung to find out if I knew where ‘Whistlin’ Dixie’ might be. As we chatted Alan began recalling how he purchased the Ford CL-9000 in America and shipped it home hoping to move into the transport industry now that it was de-regulating.

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