The great ACCO - and how they began

[pand65au]

in my 20 years 1982 _2002 in raeme all 6x6 were known as mk5's to designate the base vehicle and 4x4 were allways known as mk4's and the 4x4 with the fiberglass noses were mk3's. it was only the transport and raaoc personel that refered to them as f1's and f2's ect . to raeme it was what was on the back that was the "name" eg mk5 wrecker or twin boom, mk5 tipper, mk5 pango, mk5 auto repair ect. i loved these old trucks, they were hot, unconfortable and loud (a good cure for driver fatige). but you could keep em going with what you carried in your toolboxes or found on the side of the road. not many places you could not drive them.