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truck of the month 34 MAY 2020 ownerdriver.com.au
REBUILT TO LAST On the lookout for a suitable rebuild project, the Pilbeam family travelled north from Heyfield in Victoria to Dalby, Queensland, discovering a 1985 Mack Super-Liner well past its peak. Warren Aitken reports on the old Mack’s stunning transformation IF YOU ARE reading this then it means I managed to get this story to my editor on time. If that is the case then I sincerely hope you guys all appreciate what a monumental task this has been for me. Seriously, it has taken a huge effort when it comes to writing this particular story. Let me give you a little behind the scenes information on my process so you can try and appreciate my dilemma. When I compose a story, I start by processing all the photos. Often I can take anywhere from 40 to 60 photos and cull them down to around 20 to submit with each story. I then set up my laptop in front of my PC and have my favourite shot on the computer screen to help inspire me as I attempt to put a thousand-odd words into an interesting order to entertain and hopefully inform as many readers as possible. It’s a practised system that has worked well, until I got to Glen Pilbeam’s Mack Super-Liner. Now here is where I’m going to fill you in on why I deserve special applause for getting this finished on time. I must have taken over 100s hots of this stunning 1985 Mack Super-Liner in Heyfield, Victoria, and when I tried to whittle them down, I think I may have culled about four shots, and two of those I changed my mind on. The truck just looks too damn good. I set up my laptop in front of my PC and instead of being inspired by the photos on my PC and allowing that creative inspiration to flow through the keyboard, I just kept getting distracted and ended up shorting out my laptop when the drool kept landing on the keyboard. The truck just looks too damn good. Taking the focus off the stunning Super-Liner long enough to get the story together was difficult. So you may find several typos and spelling mistakes in this story. I accept no responsibility and no doubt neither does my editor. Truth be told, I bet most of you haven’t even realised there is an article with the photos; you are most likely all just transfixed by the images of one of Australia’s most iconic trucks – the Mack Super-Liner. I don’t blame you, so I’ll be brief. If you drag your eyes back to the photos for a minute you will notice the name on the side of this majestic Mack is G & L Pilbeam & Daughters. That’s right this is a family project, and there is plenty of estrogen involved in this story. In fact Glen (the ‘G’ in G &L) is the only male involved in this family project. But if you ask his daughter Gemma (one of the daughters in G&L Pilbeam & Daughters), Glen is actually the spare driver for the big Mack. The driver’s seat is set up for Gemma’s petite frame, not her father’s. Glen never got the opportunity to dispute this claim, as he was off to work when I rocked up to the Pilbeam’s Heyfield home in Victoria to photograph the big Mack. Gemma’s claim to the number one driver role was ownerdriver.com.au MAY 2020 35
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