[AT] OT Pickups in Australia was 108 mph

[James Peck]

I can remember watching an Australian moving picture about a region of Australia where the people lived in underground cave like structures due to the heat. 

The villains had rendered an early 50s Studebaker pickup inoperable by smashing the cast carburetor bowl.

At the time Studebaker shut down in South Bend they had a sizable export market.

Crocodile Dundee and gang was driving around an International flatbed with duals.

John (JV) Maddock  Down Under AT List member  (agtronixjv at southcom.com.au); Good question James, coz I'm not sure I can answer it accurately.

The biggest sellers are twin cab pickups, coz there is a tax advantage over company-supplied cars.

I suspect Toyota is the leader, with the Ford Ranger, Mitsubishi something and Holden Colorado (?) in the mix.  There are a sprinkling of others which don't come to mind.

I think there is talk of importing F100s (150s?) and specialist companies converting them to right hand drive . If that is so, they will be very expensive!

You are almost correct about GM shutting Holden down.  All the Holden badged cars are now fully imported, but there is still a substantial design team here.

Sorry, can't think of any tractor reference - antique or otherwise!

What brands of pickups are you driving in Oz now that GM shut Holden down.

 John V Maddock <agtronixjv at southcom.com.au;  Maybe it did - for a while!

 https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/6502712/worlds-fastest-tractor/