berliet trucks

Does anyone remember the Berliets in Australia? Are there any still left on the road?
Remember seeing a couple running the pacific in the early 80's but havnt seen one since

Think it was Tony or Joe Bonica (Brisbane) had at least one on trial/testing about that time frame you mentioned, bonnetted version.
Don't know whatever became of it. Had a mate who used to drive for Bonica's who when pressed about it, could only reply," comfortable to drive!"

Don't think it impressed him.
Dave 64

Doug, pretty sure that Berliet trucks are mentioned in the Leader Book, as another one of the many things that the Andersons (WESTCO) were involved with..

The DMR/RTA had one in Sydney in the early 70s. It was bonnetted, LHD, and had equipment on board for surveying road surfaces.

There was also one Berliet PR100 bus here in the early 1980s, but all further sales of this model were under Renault (or Mack) branding.

from all reports I think they werent a bad truck but I dont how you went for spares as I think only the one lot ever came into the country
there was a fella had a couple on logging in the north coast NSW I think

Dunno if all of this in order credit to who ever it was that took the photos or the writer the story

Paul

...pretty sure the Berliet rear end lives on in the heaviest of the Mack range ??

There was a cab-over one working around Warwick for many years. Years ago there was a rumour that all of the huge stock of parts from Brisbane and some trucks were sold to someone in the Stanthorpe-Wallangarra area who previously had one. Dont know any more details. - Kav

Nick Banavas had a couple, use to see them around Rocklea,Brisbane.



One for sale at Westco.



One Bus. Ended up at Surfside Buslines Tweed Heads.





Credit to all picture takers.

Loosley.

The DMR/RTA had one in Sydney in the early 70s. It was bonnetted, LHD, and had equipment on board for surveying road surfaces.

There was also one Berliet PR100 bus here in the early 1980s, but all further sales of this model were under Renault (or Mack) branding.

Wasn'tthis one was it ? Spotted a few years ago here in Tassie

A lot of the Mack branded ones went to Canberra I think,as I remember one of our local buslines ended up with a couple of Mack buses which looked very similar to the Surfside one.