WHAT'S NEW:

At the 2009 Wine and Food in the Park Festival in Kingaroy, PCA was proud to unveil its new corporate mascot: a fully-restored 1934 KC30 Dodge truck, similar to the many farm trucks that hauled peanuts to the Kingaroy silos for so many years.

Amazingly PCA is only the old Dodge truck's real second owner. It was used on the Melbourne waterfront for many years before passing through the hands of several members of the original owner's family and ending up in NSW.

PCA's home-grown auto enthusiast IT Manager John Miller, (left), took delivery of the vehicle in February 2008 after being charged with the task of tracking down the right era and design vehicle.

After failing to locate an original vehicle locally, John turned to the Internet and eventually located the old Dodge in West Wyalong and negotiated the purchase.

The vehicle was trailered to Kingaroy and then over the next seven months was lovingly restored in the South Burnett by local experts.

A special mention must be made of Gary Sellick, (right), who carried out most of the restoration work, and Col O'Hanlon who rebuilt the water pump and steering box.

The pinstriping was done by hand by Brendon Leach from BL Custom Signs at Crawford.

Work was also done locally to improve the road safety of the vehicle to satisfy modern Workplace Health and Safety requirements.

The Dodge will be used to promote PCA's long heritage in the peanut industry at events throughout Queensland, including the Kingaroy Peanut Festival, agricultural shows and antique vehicle displays. So keep your eyes out!!

As it was originally advertised on the Internet	On the way to Queensland with Graham O'Hanlon
The radiator cowling was one of the parts sanded back to bare metal	The old paint comes off in Gary Sellick's workshop
	LEFT and ABOVE: The Dodge sports a grey undercoat before the new green duco goes on

Outside the PCA marquee at the 2009 Wine and Food in the Park Festival in Kingaroy

Two trucks wait while a railway carriage gets unloaded

This truck was carrying an amazing 160 bags
of peanuts when it rolled into Kingaroy ...
where were the Transport Inspectors in those days??

Unloading peanuts at Kingaroy and building the stack.
Our Workplace Health and Safety Officer would scream if
such practices occurred now!

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