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trucking heritage OREGON ARTEFACT Western Sydney truck restorer Charlie Borg takes up the challenge of rejuvenating an imported weather-beaten 1958 Kenworth into a roadworthy truck while maintaining its original character. Warren Caves writes 24 APRIL 2021 ownerdriver.com.au
“The engine delivers power to the wheels via a five-speed Spicer crash gearbox.” THE ONSET OF COVID-19 has no doubt driven a surge in the already booming historical truck movement over the past couple of years. The preference for staying at home and limiting social interactions on any sort of scale has undoubtedly led to much more ‘shed time’ for those midprojects and resulted in some others previously relegated to the back burner for some time slowly but surely rolling their spider web-covered cabs out from their dusty caverns of ‘blokedom’. Even so, with so many projects on the go, I really don’t know where Charlie Borg, current custodian of this 1958 Kenworth, finds the time. Among Charlie’s other toys and projects are a White Road Commander named ‘Lizzy’, a Kenworth SAR, a Kenworth S2 in the build, a restored 1956 Austin that was originally a Resch’s brewery truck, a W-model Kenworth and a White 3000 part way through restoration. Upon approaching Charlie’s 1958 Kenworth – official model classification CC925C – my curiosity was immediately piqued by the inscription on the door – ‘Lebanon Truck Service’. As many would, my mind immediately thought of that far off Middle Eastern country adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea, a land of kebabs and falafel. I wondered how many Kenworths made it to the Middle East, I naively thought to myself. After initial introductions, obviously one of my first questions was, surely this truck is not from Lebanon, is it Charlie? “Yes,” he proclaims. Lebanon in the USA to be more specific. Charlie informs me that there are several towns named Lebanon in the US and, as indicated by the build sheet he has for this particular truck, Lebanon, Oregon is where this truck hails from. A little post-interview Googling revealed there to be anything up to 47 Lebanons in the US! Lebanon Truck Service of Oregon unfortunately didn’t reveal much from Google searches and, apart from the build ticket information and address, not much is known to Charlie about the truck’s obviously well-lived life prior to coming to Australia. Lebanon is a small town in north-west Oregon with a population of around 17,000 residents and was once famous for its strawberry production and timber industry. The once thriving local timber industry eventually petered out in the 1980s. Perhaps Charlie’s Kenworth was originally used for timber transport or, as the name on the door references, “truck service”. Maybe it was used as a recovery or salvage truck for a truck repair business? Charlie is determined to find out some day. As for recent history, Charlie can trace it back around five years Top: Charlie and his best mate Lu-Lu, who also enjoys a ride in the classic Kenworth Above: The original Cummins 220hp in-line six-cylinder turbocharged engine still powers the ’58 Kenworth ownerdriver.com.au APRIL 2021 25
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