Truckin Life

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Truckin Life – June 2002 is the issue that Australian truck spotters, restorers and long-haul enthusiasts keep coming back to. Printed at the height of the “big-bore” era, this 2002 edition captures the last run of factory V8 Kenworths, Mack’s new Quantum, plus the first road-test of a B-tri-cab that would later dominate the Nullarbor. Every page is packed with period advertising, full-colour truck specs and reader ride stories that simply aren’t archived anywhere online, making the printed magazine the only way to access this data for restorations, scale-model builds or nostalgia trips.

Inside you’ll find a 14-page photo special on the Brisbane Truck Show, chassis-by-chassis rundowns of the latest Cummins and Cat power plants, and a “bits’n’pieces” tech column that lists part numbers still hunted by wreckers today. Collectors value the June issue for its fold-out centrefold of the limited-edition K200 “Outback Legend”—a poster that’s framed in more Aussie sheds than any other. For historians, the classified section is a time-capsule of asking prices for 1980s cab-overs, now triple their listed value.

This particular copy shows it was well-loved: spine is rolled and frayed, front corner has a neat pen mark, and a few dog-eared pages mark the trucks the owner dreamed of owning. None of the interior photos or text blocks are compromised, so every spec table, torque curve and dealer phone number is still crisp and readable. It’s the perfect reference copy—ready for the workshop bench or the scanner—without the worry of keeping a pristine collectible spotless.

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