Even though the truck is a Ford model TT, “What have you done to the model T”, is the most common question I have been asked since participating in the ‘Haulin’ the Hume’, run in 2011. At many of the shows I have attended since, people have commented about how well they thought the Ford performed during the run.

I’ll have to take you back a few years, to answer the question. When I acquired this model TT, I had never owned one or even driven one. The common perception was that they were a slow, vibrating, noisy vehicle, especially the trucks. 

On the return trip from a rally at Tumbarumba, NSW, while going up a big hi