My Grandad’s Ford D750 was purchased new, from Faulkner’s Ford in Toowoomba on the 31st of October, 1971. The truck was purchased to transport cattle and pigs for a small family business called A. and F. G. Scott, livestock transport in the Grantham Scrub, area of Qld. He bought the truck for $7,000. He also carted pigs to Hutton’s in Oxley and pigs to Queensland Bacon in Murarrie, Brisbane.
Like many other drivers being able to cart a variety of materials ensured t