In celebration of Australia’s bicentennial, Mack produced a group of special trucks named after some of our most famous men. Whether or not these mighty trucks will themselves make any contribution to fact or folklore is for history to decide….

The brochure read: “Twenty Limited Edition Super-Liners will carry the names of Great Australians remembered in 200 years of history; those who took the elements and in some cases the system, head on. The names on these etched brass plates have been chosen by the owners and will be permanently installed onto 20 special vehicles for 20 special men.”

In 1988 Mack thought of an elite way to commemorate both Australia’s bicentennial year, and celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Mack Trucks down under. It was decided that a limited edition of unique Super-Liner II vehicles would be produced as a once in a lifetime proposal. These special Mack trucks would carry the names made famous in our history books into the 21st century and display proudly Mack’s contribution to the heritage of Australian trucking.

Customer response to the idea was tremendous with Mack’s Brisbane Headquarters confirming letters of intent for the complete set of 20 Bicentennial Super-Liners. Over the course of securing each of the agreements, the final number of trucks marked for build levelled at 16 and production began thereafter.

Each owner was nominated the task of choosing a namesake for their Super-Liner from a predetermined list. Names like Captain James Cook, the greatest Pacific navigator of all times, and courageous explorers such as Charles Sturt and Kennedy and Leichhardt, were amongst the names included.

The Sixteen Special Mack Super-Liners were built for those Sixteen Special Men who fought the economic odds and won. Won in a way that a Mack truck has brought prosperity to operators down through the years since the Bulldog first appeared on our roads in the very early days of the motor industry. Mack trucks have proven they have the strength and durability to tackle the elements head on and survive to win.

The legendary feats of the B-Model have been relegated to history. The stock gates to Perth have gone. The road is now sealed to the Centre. Mack trucks though still make history and are recorded in trucking lore. A Mack truck was the first vehicle to circumnavigate the continent on sealed roads and a Titan recently set the new world record for pulling the longest road train ever attempted. The Sixteen Bicentennial Super-Liners went beyond the high standard already established by the Bulldog Breed at the time, and started a new era in Australian transport.

The durability of a Mack truck is as legendary as the names these Sixteen Super-Liners represent. Almost 20 years later, these Limited Edition Super-Liners continue to add to the Mack tradition of ruggedness and long life. Today, many of the Bicentennial models have been lovingly restored and are still hard at work, dispersed far and wide across our powerful land.



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