AEC Decker in Cessnock

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Re: AEC Decker in Cessnock

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Here's some I took 21st June last year in a Cessnock street. I came across it by chance turning my head to glance down a side street as I was driving.
It was being used as a shed as it was full of gear including a couple of lawnmowers. It's truly a fascinating looking vehicle inside and out and considerably more modern than a Sydney Regent III. It has the same three stem steering wheel as an AEC Reliance and a CAV mono control gear change set up.
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Re: AEC Decker in Cessnock

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I'd seen this parked for years in it's usual spot when I'd pass down this way to cessnock and am now kicking myself for not getting photos of it while it was still there. If my memory serves me correctly, it was moved sometime between late last year and early this year. Not sure where it is now but when I last did see it, it wasn't looking too pretty.

I guess if Swifts post is anything to go by, the fact this was last being used as a shed pretty much doesn't fill me with hope that it would still be around. Perhaps it served the owners purpose and they had an eyesore of it being around so got rid of it. Shame, wonder if the owner knew the full history behind this.
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FWIW, the rego expired in Feb 2019
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Re: AEC Decker in Cessnock

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To be honest, ever since I've been aware of this Deckers existence in the past couple of years, I don't think I've ever seen it move once so to keep paying for registration on it would be a waste of money for the owner(s) to be honest, probably more worthwhile if it was still in a working state to put it on Historic registration.
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Re: AEC Decker in Cessnock

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Those rear hubs look really sophisticated and stylish. I wonder why AEC switched to regular looking hubs?
They remind me of hub reduction axles because of how wide they are at the base.
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