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Classics by the Beach: August, 2022

Regular readers might recall that this Tonka-tough Kei truck has featured in a previous Classics by the Beach post.  That's a fairly strict no-no for us; we at Upper Middle Petrol Head try, whenever possible, to bring you something new and exciting from each monthly instalment of Hobart's first-Sunday of the month car meet and to not repeat ourselves. However, that all ended when I saw the Daihatsu performing its more than meets the eye party trick, transforming from what looks like a bog-standard flat-tray to a tipper in an instant, courtesy of a fairly serious looking hydraulic ram.  That fulfils the new and exciting criterion, I reckon! Fortunately for me, Classics stalwart AJ is a friend of the owner and asked him if he'd be prepared to reprise the performance so that I could video it for my newly established Instagram account (please feel free to follow me at uppermiddlepetrolhead)!  Here’s a YouTube link, just in case you’ve missed my latest cinematic masterpiece;  ht