1981 MC Mack Truck Restoration

Originally from Tuapeka in Dunedin, Gary (Armo) Armstrong Contracting bought the truck from Motortruck Dealership to Northland where it has done many years of work for Armo. The truck ended up with motor problems and sat under a tree at Robin Dickens yard in Maungaturoto for 14+ years looking eventually looking like it would never go again…

Glenn Battensby was only 18 years old when he first started driving this truck.

Glenn asked Armo if he could take the truck and get it going again….

Well what a task this was going to be, it took two days just to get it out from under the tree!

The truck has been under full restoration by Glenn and his brother Ross (Scooter) Battensby since 26/01/2021. At present the restoration has cost since March 2022 $261578.68 and there is also prior money spent which includes a $15000.00 cab only paint job and literally 100’s of unpaid labour hours.. We estimate that the cost would be to date around $400K if labour was included.

The funds have unfortunately dried up and we are hoping for some sponsors to come on board and help us to purchase this last piece of the puzzle so we can finally get the truck back on the road. We need $50k for a deck and trailer and any large sponsors ($5k minimum) will have their name signwritten on the truck. Once on the road the truck will be doing the rounds on both the North and South Island. The truck still has it’s original registration plates on hold.