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The fleetowner Mystery. (Upd. International, Unic, Albion...)

Tony Hilliard got this photo in Australia during a recent visit. We count seven closed trucks of the firm Foy & Gibson's Winter Fair. Although the trucks are similar we are not so sure if they are equal in reality. Click the photo for enlargement. Especially the second photo showing the cars upfront is giving the impression that the cars on the left are of a diffrent make (do we see a Fiat radiator script?) than the the ones further on the right. Who will throw in an educated guess?
Foy & Gibson must have been a large company, here is yet another photo, again showing another type of truck....

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zondag september 4th, 2011
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05 September 2011, 07:57
With the 5 trucks in a row,second photo, the one on the far right looks like an International, with the headlights in the scuttle. I'm not sure about the others.

I have a vague idea I've seen a photo of a Foy & Gibson truck that was a Unic, but I can't remember from where. That could be what is on the far right, on the bottom part of the main photo. Craig
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05 September 2011, 06:30
Foy and Gibson were a major retail department store in Melbourne operating up until the 1960's when they were bought out. In the early 20th century their factory operations behind their store in Smith Street Collingwood were said to occupy three miles of street frontage where they manufactured a broad range of everything from mens suits to beds and furniture.
Even today in the collectables field I have seen everything from buttons to spanners for tightening bed bases turn up embossed with the Foy and Gibson names. Many of the factory premises have now been converted to inner city apartments.
My Late Uncle Laurie Marshall ran the Collingwood store for many years and was renowned for the Christmas parades that he orchestrated, where Santa arrived at the store on the back of an elephant accompanied by a number of camels and other highly colourful characters.This and his special Christmas decoration of store windows preceded the efforts of the major retailers who decorate their store windows in Melbourne at Christmas time today. I recall that some of the store vehicles were Albions and I still have the hand engraved brass cylindrical device that was used to test their fuel consumption. The above photo may not be of that location but more information of the store is available at http://www.smithstreet.org/heritage/foy_and_gibson_coles_variety_and_secret_tunnels.php
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