RFW

RFW was an Australian specialist vehicle manufacturer based in Chester Hill, Sydney. The firm specialized in heavy industrial vehicles including coaches, fire appliances, garbage trucks and road-rail vehicles for use in the Asia Pacific region. Many of its vehicles were all wheel drive. The RFW models featured a wide choice of original running gear for their wide range of vehicles for several roles from Scania, Caterpillar, Cummins, Detroit Diesel, Nissan Diesel UD, Rolls-Royce Diesel and also Bedford & Hino.

History
RFW was founded by former Royal Australian Air Force fitter (Bob) Robert Frederick Whitehead. RFW completed its first vehicle in 1969, a 8 x 4 using a KM Bedford cab [[dump truck. All trucks & Bus chassis were custom hand built by a small team to customers specifications & requirements

Output examples

 * 9 Airport crash tenders for Royal Malaysian Air Force
 * 7 6x6 trucks for EPT Electric Power Transmission at Maryong NSW
 * 21 4x4 & 6x6 fire proof cab bush fire trucks for Woods & Forest Dept Mount Gambier SA
 * 9 Coach chassis for Ansett Pioneer for use in the Northern Territory
 * 3 Road-rail vehicles for Hamersley Iron
 * 5 Road-rail vehicles for the State Rail Authority
 * 14x14 wheel drive road legal Sewage pump for Brisbane City Council
 * Catering vehicles for Qantas