An electric blue 1946 “Jail Bar” is the latest classic truck to be restored by NTI as it holds a fourth raffle to raise much-needed funds for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) research.

The truck, dubbed “Jolene,” took 1500 hours to restore, NTI’s Restoration & Special Projects Lead Don Geer says.

NTI has restored three other trucks since 2016 to fundraise for MND research, undertaken with the help of transport industry partners. (The Jail Bar nickname refers to the truck’s iconic radiator grille.)

NTI has already raised more than half a million dollars in four years for MND research in honour of former CEO the late Wayne Patterson, who was diagnosed with the condition in 2015 and died three years later.

MND researchers received $200,000 in December after NTI auctioned another restored truck, with the support of the Australian Trucking Association. More than $87,000 was raised at that auction and NTI added another $113,000 to support researchers as they to continue exploring ways to treat the disease.

"The only way we will see a world without MND is via funding research for a cure. This fatal disease takes far too many dads, mums, brothers, sisters and friends from our community each year,” NTI says.

Two Australians die from MND every day and two more are diagnosed.

You can buy raffle tickets here. Due to government regulations, WA residents are not permitted to purchase tickets in the raffle and are not eligible for any prizes.

45,000 tickets available for purchase at a cost of $10 each and the draw will take place on Sunday, 16 May 2021 at 2:30pm AEST at the Brisbane Convention Centre.