National Transport Insurance’s (NTI) restoration of a historic truck has raised $55,020 for the MND and Me Foundation, with the raffle winner receiving keys for the vehicle on Friday.

Trevor Fry from Brisbane won the fully restored 1946 International Model K5 truck, while runners-up Leoni Roberts and Wayne Wust both received $2000 in BP fuel vouchers.

NTI began the restoration project and raffle earlier this year to raise funds to fight motor neurone disease. The cause has resonance for the company, with former CEO Wayne Patterson diagnosed with the illness in 2015.

The insurer has tracked the restoration in a series of videos highlighting the truck’s transformation from a wreck discovered in a parts yard in the SE Queensland town of Dalby.

An event to announce the winner was held in King George Square, Brisbane, coinciding with the launch of NTI’s Truck Assist Club for owners and operators.