OFFROAD PIONEERS CRUISEMASTER

Cruisemaster is rapidly becoming synonymous in Australia for offroad suspension and towing engineering. It’s a hard-earned reputation more than 40 years in the making, beginning way back in 1977 when Arthur Goddard first turned the engineering skills he’d learned working on the development of the new Land Rover, in a post-WWII U.K., to something he recognised as perhaps being an exciting new industry here in Australia.

“He was, and still is, a dedicated engineer in that he likes solving problems,” his grandson, and third generation Cruisemaster Director, Andrew Goddard, told Camper recently.

“He was initially drawn to towing because it’s so closely related to the automotive industry. He is naturally interested in the engineering principles of axles and springs and so working out how these things