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The WW2 Dodge pictured looks like one of the ex Mt. Baw Baw ski field buses . They are 3/4 ton weapons carriers with chassis extended , and with a bus body fitted . The drivers were usually students on part time jobs during the ski season , driving skiers up the the slopes of Mt. Baw Baw... and the trucks were thrashed ! The mountain is local to me and there was another of the buses in town here for years , they were overall yellow. BTW there is snow on Mt.Baw Baw right now ... the earliest heavy snow fall for decades... even a ski lift running I believe.
I think the Chevy post borer Gordon spotted is probably the one from Pakenham, there was one sat in a yard there for many years , visible from the main highway into town. There was another one , actually still on the road in the late 70's , around Ferntree Gully, it had reg. prefix JJ from 1946.
Mike
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1940 cab 11 C8
1940 Morris-Commercial PU
1941 Morris-Commercial CS8
1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.)
1942-45 Jeep salad
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