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Old 30-05-10, 05:50
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Default Polished gears

Thank goodness CMP gearboxes are strong!
I didn't realise you actually drove one in service - will have to get these stories on camera.

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Originally Posted by lynx42 View Post
Keith, Nothing had changed by 1965 when I reported to my first posting. HQ.3rd Div Transport Platoon, Melbourne. I walked in and was handed my full Army licence. I had only ever drive around a farm paddock and I was told to drive a Chev C60L out to Broadmeadows to return to their fleet out there. This was one of the few Blitz's still in service I believe. I got there without mishap but the gears were pretty polished by the time I arrived. I never had to undergo a driving test at ever.
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