RAAF originally ordered 41 'Trucks, Heavy, Fire Fighting', and Army, with some minor changes to suit, ordered 14 as self-contained fire fighting vehicles for OVPs. Rear body manufacture by Wormalds. Specs drawn up late 1944. Delivery scheduled for mid-1945. Cost per unit was about 1700 pounds.
Check to see if the chassis has been lengthened by 17 inches to accommodate the longer fire fighting bodywork.
The Army vehicles were ex-'Trucks, 2-pdr Portee' with the bodies removed and supplied to Wormolds as cab/chassis.
A very unusual find. Hope the recipient/restorer likes doing wood-work!!
Mike C
Last edited by Mike Cecil; 01-06-13 at 18:29.
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