Hi Rick,
Not Melbourne: Sydney, cnr Park & Elizabeth Streets, looking south east past the Hyde Park Oberlisk with Hyde Park's Anzac Memorial in the background. The corner now boasts a Starbucks at the base of a high-rise block in the position of the T&G building. You cannot get that same view now: the trees have all grown so much.
The guns are also interesting: these are 3-inch 20cwt AA guns on their mobile platforms, which were the predecessors of the 3.7-inch HAA guns. The lead gun appears to have a camouflage patter on the mudguard, which placed the parade into 1942 at least.
The Matadors appear to have the importation diamond still on the front left, and a Brit number I cannot read on the door, with the ARN of a 5-digit number on the front right.
On enlarging the image, it looks to me more like a trick of the light, Rick - they both appear to be the same colour. With the import 'diamond' still on them, this would be the colour they emerged from the AEC factory.
Mike
Last edited by Mike Cecil; 05-06-16 at 21:46.
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