Keith while looking at the second blow up of the other trucks you say it could be a lendlease Chev with a radar or wireless body on it.
I think it is a 1941 conventional chev with the guards cut out for the large tyres similar to this one taken at Corowa this year by Tony.
cheers
Cliff
http://www.oldcmp.net/Images/Aircraf...n_trucks_1.jpg
this is the other pic from Keiths site. Hopefully this will show up as this is the first time I have tryed linking a pic.
EDIT> also see this thread called - Aussie Commercial Chevs by Tony Smith for info on this type of mudguard.
http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/sh...&threadid=3054
http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/at...p?postid=27959