C8
Hi All ,
Yes , it would be great if these old vehicles could speak to us ! The tales of their wartime travels would be interesting .
David , the cab 11 C8 , someone has swiped the plate with the serial nr . But I am sure your theory is correct , its a Middle East refugee ! The eng NO. has TRA prefix .
Yes Richard , I drove it up to Corowa in 1999 on its 50 ? year old Dunlops . When are you coming over again ? We can catch up .
I found a soldiers AIF number scratched into the dash on the C8 VX65738 , I tracked him down and wrote to him . He replied saying that he probably commited the vandalism while awaiting demob at Bandiana , Bandiana was a large vehicle park .
Dirk , I copied all the body plans and sent them to Ruud , he has obviously passed them on to you . Credit must be given to Ian R in the UK for taking the time to complete the measuring . The plans are available to anyone who wants them .
I think the 1A1 bodies were made by WD Beath in Canada , does anyone have any info on this company ?
Ian R's half restored C8 is pictured , it would be a Southampton assembled one I would think .
Mike
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