18" tyres
Don't know if anyone has mentioned this.
Some of those 41-45 chevs with the cut out guards were originally fitted with 18" military split rims . After the war many owners converted the hubs to take the standard civilian rims as the 20" tyres were far easier to obtain than the 18" army tyres . You see the odd Chev still fitted with its 18" army rims , but they are not numerous at all , I would have seen or heard of less than ten in over 30 years .
In the 1940 GMH Chev. parts list , they refer to the 18" army rims as ' overseas rims ' , indicating that they are for the AIF I think .
Mike
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1940 cab 11 C8
1940 Morris-Commercial PU
1941 Morris-Commercial CS8
1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.)
1942-45 Jeep salad
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