[Mike Kelly]

Colin Bell worked at Auto Surplus in Mitcham ( when it was owned by Hancock) . Colin told me he was a buyer for HEALINGS just after the war. Healings in Melbourne , were a business that sold a large range of stuff i.e. surplus vehicles and other gear. Colin said the best value auctions to attend were those smaller auctions held in remote areas. He said some trucks sold for almost nothing because they had a minor part missing i.e. a distributor had been removed . He told me Healings had Ford F15's or F15A's ? virtually new in CKD .

He mentioned his time in the army, he was a Lieutenant in a transport company . He said some of the chaps in his unit could not read or write and he would wrote letters home for them. Interesting guy, probably no longer with us.