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Originally Posted by Richard Farrant
Hi Mike,
That is a QLB Bofors gun tractor, a number went to Australia. You can see the winch guide rollers under the cab. Did Tim Vibert have this truck later on?
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Hi Richard
I am not sure where Colin found this particular QL that he restored. I can remember back to the early 1980s when there was a high interest in QL's with Tim Vibert running a illustrated 'Wanted to Buy' advert in the Weekly Times or a similar rural newspaper. At the time, Tim was chasing after QL Bedfords. Colin's QL may have been a Tim V. find, but Colin had a knack for finding rare uncommon vehicles, it would not surprise me if Colin found this particular QL himself. Back in those days Colin and Tim would arrive at Corowa with a unusual and different vehicle every year.
I have seen the QLBs in the AWM126 register.
Line up in post-war Malaya
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1097512