Photos of an old abused veteran

[Lionelgee]

Hello Everyone,

Here are some more photos of trucks from my recent trip. Enjoy

Without starting another thread ... could anyone post a couple of photos of the front and side of a CMP I have heard of called a Monkey Face and similar photos showing a late war model of the CMP so I can work out how the shape changed.

Please excuse my lack of knowledge as I am new to CMP's. Until recently I used to walk past these trucks in the yard. It must have something to do with bouncing around the inside of a blitz cab for hours when I was 15 years old and was riding shotgun in a volunteer bushfire brigade blitz tanker truck. Driving cross country chasing fires and not having time to pick a smooth track was lots of fun at the time however I remember being more than wee bit sore and sorry after a couple of days of the continued rough treatment. There was also a big Studebaker 6x6 tanker too – I wonder what happened to them?

Then I remembered a couple of days ago something else. When I was a kid in primary school there used to be a metal fabrication yard at the back boundary fence of the school. There was a worn out blitz crane truck parked amongst the reject fabrications and I used spend hours playing in it after school. About the only thing left in the cab was the steering wheel and a gearstick assembly.

Gee can Blitz trucks lay dormant in the blood for years and then jump out and grab you by the throat in your mid 40's?

Kind Regards
Lionel