Those were the days

Keith Webb · #1 21-02-10, 21:02

Using the Google News search you can find all sorts of interesting things from our newspapers. For example this gem from 1957.

Keith Webb · #2 21-02-10, 21:12

With it's oddly spelled caption:

What can you find?

Keith Webb · #3 21-02-10, 21:29

This from the Melbourne Age 17 December 1947:

These converted carriers are still found on farms from time to time.

Keith Webb · #4 21-02-10, 22:00

Comes this ad for blitzes from Vic Drew:

There were many other ads for blitzes on the same page, mostly around 425 pounds price.

Bob Carriere · #5 22-02-10, 00:36

HI Keith

Nice picture of the guys hanging on for dear life going down a little gulley.....

...... I would to..... as I suspect it was a runaway UC with NO driver.....!!!

Boob

Keith Webb · #6 22-02-10, 04:25

in the earlier post was in a batch of LP2As built by S.A.R. in 1943.

Ron Pier · #7 22-02-10, 08:37

I was also wondering about the driver in the gully shot. Perhaps he saw it coming and bailed out? Ron

Tony Smith · #8 22-02-10, 16:51

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Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Using the Google News ...... For example this gem from 1957.

Why would they be selling off 20 ton of Centurion Tank track and 120 road wheels in 1957??

Richard Farrant · #9 22-02-10, 20:09

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Originally Posted by Tony Smith

Why would they be selling off 20 ton of Centurion Tank track and 120 road wheels in 1957??

Probably used parts..........although not unknown for governments to dispose of parts for current equipment, because they have demanded too much

Kent Aist · #10 23-02-10, 01:36

If you look at the gully shot the commander has a second hat just next to his right shoulder. The driver is either being thrown around or ducking.

Kent

Jared Archibald · #11 23-02-10, 03:33

G'day Everyone,

the rear view mirror on carrier 4979 is rectangular.

I believe original equipment on LP Carriers was round, and that Universal Carriers were fitted with the rectangular types. Is this so?

Jared

lynx42 · #12 23-02-10, 08:36

The driver is ducking for cover. The Melbourne Univerity Regiment is a University based unit and by 1957 the Ferret had arrived along with the Champ and othere Rolls Royce "B"engined vehicles. These were fitted with the rectangular mirror and I guess that the Bren Gun Carrier has a
retro-fittted one from the store.
Rick.

Ron Pier · #13 23-02-10, 08:38

Well spotted Kent. I see it all now.Ron

Lynn Eades · #14 23-02-10, 11:06

Any one spot the wrong "there" I thought that was a modern thing?

lynx42 · #15 23-02-10, 23:10

"as they rode their machine", looks OK to me. So what am I missing, Lynn?

Richard Farrant · #16 24-02-10, 00:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by lynx42

by 1957 the Ferret had arrived along with the Champ and othere Rolls Royce "B"engined vehicles. These were fitted with the rectangular mirror and I guess that the Bren Gun Carrier has a
retro-fittted one from the store.

Hi Rick,

The rectangular convex mirrors fitted to Ferrets and Champs actually date back to prewar, from memory called the "1924 Pattern" or similar and were common place on practically every British wartime vehicle. Last used on Ferrets in British Army up until late 1970's.

Lynn Eades · #17 24-02-10, 02:10

The paper was published with the wrong "their". It should have read; "Hold on "there" Sergeant". and the proof reader should have picked it up, whereas now, there are no proof readers. They use a spell check on a computer, which doesn't pick up the difference.

......And now I see Keith pointed it out, at the start.