ID help please

Bill Murray · #1 03-07-05, 19:51

I have identified the attached as a mid- late thirties Commer civilian truck but I think I am wrong. I also thought it might be a Diamond T based on the grille style. It is LHD so if a Commer was an export model.
Anyone have an idea??
Dummy Dugan am I. Of course I mean the vehicle behind the Blitz.
Bill

Richard Farrant · #2 03-07-05, 20:24

Quote:

Originally posted by Bill Murray
I have identified the attached as a mid- late thirties Commer civilian truck but I think I am wrong.

bill,

Definitely not a Commer. Looks like a Diamond T 56 or 66.

Richard

David_Hayward (RIP) · #3 03-07-05, 21:18

I believe that the front truck Opel Blitz is a
1938 - 1942 Blitz-Lastkraftwagen 1.5to, Typ 2.5-32
assembled in the Brandenburg Plant

David_Hayward (RIP) · #4 03-07-05, 21:42

I have just searched my CD Rom with official Opel photos and attach this shot of a 1940 1,5 tonner Blitz

Bill Murray · #5 03-07-05, 21:55

David:
Thanks for the excellent Opel photos.
My ID question concerns the other one, the Opel I know.
Cheers
Bill

David_Hayward (RIP) · #6 03-07-05, 22:32

Bill, thanks for the chance to i.d. the actual Blitz model! I have no idea what the second one is and thus defer to those with more expert knowledge than my pitiful amount.

Bill Murray · #7 04-07-05, 00:04

Nailed it.
Thanks to our Russian friend who left us some years ago but kept his site up, autogallery.ru

Keith Webb · #8 04-07-05, 00:09

Here's a shot of a Diamond T from the legendary Tom Kruse's collection. Tom drove this and other trucks in the 30s and 40s for outback pioneer Harry Ding.
I spoke to Tom about this vehicle - he wasn't very impressed with it's suitability for the role and said it had a weak gearbox and was always trouble.

Keith Webb · #9 04-07-05, 00:11

This one was taken at Clayton bore, outback South Australia.

Bill Murray · #10 04-07-05, 00:31

Thanks Keith, and that is the same one, or close enough.
Here is a much more definitive photo of our vehicle.
Bill