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12-04-13, 01:52
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Sunshade!
Thought I would share a recent swap meet find that I bought for the buckles, I was going to scrap the rest untill I worked out what it was for while standing beside Tony’s truck at Corowa.
Has anyone ever see one fitted in service?
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12-04-13, 02:10
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what a neat find. I have never seen a photo with this fitted.
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12-04-13, 02:39
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Nope. Never seen one, let alone one fitted.
Great find, and well done for working out what it was for. The Australian Cab 13 VOL had two - one for each windscreen, and they were a bag, secured by straps that went through the footman loops on the front edge of the roof. Reason being the Aust windscreen opened to 90 degrees. Mike C
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12-04-13, 03:00
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The cab 12 cover has straps that secure it through the footman loops on the outside of the screen and a long horizontal strap on the inside to keep the wings tight.
Problem now is I still need some figure of 8 buckles for my carrier if any one has any spare. It would be a shame to cut up this cover!
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12-04-13, 14:43
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Euan,
Very nice find! Didn't know this existed. Hanno PS: moved to it's own thread
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12-04-13, 18:58
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I am wondering if it this is a early type of Hasteful Camouflage, which is used to keep sun light from reflecting off the Windscreen. The attached pictures are from the Iltis Hasty Cam kit.
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13-04-13, 09:14
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Cutting
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13-04-13, 23:21
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Euan
With the cover installed, can the windscreen be placed in it's "closed and locked" position at all?
If it only works with an open windscreen, then my first guess would be it was intended to stop reflections being spotted by aircraft, when the windscreen was in open mode. The "sunshade" was probably a secondary benefit. Military muckie-mucks were more likely to approve design of things to protect valuable vehicles, and less so to protect the troops who may have run out of their favourite SPF 40 tanning oil! Did GM Holden ever issue a Master Parts List for the Blitz? Maybe this cover shows up in an edition of it? Terrific find none the less, and to think you would have missed it if you had stayed home! Cheers, David
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12-04-13, 23:57
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Improvement
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13-04-13, 00:34
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... maybe its for driving blind!??
....or maybe 'driving in blackout condition'???! .... for keeping crews 'in the dark' perhaps?? Mike C
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