33 years on...

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Ganmain Tony

In all seriousness the beetleback appears to have been scorched.

I thought from my previous discussions with you FGT's in OZ were all the OZ built square back ones.

What's the go with this one??

Yes it has spent a long time in the tropical sun.

The go is there are a small number of survivors here which came back as cargo with our troops from the Western Desert campaign. There are at least five FGTs I know of and seven or so CGTs.

Because they were 'non-standard' they were put into the training role, and there are pics of the Fords in use on the Atherton Tablelands at places like Kairi which is not that far from Mareeba where this one now resides.

Rebuilds of Fords include the Len Watkins beauty in Sydney and Lloyd McCarthy in Gympie.