Ww2 raaf fire truck

[Mike Cecil]

RAAF originally ordered 41 'Trucks, Heavy, Fire Fighting', and Army, with some minor changes to suit, ordered 14 as self-contained fire fighting vehicles for OVPs. Rear body manufacture by Wormalds. Specs drawn up late 1944. Delivery scheduled for mid-1945. Cost per unit was about 1700 pounds.

Check to see if the chassis has been lengthened by 17 inches to accommodate the longer fire fighting bodywork.

The Army vehicles were ex-'Trucks, 2-pdr Portee' with the bodies removed and supplied to Wormolds as cab/chassis.

A very unusual find. Hope the recipient/restorer likes doing wood-work!!

Mike C

[Stuart Kirkham]

G'day Darren

Two photos of the same type of truck.

The photo with the RAAF Lincoln is labelled - Manus Island 1953.

[motto (RIP)]

The winged emblem above the rear wheels on Tommy's first picture looks very much like that used by the Department of Civil Aviation or DCA as was.
Normally the emblem was applied to the front doors of their vehicles.
I don't know if the RAAF used a similar marking, I doubt it.

David

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by motto

The winged emblem above the rear wheels on Tommy's first picture looks very much like that used by the Department of Civil Aviation or DCA as was.
Normally the emblem was applied to the front doors of their vehicles.
I don't know if the RAAF used a similar marking, I doubt it.

David

You are correct David, DCA used them post war.

[aj.lec]

Great find
Love seeing the more unusual variants
Hopefully end up with someone that will restore it back to original .

[easo]

That water pump is a thing of beauty in it self.

Easo