Australian CMP spare tyre carrier

[Ken Smith]

Good day Darrin,

Photo would be good thanks, this is really interesting there are a lot more differences than I thought.

It is funny I have sold 2 mint tyre carrier and tool box setups over the last 30 years, thinking I would never need one, just goes to show. I don't know if they were 16" or 20" though.

The bit about the ladder is good as I saved a ladder out of one of the setups I sold, and I have never seen another ladder since.

My truck is a 1945 Canadian cab 13, with round roof hatch, when the farmer got it from the dealer in 1956 it was fitted with an Australian army drop side wooden body, the whole truck was painted deep bronze green. It had 26,000 miles on it and it now has 36,000 miles on it. The farmer can't remember a spare tyre carrier on the truck, but they put a steel tipping body on the blitz in 1958 and dumped the beautiful wooden body.
Ken