Interesting Ford in PNG

[Mike Cecil]

Well spotted Rick!

Somewhere in AWM126, I remember there was a page of odd-ball vehicles headed 'Impressed in New Guinea'.

Unfortunately, I don't have a volume or location reference for that page, but I'm sure someone will chance upon it eventually. A comparison between the vehicles visible in the image, and that page, may prove interesting.

Mike

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

Well spotted Rick!

Somewhere in AWM126, I remember there was a page of odd-ball vehicles headed 'Impressed in New Guinea'.

Unfortunately, I don't have a volume or location reference for that page, but I'm sure someone will chance upon it eventually. A comparison between the vehicles visible in the image, and that page, may prove interesting.

Mike

Yes , I found that particular page, it includes vehicles such as a A model Ford and other pre-war oddities. There is even a "Jap truck" listed somewhere in the 126 books.

[Mike K]

Same setup on 39 Chev

[Mike K]

Willys too

[Lang]

Once again those drawings showing fat dumpy vehicles as lowered streamliners remind me of the "artist's Impression" in real estate advertisements.

A new housing development at Ayers Rock (Uluru) was drawn not only with green grass and tall trees but a lovely winding road just a short walk from the Gold Coast whose pristine surf beaches can be seen from your bedroom window 3,000km away.

Lang