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More PROV wartime pics of Victorian Railways vehicles .
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/CE1A...71D6FA?image=1 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/CDF2...C25C77?image=1 This looks to be a 1940 Chev. sloper with gas producer. These are a a unique Aust. body type. https://www.handpub.com.au/all-enclosed-coupes Download the history https://www.handpub.com.au/_files/ug...4953bc43c1.pdf
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17-10-23, 08:17
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Maple Leaf
The grill displays 'Chevrolet' and the bonnet MAPLE LEAF. The door handle is strange.
The VR 'brand on a tyre' Advert poster on the Montague Street Bridge pylon - Chevrolet The VR van is a Lend-Lease Chev, fitted with blackout lights and the imported cab with the single piece door glass. Some of these LL Chev cabs have round military instruments with Jeep like panel lights. https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/CE48...BE13FA?image=1 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/CE49...EB7A5E?image=1 A Lend-Lease Inter K series with military style tyres - the cargo body looks similar to a GM-H made unit. https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/CE45...D523D8?image=1
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18-10-23, 04:06
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Chevrolet utility
A 1942-47 15 cwt Chevrolet utilty.... quite a good number of these have survived.
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/D1CE...93799A?image=1 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/D1CF...03700D?image=1 Another Chev with blackout covers. https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/CE28...C2AC7A?image=1 Some of the late production GM-H cabs were fitted with the military style instruments and panel lights. I have seen a few of the 15 cwt 42-47 utes fitted with these military instruments. GM-H figures they made around 25,000 of these cabs during WW2 . I am looking for a decent cab , mine are rusted out beyond help.
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21-10-23, 09:37
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More gas bags on display
The entrance to the gas display at the REAR OF the EXHIBITION BUILDING;
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E511...F86F51?image=1 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E513...D87147?image=1 Wartime pic of a Austin van with blackout covers. https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/CE26...3C9F49?image=1 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/CE27...99ADCF?image=1 Wartime scene of a Inter K ambulance https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/CE2F...BB3AFC?image=1 ENGLISH BEDFORD with a gas producer https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/CE2D...6BDB14?image=1 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/B355...08704A?image=1 MAPLE LEAF truck: again with the wartime DC reg. prefix. https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/CE2A...855E52?image=1 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/CE28...C2AC7A?image=1 Some years ago, my MB Jeep was on display inside the EXHIBITION BUILDING building during the Melbourne Motor Show. The Victorian jeep agency, Bill Patterson Motors, borrowed my MB for the show, they lent me a new CJ7 Quadra Trac jeep, it was fitted with a 6 cyl. AMC engine.
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21-03-25, 13:38
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Dodge cabs
These are TJ Richards (Adelaide) built Dodge cabs pictured in Melbourne during WW2. The wagons are South Australian broad gauge 5 feet 3 inch. South Australia had three rail guages in use.- 3'6" , 4'8.5" and 5'3" . On the wagons is stencilling ' MAY USE IN VICTORIA ' Victoria still uses 5'3" gauge today. The gauge screwup happened because of the Colonial rivalries of the 1800s. Before 1901 Australia was made up of separated Colonies with border customs controls.
Tasmania and Queensland are 3 feet 6 inch gauge as is West. Australia. NSW is Standard gauge 4 feet 8 1/2 inch . Victoria is broad gauge same as Ireland. South Australia used a mixture of all 3 gauges. 427/07 WW2 TRUCK CABINS LOADED ONTO SOUTH AUSTRALIAN F CLASS WAGONS SPENCER STREET YARD; GLS; RAILWAY; FREIGHT https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/2E82...B9A63D?image=1
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Wartime Melbourne Street parade. 1943.
Bedford trucks , FCC = Footscray City Council . ARP volunteers on board. The Fire appliance appears to be LHD Fire truck in civil defence units parade, Bourke Street, Melbourne Date [ca. 1943] https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entit...34&mode=browse Ford M-H and 18 pndr gun on the corner of Swanston St and Bourke St. AA guns ? On display in Collins st.
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