Aussie Army Chev Find

[Mike K]

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this.

Some of those 41-45 chevs with the cut out guards were originally fitted with 18" military split rims . After the war many owners converted the hubs to take the standard civilian rims as the 20" tyres were far easier to obtain than the 18" army tyres . You see the odd Chev still fitted with its 18" army rims , but they are not numerous at all , I would have seen or heard of less than ten in over 30 years .

In the 1940 GMH Chev. parts list , they refer to the 18" army rims as ' overseas rims ' , indicating that they are for the AIF I think .

Mike