Blitz's near me

Keith Webb · #1 17-04-09, 14:44

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Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Hi Robert - the only other manufacturing detail I have is the Carrier was made under contract no. MOV.1145. The first driver, an Army test driver, was Lance Corporal Ernest Entwhistle whilst his mother Dimitria, a Greek immigrant who married Throgmorton Entwhistle, had the maiden name of Giannopoulopouloppulus.

Bob

And let me guess... they're related to the Moseleys too.

hrpearce · #2 28-05-09, 23:19

I've herd a rumour that the blitz in post #12 has been bought by a banana bender.

hrpearce · #3 17-01-10, 06:39

Two more Blitz's have appeared in Batlow...........

Lionelgee · #4 17-01-10, 07:50

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Originally Posted by hrpearce

Two more Blitz's have appeared in Batlow...........

G'day Fellow MLUers,

As a kid I always knew the CMP trucks just by the name "blitz". What I did not know, then or now, is how they became associated with the name. In fact it was only last year that I became familar with the CMP name for blitz trucks. As they were just always called Blitzs.

I know that in WWII London endured the German bombing and it was called the "blitz". Also that nice police officers set up booze buses when the have a "blitz" for drink drivers. Oh and as a kid the band The Sweet had a hit the Ballroom Blitz.

So how did such a name get stuck on CMP trucks in Australia. Or are its origins lost or corrupted over time?

Kind Regards
Lionel

zemsi · #5 17-01-10, 11:43

Hi Lionel

Blitz is actually a German word and means "lightning, flash, thunderbolt" etc. The term "Blitzkrieg" has been also used for the early German WW2 attacks on France, Holland etc.

Until I went for the first time to Australia, for me a Blitz truck was always a German Opel Blitz. They were the backbone of the WW2 German Army. Opel belongs to GM since 1929. That's probably why the term "Blitz" swapped over the pound.

Greetings
Chris

Lionelgee · #6 18-01-10, 03:53

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Originally Posted by zemsi

Hi Lionel

Blitz is actually a German word and means "lightning, flash, thunderbolt" etc. The term "Blitzkrieg" has been also used for the early German WW2 attacks on France, Holland etc.

Until I went for the first time to Australia, for me a Blitz truck was always a German Opel Blitz. They were the backbone of the WW2 German Army. Opel belongs to GM since 1929. That's probably why the term "Blitz" swapped over the pound.

Greetings
Chris

G'day Chris,

Thanks for the interpretation Chris - the backbone of both sides war efforts are different trucks named a blitz ...I think is called irony.

Kind Regards
Lionel

Keith Webb · #7 18-01-10, 10:12

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Originally Posted by Lionelgee

G'day Chris,

Thanks for the interpretation Chris - the backbone of both sides war efforts are different trucks named a blitz ...I think is called irony.

Kind Regards
Lionel

I think it was the Brits and Aussies 'taking the piss' really.

They were also called 'Blitz Buggies', 'Blitz Wagons' and 'Desert Blitz.'