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Old 16-07-09, 03:00
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I can't recall which thread it may have been in (Indian Pattern Chevs??), but these pics were posted by Mike Kelly:


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Old 16-07-09, 03:53
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At the last Corowa I attended , three years back , a chap turned up with a very odd 1941/42 open cab chevy truck. It was fitted with 10 stud military 16" rims . I'd never seen rims like it before . People were commenting , saying its a Indian pattern truck ? I recall it also had 1939 model dash gauges fitted . I have a few pics of it somewhere .

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I have a few pics of it somewhere .
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I got some pics too It was at Corowa 2007, when we met for the MLU group pic. Think you're talking about this one, it's Barry's, Keefy knows him.

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Old 16-07-09, 09:15
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Hi Mike

I got some pics too It was at Corowa 2007, when we met for the MLU group pic. Think you're talking about this one, it's Barry's, Keefy knows him.

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Hi Chris

Yes thats the one thanks .. those 16" rims are different to any other Chevy found here

It does appear to have been imported at some stage ..possibly by the AIF Could have been assembled in Bombay or Cairo . The owners would know more . It's a odd ball for sure.
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Old 16-07-09, 13:17
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I can't recall which thread it may have been in (Indian Pattern Chevs??), but these pics were posted by Mike Kelly:


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Thanks for the comment about the book

Those rims in your pic look like the (older?) type used by the LRDG Chevrolet WAs, which hadn't a "flat" disc like the one I posted and possibly had a different stud spacing, while still being 10-stud 16" rims.

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Hi Chris

Yes thats the one thanks .. those 16" rims are different to any other Chevy found here

It does appear to have been imported at some stage ..possibly by the AIF Could have been assembled in Bombay or Cairo . The owners would know more . It's a odd ball for sure.
These look like they're the same rims... those Chevrolets were used by who in North Africa? not the LRDG, I seem to remember...
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Old 19-07-09, 12:07
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It seems to me that the SDF truck pictured in the MLU Forum post I referenced is a Chevrolet 1543X2



comparing it with this picture from http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12940 which I had overlooked.



It clearly has 10-stud rims which seem to correspond. So actually I should be able to answer my original question whether the SDF had trucks with 10-stud 16" rims...

Does anybody find mistakes in my identification of the truck or other considerations?
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