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Old 30-04-13, 22:27
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G'day gents,
I have become the new owner of the HAR1 restored by the now late Bob Dimer in West Oz. It has had little use since the trip to Alice in 1995 and needs lots of tlc to improve operations. The biggest hurdle is the crankshaft and bearings. The crank is about 8 thou oval and has bad scoring. I haven't been able to find info on the original crank dimensions or much on availability of parts. Any Leeds would be appreciated. Thanks Ric.
P.S. this is the only pic on the pad so far!
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Old 01-05-13, 01:23
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Congratulations Rick. Good to see it has gone to a great home.
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Old 23-11-13, 19:52
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Here are HARs with FFI prisoners:



Source - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1945-Print...item485d46b6d5

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Old 10-12-15, 15:01
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There is a lot of interesting WWII photos on this Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/Radio.WW2/p...=photos_albums

This album has 53 photos of Canadian troops with Buffalos in the Rhineland

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...0105069&type=3
FWD HAR-1 in use in the Netherlands - a rare sight!

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Source: https://www.facebook.com/Radio.WW2/p...type=3&theater
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Old 10-12-15, 17:34
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Nice photo gallery. Good in the field photos too. I prefer seeing this kind of picture over the too-clean and everything strapped correctly shots.
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Old 11-12-15, 19:25
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More pictures of FWD HAR-1 trucks here.
https://www.facebook.com/Radio.WW2/p...type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/Radio.WW2/p...type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/Radio.WW2/p...type=3&theater
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Old 13-12-15, 11:25
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Great find, the last one is particularly interesting as it shows a HAR-1 with both US and USN registration number! USA 4402157 and USN 147000

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Pictures were made in 1944, when Port Hueneme on the Southern California coast, was an Advance Base Depot for the US Navy, serving it's Construction Battalions (CB's or "SeaBees") which is why there is lots of construction equipment to be seen in this photo set.
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