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29-08-23, 10:51
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SLV pics
Pics from the State Library of Victoria.
PRI = Peoples Republic of Indonesia ? https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...ces&offset=180 BCOF Listening to the Test cricket in Japan. The radio is a Philips No.4 receiver , made in Australia for military use.https://www.kurrajongradiomuseum.com.au/rs4.htm Posing with a W.S.108 Don't know what radio set this is. PNG crossing a stream somewhere. A W.S.101 with a Militia unit, looking at the uniforms.
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29-08-23, 13:11
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More SLV scenes
In Japan: BCOF symbol on the windscreen panel. Many years ago a BCOF/Korean war veteran told me: there were so many surplus jeeps available in Japan "I had mine painted a bright yellow"
https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...ces&offset=110
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31-08-23, 13:54
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Various scenes
A few more from the SLV
A 1941 Mercury sedan has been in a bingle. Numbers on the bonnet indicate a military application. Ford coupe ute next along. A improvised ambulance of some kind up in the islands Carriers in Japan circa 1950 https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...ons.&offset=40 Melbourne scene 1943. Looks like a 1939 Willys sedan in the foreground with the distinctive bug-eye headlights. The Shrine of Remembrance in the distance. https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...yle&offset=250 Military 1941 Plymouth 12cwt with Dodge badging and grill. https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...AND&offset=140
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03-09-23, 07:03
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Old pics
Some of these pics I have posted previously but not in the higher resolution format.
https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...ages&offset=50 PICTURE [Man, possibly Mr. Luciano Limoni, standing, wearing hat, hand resting on truck, Bonegilla or Bandiana] [picture] [ca. 1952] https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...tains,bandiana https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...iana&offset=10 Melbourne ARP exercise. This is a 1940 Pontiac conveying returned veterans: circa1945. The Victorian two letter reg. plate scheme began in 1939 with AA-000 and ended in 1953 with ZZ-999. Many vehicle restorers make the mistake of painting a white border on the plates.
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03-09-23, 19:17
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PWD ute
"Military 1941 Plymouth 12cwt with Dodge badging and grill." - actually in service in the Northern Territory with the Commonwealth Public Works Department.
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04-09-23, 02:25
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Interesting . Mike. Can you ID the unit sign on the jeep 131396 at Bandiana ? circa 1952. 1 over 746
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04-09-23, 03:15
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Carrier
Carrier performing a balancing act.
Gas producer on a Ford sedan. I can remember VMVC member Colin Anderson making a gas producer and arriving at a club event with his vehicle running on charcoal. https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...ion&offset=100
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04-09-23, 03:54
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Another variation
Another gas bomb ..the EPA would have a fit if you drove around in this setup today !
https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entit...31&mode=browse BC-611 Handy Talky https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...ges&offset=130 Beer https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entit...45&mode=browse
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06-09-23, 02:47
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I'm reasonably sure the 1/746 is the RAEME detachment of 1st Central Ordnance Depot (1COD).
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16-10-23, 06:33
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Melbourne
Public Records Office Victoria pics.
South Melbourne scene, looks like the Montague Street Bridge: Truck on the left C6668 is a D300 Forward Control International - I found a small number of these trucks in the AWM126 ledgers, they were issued to army units based in and around Melbourne - Coburg, Geelong and a few other suburbs. Unusual vehicles. The bridge, in a updated form, still exists today and is currently used by trams. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montague_Street_Bridge https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/9843...58C44C?image=1 Snow plough https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/4952...91D375?image=1 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/16FE...B701D4?image=1 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/ECB0...F61F8F?image=1 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/16FC...DD015A?image=1 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/ECAE...BB5B7B?image=1 Dodge with a gas producer. Victorian Railways are still using the Irish 5 feet 3 inch broad gauge. Other Australian states are a mixture of 3 feet 6 inch and Standard gauge. https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/CDF4...4E854F?image=1 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/CDF5...14A7E0?image=1 Morris-Commercial on display at the Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne. https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E516...48EB46?image=1 US army Chevrolet G506 trucks and a Right Hand Drive 1942 Studebaker sedan with US reg. This Studebaker sedan is a real oddity with the USA 156 reg. number. The flat railway cars have the Victorian Railways (VR) logo on the axle box lids. https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/0F97...17545A?image=1 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/0F99...9CA692?image=1 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/0F9A...845C5D?image=1 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/0F9B...B65ECB?image=1 Victorian Railways: 1939 Chev. utility with gas producer. The front tyre has the letters 'VR' on the sidewall, a anti-theft measure. OLYMPIC brand tyres were still in production until around 20 years ago. https://collections.museumsvictoria..../articles/6210 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/CE1D...6AF14F?image=1 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/B35B...305A9D?image=1
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16-10-23, 11:08
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17-10-23, 07:57
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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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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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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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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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22-03-25, 12:32
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21-04-25, 14:37
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Melbourne
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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This fire pump is seen in Footscray , a inner Western suburb of Melbourne . The pump looks like one of the GM-H built pumps, it has Chevrolet wheels and hubs fitted . The engine in these pumps may have been a Ford 10. Update: the engine is a 4 cyl. Side valve. https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entit...58&mode=browse https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...ages&offset=40 Close up of the Chevrolet hub caps. Vintage Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) vehicle, still in service during WW2 .
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Gmc
Repairing the running board of a 1940 GMC truck. The ' General Motors Truck' trim is seen on the bonnet.
The running board support brackets are fixed with heavy duty rivets, I drilled out these rivets yesterday, on my 1940 Chevrolet 15 cwt chassis, what a horrible job ! The 'Holden' body tag is seen on the lower corner of the cowl. These cabs are made from a heavy gauge steel, I'm guessing around 18 gauge. I can barely lift and move a door by myself, so heavy. I'm looking for a decent cab, my examples require major repairs. https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...ces&offset=200
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23-04-25, 01:46
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German funeral
A SLV photo with a interesting history. The sailor is wearing a Kriegsmarine uniform.
"One of them, Erich Meyer, died three months later of lung cancer. He became the only crew member to die on Australian soil." https://www.bevleaross.com.au/graytown-pow-camp/
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