In the background

[aj.lec]

Flicking through a recent facebook page on memories of Wellington and this Little Ford F15 popped up
Not in the background but close enough

[Keith Webb]

Looks suspiciously like foreground in one of the shots, but a nice find. Love the branding on the bumper.

[Ganmain Tony]

Great photo's AJ,

Love the livery all over the truck. Not to mention the dealership, brings joy to the heart of a Ford lover.

Would love to know it that truck still exists. (I've no doubt you've been down that route).

Would've been a beauty to keep as it presents in these photos and have it at this years Corowa.

[aj.lec]

She is a little beauty
Love the "Whitewall " Chevrons

Havent seen a F15 around the area for as long as I can remember.
I am guessing photos were taken at least 15-20 years before my birthdate

[motto]

With the bowsers on the footpath you could be in trouble with a filler on the r/h side of your vehicle.
We used to call service stations that sold several brands of petrol 'independents'. Here you can see Ampol, Shell and Plume, all of which are familiar but Purr Pull? Never heard of that one. Was it a power kerosine perhaps?

David

[Dinty]

Just had a trawl through Google earth and found the building, it is in Swift St, and is now the 'Orana Aboriginal ??, no sign of the Ford though LOL (shame) cheers Dennis

[aj.lec]

Originally Posted by Dinty

Just had a trawl through Google earth and found the building, it is in Swift St, and is now the 'Orana Aboriginal ??, no sign of the Ford though LOL (shame) cheers Dennis

It is a long time gone as a Ford dealership. 40 to 50 years
Orana Aboriginal Corporation (Lands I think)

[warren brown]

Dave - Purr Pull was petrol - I remember my Dad talking about it.

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by motto

We used to call service stations that sold several brands of petrol 'independents'. Here you can see Ampol, Shell and Plume, all of which are familiar but Purr Pull? Never heard of that one.

I've never heard of it either David, evidently it was bought out by Golden Fleece in 1954:

Purr Pull was a brand marketed by Independent Oil Industries of Sydney they also sold Purr Star and Resis Oil. The company was brought out by Smith Wylie (Aust) Pty Ltd in Queensland who ran the company as Purr Pull Industries and then in 1954 H.C. Sleight took over Purr Pull Industries Pty Ltd. dropping the Purr Pull and Star brands and selling it as Golden Fleece.

[Keith Webb]

Nice colourised image with a CMP well in the background:

[Keith Webb]

Tim Lovelock's post of the firefighting vehicle has an excellent example of an "in the background" photograph:



Link to original post.

[Keith Webb]

Far left of the pic... Chevrolet CMP.

[motto]

C'mon Keith, make, model and year?

Dave

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by motto

C'mon Keith, make, model and year?

Dave

Well you can see it's a Chev because of the wide spring bumper... and it's a 3-tonner going by the 20" wheels... C60L at a guess? Build date March 24 1943. Engine number PR397862, Chassis 844300025.

[motto]

Awesome! Give that man a cigar!

Dave

[Alex van de Wetering]

Far left of the pic... Chevrolet CMP.

Wow...nothing wrong with your eyes, Keith!

Alex

[John A. Rippingham]

A picture taken in nijmegen 1945. You'll have to have good eyes for this one keith, i'd be really impressed if Alex could tell us where it is? Mr Hollywood is in the photo and his son would love re-visit this spot in his jeep.

[Keith Webb]

The 15cwt with a star on the door?

[John A. Rippingham]

Yeah, theres a Bedford QLT on the other side too, is it a ford or a chev ?

[Mike Cecil]

Ford, of course, you can tell by the flange on the wheel nuts ....

Mike C

[Tim Lovelock]

Not sure if this is 'in the background'?

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Tim Lovelock

Not sure if this is 'in the background'?

Close enough Tim... funny the archaic Commer is by far the most modern thing in this image.

[Haridimos]

Αthens, early 50's before Greece entering NATO, a lot of -ex British- Army's C-15 parked in front of the building of the Department of the Army.

[Tim Lovelock]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Close enough Tim... funny the archaic Commer is by far the most modern thing in this image.

Ha ha Keith, I wonder if it was anything like the Bedford (RL) which I operated at Moorabbin Airport in the 80's? The poor old Bedford couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding, even with 4wd she died once off the hard standing!! Lol

[Keith Webb]

C15?

Pic from Pinterest.

PS Just noticed mudguard, not a CMP but the axle and bumper look like they are!

[lynx42]

CMP's in the foreground and in the background.


Ford Lynx's but look behind.



An FGT, a Fordor, and others.

Regards Rick

[aj.lec]

A few more photos following earlier post

[N.S.CMP]

Photo from the Provincial Newspaper on June 20th, 2014.
Caption:

VINTAGE NOVA SCOTIA

A look into The Chronicle Herald’s vast collection of historic and archival photos from around the province.

Mobile dentistry

A July 1948 photograph of one of the two mobile dental units that began operations in Victoria and Guysborough counties around that time. Left is Dr. J. W. McNee, operator of the Victoria County unit, and Dr. Cyril Gaum, operator of the one in Guysborough County.

John Miller

[David Dunlop]

Posts 551 and 562. Same building in the background??? Were all these vehicles around at the same time, and what the heck is that big circular saw blade thingie on the front of that pumper?

David

[gordon]

It's a hole saw for crashed aircraft fuselage penetration. Australian engineering at its finest. I think it was on a White or Indiana bus chassis