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Old 24-10-18, 04:10
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Tillies arrive down under

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Old 24-10-18, 13:47
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Great Find Mike! that make a lot of sense and lines up well with the 40 late model morris tillies that were sent here in 45, my guess is ours are almost certainly in that shipment.

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Old 24-10-18, 15:03
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Hi Mike,
I know of a Hillman Tilly in NSW that was in a contract supplied to the Australian government and according to the present owner it had belonged to a hospital for some years, so there is a possibility that is where it was allocated to on arrival, essential services, makes sense.

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Observed on all the Morris Tilly’s Chris Collins has recovered is the detachable roof. Obviously to save on shipping space one would think, but it is not a feature I have noticed on European based tillies.
The Hillman you mentioned Richard I think is similarly roofed.
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Think these are the Ford WOT2 and Morris CS8's used by the bush fire brigades

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...army%20utility &searchLimits=l-decade=194
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Think these are the Ford WOT2 and Morris CS8's used by the bush fire brigades

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...army%20utility &searchLimits=l-decade=194
A good thing The went to the bush fire brigades and had a somewhat less abusive life otherwise none of them would have survived to reach restorers hands. Some barely did as it was.
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https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...MY%20UTILITIES &searchLimits=l-decade=194

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...MY%20UTILITIES &searchLimits=l-decade=194

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...MY%20UTILITIES &searchLimits=l-decade=194

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...MY%20UTILITIES &searchLimits=l-decade=194

http://rosettadel.slq.qld.gov.au/del...ps_pid=IE16249
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