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Bloody Hell!Originally Posted by V8Ian
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Post War, when I was at the Thebarton Tech School we "played" on one of those.
Bare Chassis with the wheels still in place. Engine & other stuff were removed & taken inside.
There was a Commonwealth Trade Training School on the grounds where RAAF folk were trained & who arrived by Tram from wherever they were billeted & marched down the street with drums playing etc.
I guess it was a leftover training piece.
My old Dad was also a WO2 MV Instructor so I still have Ford Workshop Manuals for that Blitz Range of trucks that I discovered after he passed away.
FORD did a nice basic chassis & trans for a Forward Control Armoured Car as it happens, as well as all other configurations like the one in that ad.
I have a copy of a true story of WW2 REME Craftsman that was instructed to go down to some African Country to swap the vehicle over & to pick up a Workshop Truck suitable for his Optical Trade. Gun sights etc.
He was in the same REME unit as my F in L in Mogadishu. Anyway, it apparently was quite hair raising with Bandits, Lions, wash aways etc he met along the dirt track. All he had was his SMLE .303 & a few rounds & all by himself. We regularly rcd Xmas Cards from him until recently so maybe he has kicked the bucket, after all it was in 1945 in East Africa
Just sayin'.
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