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    Another interesting vehicle of the Snowy scheme, Bob


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    Quote Originally Posted by bob10 View Post
    Another interesting vehicle of the Snowy scheme, Bob

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    If you do a search on the Land Cruiser you'll only find one picture of one parked in the main road in Cooma,Series Ones and Willys did all the work. Pat

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies View Post
    What is the vehicle in the background in that photo?
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    Quote Originally Posted by stealth View Post
    What is the vehicle in the background in the second photo?
    Jeep, isn't it? Either Willys or Ford.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JDNSW View Post
    Jeep, isn't it? Either Willys or Ford.

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    Yes the very earliest small 4X4 vehciles on the project were in fact ex WWII GPW and MB Jeeps. The reports indicated that they were already very well worn by the time they were transferred to the project.

    You can also see what looks like another Jeep in the far right of the second image of the third post in the thread. By the 1952 date of the image it would be very well worn.



    Remember also that many of the contractors and consultants on the projects were using their own vehicles, and this could have included war surplus Jeeps.

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    What great pics!
    I was born in 1956 (In England, made it here 1966)..... In some way I wish I'd been born earlier so that an adventure like the Snowy without roads could have been available to me. I love the Snowy, it's still a piece of paradise, but to have seen it then must have been truly awe inspiring.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies View Post

    I don't think the background vehicle is a Jeep. The bonnet looks the wrong shape and the headlights in the wrong position relative to the bonnet? Could it be something like a Dodge Powerwagon or similar?
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    Quote Originally Posted by cjc_td5 View Post
    I don't think the background vehicle is a Jeep. The bonnet looks the wrong shape and the headlights in the wrong position relative to the bonnet? Could it be something like a Dodge Powerwagon or similar?
    Bit hard to be certain, but I still think it is a Jeep. Too small to be a power wagon or similar, and I can't think of anything else similar that existed at the time. At the time, virtually the only small four wheel drives in Australia were Jeeps (all 1942-45 and ex-army), being replaced gradually by new Landrovers.

    Jeeps may well have had modifications by then as well!

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    Thumbs up SMHES

    Fantastic time in Australia history, a great story, thanks for the photos.

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