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    Quote Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies View Post
    All but one of mine come from the National A

    There is still one image I want to find. It is an image of two tunnels joining in one cavern. On two levels you can see Series 1 lan
    This one perhaps? .W.
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    Quote Originally Posted by B.S.F.Nut View Post
    This one perhaps? .W.
    Possibly, but I seem to remember at least two Landies in the image, it may even be the same location and series but closer view of the upper levels.

    Quote Originally Posted by 123rover50 View Post
    I saw one Tickford in the distance. I will go back and look for the other
    Makes one wonder what happened to the half dozen Tickfords from the Snowy Scheme
    If you have the time to post more photos I am sure we will all appreciate them.
    A lot of the early images were taken using Tickfords. The photographers were attached to administration/public relations as were the Tickfords, so what you find is the Tickford somewhere in scene. I've grouped them together but sometimes its only the large window or roof line that gives them away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies View Post
    All but one of mine come from the National Archives, in about 2006 I searched thousands of images on the Snowy Scheme up to the end of the 1950s and this is a selection of the ones I retained. There are others where I not convinced the dot in the background is a land rover. Do you want more?

    There is still one image I want to find. It is an image of two tunnels joining in one cavern. On two levels you can see Series 1 landies.

    BTW did you notice the two tickfords in the Engineers Conference and campsite images?

    Absolutely thanks,, as many pics as you want.
    By the way, excuse my ignorance, but what specifically is a "Tickford" that you talk of?

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    Hi Marcus

    The Tickford are a variant of the 80" with a station wagon body built by Tickford. The coachwork was a timber frame with metal cladding common in british cars of the pre war and early post war era. 123Rover50 has an avatar with his.

    They were discontinued about the same time as the metal hard tops were introduced. The snowy mountans scheme had about 5 of them IIRC.

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    The '49 80" that participates in the ADELAIDE ANZAC Day Parade each year started its life as a Snowy vehicle apparently. (so the owner/restorer advised me this year).

    It is a magnificent vehicle and I didnt look any further unfortunately but what I know of the owner he isnt prone to exaggerate so I believe him.

    (He marches with the RAAF UBON section each year, I'll try and find some photos but I hope maybe someone from SA may have some photos of it they can put up.)

    Chops, the TICKFORDs are a beautiful vehicle, check out the restoration thread youll find it with a search here. - I think you'll like them.
    (REMLR 235/MVCA 9) 80" -'49.(RUST), -'50 & '52. (53-parts) 88" -57 s1, -'63 -s2a -GS x 2-"Horrie"-112-769, "Vet"-112-429(-Vietnam-PRE 1ATF '65) ('66, s2a-as UN CIVPOL), Hans '73- s3 109" '56 s1 x2 77- s3 van (gone)& '12- 110

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    Hi Digger

    The problem is that all Land Rover vehicles supplied to the SMHEC went through the Grenville Motors books and there is no evidence of a 1949 being supplied to them. The first ones, mentioned earlier in this thread, were 1950 models 0610 prefix.

    There were however earlier vehicles supplied to the Dept of Supply, the agency that purchased vehicles for the Commonwealth, so there is a possibility of earlier vehicles being supplied to SMHEC via Supply. I can confirm these vehicles if you can find a chassis/car number.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chops View Post



    Absolutely thanks,, as many pics as you want.
    By the way, excuse my ignorance, but what specifically is a "Tickford" that you talk of?
    Quote Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies View Post
    Hi Marcus

    The Tickford are a variant of the 80" with a station wagon body built by Tickford. The coachwork was a timber frame with metal cladding common in british cars of the pre war and early post war era. 123Rover50 has an avatar with his.

    They were discontinued about the same time as the metal hard tops were introduced. The snowy mountans scheme had about 5 of them IIRC.

    Diana




    a couple of pics of Keith's (123rover50) Tickford.
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    Sorry about the quality.(From literature collected at the 50th Snowy reunion.)

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    49 noooooo try 50 Diger

    Sorry Digger, Victor's car is a 50 80 inch
    may have been put together by the 28.12.49
    you should have seen it when it had Hub Caps, bling etc
    re Dennis's little brush with a log etc etc
    I penned a yarn with photos, inc your self and trophy for the mag
    send me a PM with your e mail address and I send you a copy
    cheers
    Ian

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies View Post
    I guess I'm sick of hearing that Toyota built the Snowy Mountains Scheme usually spruked by LC drivers.

    When the Snowy Mountains Scheme museum was originally opened it was sponsored by Toyota and they weren't allowed to display any artifacts or photos of Land Rovers.
    It's funny that the Thiess bros. imported the first 13 toyotas in 1958 after all the hard stuff was done and substantial infrastructure was in place according to Toyota owners people must have just walked for the first nine years of the project. love the photos keep them coming

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