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Here is a Maple Leaf Chev with Holden cab. Nice original example.

Hello Richard,

Thank you for posting the younger version of my 1940 truck. It is amazing how much the two trucks changed within a year of manufacture. My truck does not have the sprung brush-bar or a hatch in the roof. Plus different rims on the wheels.

That truck looks like one that I think Max owned - the geography looks similar to the Yass area. If it is the same truck it is now in a big shed in Mitchell in the Australian Capital Territory and owned by the Australian War Memorial.

Kind Regards
Lionel

Another Holden Chevrolet with Tilt Windscreen

Hello All,

It has been a while since I did a trawl through the Australian War Memorial section for World War Two Truck photographs. New additions get posted up over a period of time. Here is another 1941-43 Chevrolet with a Holden cabin that was fitted with a tilt windscreen like my 1940 truck of the same breeding.

Described by the Australian War Memorial as:

ID number 085623
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Description HERBERTON RACECOURSE, WONDECLA, ATHERTON TABLELAND, QLD. 1945-01-19. SPECTATORS AT HQ 9 DIVISION WATCHING ATHLETIC EVENTS DURING THE 9 DIVISION GYMKHANA FROM AN ARMY TRUCK. Accessed April 9th 2016 from, https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/085623

Kind Regards
Lionel

Cable Layer Tilt Windscreen

Hello All,

Here is another Chevrolet Holden that is a cable layer fitted with a tilt windscreen. Described by the Australian War Memorial as:

ID number P03369.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made North Africa: Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Alamein
Date made c November 1942
Description A line truck S5, one of two used by Signallers, of the 2/7 Australian Field Regiment, primarily used for laying telephone cable. This vehicle was used by E Section and served a broad range of purposes as home to four or five signallers, storeroom, keeper of 'munger' (food) and an an important bag of tea which hung off the right hand side of the truck. Accessed April 9th 2016 from, https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P03369.002

Kind Regards
Lionel

Quote:

Originally Posted by motto (Post 222718)

I know little of the pre 1942 Chevrolet trucks and am somewhat surprised that the army classed these vehicles as 3 ton.
The 42 model we know as the lend/lease Chev was basically the same truck with different sheet metal and was rated at 1-1/2 ton by the U.S. military and by Chevrolet themselves though in this country in civilian life at least they were generally considered to be 3 ton trucks.
I have a copy of TM 10-1677 for Chevrolet models 4403, 4408, 4409 and 4412 dated June 1, 1943. Stuck (glued) on the front cover is a strip of paper printed in red with the following information.
SPECIAL NOTICE The 160" Wheelbase CHEVROLET TRUCKS imported by the Commonwealth Government for essential civilian users are equipped with:-
HEAVY 10" x 5/16" FRAME REINFORCEMENTS,AUXILIARY SPRINGS, 7" WHEELS, 7-7.50 X 20 TYRES AND HAVE A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT OF 14,300 lbs
TARE WEIGHTS ARE- CHASSIS AND CAB 4,368 lbs. TRUCK WITH PLATFORM BODY 5,068 lbs, TRUCK WITH DROPSIDE BODY 5,348 lbs, WITH STAKESIDES BODY 5,488 lbs.

Came across this manual on Ebay, thought the notice on the front cover was interesting. But of course this was discussed on here already years ago.

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