ID help please
 

I have identified the attached as a mid- late thirties Commer civilian truck but I think I am wrong. I also thought it might be a Diamond T based on the grille style. It is LHD so if a Commer was an export model.
Anyone have an idea??
Dummy Dugan am I. Of course I mean the vehicle behind the Blitz.
Bill

Re: ID help please
 

bill,

Definitely not a Commer. Looks like a Diamond T 56 or 66.

Richard

Front truck
 

I believe that the front truck Opel Blitz is a
1938 - 1942 Blitz-Lastkraftwagen 1.5to, Typ 2.5-32
assembled in the Brandenburg Plant

http://www.opelmotorsport.com/arkiv/...t_lkw_1938.jpg

1940 Blitz
 

I have just searched my CD Rom with official Opel photos and attach this shot of a 1940 1,5 tonner Blitz

David:
Thanks for the excellent Opel photos.
My ID question concerns the other one, the Opel I know.
Cheers
Bill

Guessed!
 

Bill, thanks for the chance to i.d. the actual Blitz model! I have no idea what the second one is and thus defer to those with more expert knowledge than my pitiful amount.

Nailed it.
Thanks to our Russian friend who left us some years ago but kept his site up, autogallery.ru

Dizzy T
 

Here's a shot of a Diamond T from the legendary Tom Kruse's collection. Tom drove this and other trucks in the 30s and 40s for outback pioneer Harry Ding.
I spoke to Tom about this vehicle - he wasn't very impressed with it's suitability for the role and said it had a weak gearbox and was always trouble.

And another
 

This one was taken at Clayton bore, outback South Australia.

Thanks Keith, and that is the same one, or close enough.
Here is a much more definitive photo of our vehicle.
Bill