Well, it is good to see the former Bob Dimer ACV has been saved, and restored. Looks great! He'd have been proud. He went to considerable expense to drive from WA to Victoria and back again to retrieve the Matador rolling chassis.
Pity the MM's Centurion has a 105mm main armament barrel, but better than nothing, I suppose.
Hi Power and Low Power: there is excellent coverage in Louis Meulstee's Wireless for the Warrior Volume 2. Anyone interested in MVs should have a set of these books and the compendiums that followed. Anyway, there are diagrams for the various internal fitouts of the LP and HP 4x4 ACVs.
Simply, the early LP has no rear or side vents, with the gen set housed under the floor.
The later LP has large rear and side vents, with a 1260 watt set housed in a cupboard inside the rear left corner of the hull, and spare batteries in the underfloor well. Wireless was multiple No.19 sets plus WS No.34.
The HP has smaller side and rear vents for the ONAN 3KVA gen set which was housed inside the rear left corner of the hull in its own compartment, and a battery charging set was housed in the well under the floor. The seating, etc is also very different in its layout.
Wireless sets were No.19, Reception Set No.R107, a Typex cipher machine, and an RCA Wireless Sender unit.
Mike C
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