[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

Poor Harold would never be the same after inhaling paint thinners every day for the duration of the war.

https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/r...+213/121/9/61A

You wonder if the front axle housing survived the thump in a useable condition . Andy Watson, the former Jeep mechanic at Stokoe Motors, told me that 9 out of 10 WW2 Jeep front axle housings he had checked for straightness, were bent to some degree. Andy was a clever mechanic and he knew most of the Jeep part numbers from memory. Andy converted a Austin A40 ute into 4x4 by using Jeep components, even fabricating a special front axle housing using Austin and Jeep parts .