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Originally posted by Lynn Eades
Now that you have provided detail, I can now say that yes I have seen them over here.
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And how common are they? I have never seen a carrier here fitted with more than one, lending creedence to the theory that they may have been a spare part replacement (in Aus). NZ went beserk with it's orders for components for carriers, but only proceeded with numbers of carriers about 10% of that originally envisaged. Some suppliers contracts were cancelled, but many had to be honoured leading to an oversupply of certain parts. As Australia was still actively producing carriers, it would seem reasonable to imagine that some of these surplus items may have been offered to the Aust manufacturers. If these D&B 5 spoke wheels were indeed NZ made, that may explain how SA Rlwys came to have some. If they are NZ made, I think that they would perhaps be more numerous in NZ?
As to finding the possible identity of D&B, it's possible they have changed their name, merged or even gone out of business. Mason and Porter are of course still in business, trading as Masport and making pot belly stoves and such.