[Keith Webb]

I have to admit I helped them with the quote - the original was so wrong I just had to. I often write to the libraries where there is something I can add to a caption.

Title: Harry Bartlett's Ford 'Blitz' lorry with timber jinker, ca. 1950
Location: Tarzali, Queensland
Date: ca. 1950
Creator: Unknown
Description: Harry Bartlett's logging truck is an ex-army 3 ton Ford 4X4 truck, known in Australia as a 'Blitz', with a semi-trailer timber jinker making use of a wheel/axle assembly from another Ford Blitz to allow interchangeability of tyres. The Blitz trucks were produced in Canada by both Chevrolet and Ford using identical cabs with a characteristic reverse-slope windscreen from 1942-1945 for service in WWII. They were officially known as Canadian Military Pattern Vehicles. Harry Bartlett's truck is probably a 1944/45 Ford F-60, assembled in Australia using Canadian parts for the Australian Defence forces. It would have been purchased as war surplus and the military bodywork removed before conversion to a timber jinker. The F-60 series was powered by a 95 bhp sidevalve V8 engine driving through a 4 speed gearbox and dual-range transfer case. Note the protection bar in front of the radiator grille, the opened windscreen for demisting or extra ventilation and the the battered fuel tank and oil leaks from the hubs on this example. Ex-army Blitz trucks were very popular in Australia in the timber industry and bush fire brigades, many remaining in service for over 30 years.
Is part of: The Garage: a photographic album of Queensland motoring. For further information http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/garage
The Garage contains approximately 500 images of vehicles used in Queensland Australia, covering the period from 1900 . The images are linked to an index of the State Library of Queensland's extensive collection of automotive repair manuals.

Accession number: 83-7-2
Original format: copy print : b&w
Digital format: image/jpeg
Publisher: John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Image number: 32643
Digital ID: picqld-citrix09--2005-04-28-16-32
Rights: This image is free of copyright restrictions. For further information http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/legals.htm
Source: Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
Large image: http://enc.slq.qld.gov.au/slq/neg/re...000/32643r.jpg
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Subjects: motor vehicles
timber jinkers
military vehicles
four-wheel drive vehicles
logs
Ford (trucks)
Motor Trucks 1940-1950
Ford trucks