Yes, that was me - it was a real blast being involved in the project.
The CMP was a 1941 Ford F60L which Tom owned - obviously as you'll see in the movie it has to be hand started and has little in the way of exhaust system.
There is a reproduction of the truck which appeared for the 50th celebrations in Marree in 2004. There is also a C60L cab 13 which was a former fire truck painted with Tom's name on display in Marree - the only connection was it was used during the State's 150th celebrations - it never did the mail run.
Here's the reproduction:
Here's the
Last Mail from Birdsville site.
And attached the real truck.
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Originally Posted by king of obsolete
a fellow in the land OZ sent me 2 cds with BACK OF BEYOND, the movie and the updates for xmas. since i live in a cold place, we watched the cds and enjoyed them over and over on cold nights. (i have no TV or couch since te last one moved out, she took it all, LOL)
they found the badger and fixed it up. can you tell me more on the cmp that tom used on the other side of the cooper river.
also i was surprised to see you on the credits for the movies.
the computer makes the world a small place.
thansk
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