Townsville QLD
AWM pics depict wartime Townsville in QLD .
The rear end of a 1941 Pontiac ute - followed by a 1/2 Ton CC ? And one of the rare 1941 military Ford car based utes , of which less than 10 are known of today . A friend in Melbourne has located the remains of about three of the 1941 Ford utes ( the Cooma wreckers example is one ) and has been undertaking a 'long term' rebuild of one. It's been a nightmare job as the body has complex multi-layered panels .. a rust haven .
I owned a 1941 Pontiac ute for a while ... passed it onto Colin Anderson who, these days, drives it to Corowa each year ! Back in 1981, I drove it home , up the Geelong road , through Melbourne, unregistered and all . The 80+ year old owner had bought it in 1946 . He told me a friend of his in the RAAF had it transported down from - you guessed it , Townsville - could be the very same car pictured as very few were made.
Mike
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1940 cab 11 C8
1940 Morris-Commercial PU
1941 Morris-Commercial CS8
1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.)
1942-45 Jeep salad
Last edited by Mike Kelly; 23-09-23 at 03:07.
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