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Old 09-02-21, 22:33
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Originally Posted by Lang View Post
Thank you Mike for confirmation of black staff cars.

I now have proof of mine in service because I went out and closely inspected the car and discover the initials TB carved with a pocket knife into the rear side window surround. Obviously General Sir Thomas Blamey (Chief of the Australian Military Forces in WW2) was bored being driven to yet another inspection or parade early in the war before he got a more up market staff car.

Lang
Hi Lang,
Looks like you have struck lucky with that car and got some provenance of a famous user of it !
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