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Old 26-05-09, 12:27
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Default New photos of old vehicles at the Proving Ground

Today I had an opertunity to veiw some archives and photograph some of the vehicles that have passed through the Proving Ground in Victoria.
So, I thought the best thing to do would be to share them. I will post other photos in the carrier and armour sections.
They are not for sale; however, if you would like a larger copy let me know and I can email a high res image. All photos were taken by myself holding the camera by hand, some may be a bit blurred. It was a time thing.
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Old 26-05-09, 12:31
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more trucks etc, I am not sure what sort of Ford truck that is moving through the mud with a canvas roof and round cupola (yes, a blitz of some sort!!)
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Old 26-05-09, 12:34
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A C60X with tracks or grousers and a blitz undergoing a turning circle test/confirmation.
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Old 26-05-09, 12:36
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A Jeep undergoing a CoG test on a tilt table and a blits and Diamond T.
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Old 11-06-09, 02:48
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Thanks for posting those photos, very interesting!!

i've got some more modern photos of the monegeeta profing grounds on REMLR here

http://www.remlr.com/monegeetta.html



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Old 11-06-09, 06:42
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Many years ago the VMVC went on a club trip to the Monageeta test track. They let us drive our vehicles around some sections of the test tracks.... reliving what happened during WW2 . Probably wouldn't be possible today with the higher security being enforced everywhere. Interesting history that place has .. I believe even one of our MLU members when in the army , drove vehicles there .. trying to break them

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