MOWIE at Corowa

[Mike K]

Mowie the sigs van .

[Mike K]

Another pic from Corowa

Who can ID this ?

Mike

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Mike Kelly
Another pic from Corowa
Who can ID this ?

Mike,
I have feeling its a Pontiac?

How was Corowa? Weather looks good anyway.

Richard

[Bill Murray]

1941 Plymouth, a DS if I remember correctly.
They came in several flavors including Chev, Ford, DeSoto, Plymouth, IH and I believe Pontiac as well.
Nice practical collectible!!
Bill

[Philliphastings]

That's a nice and less-than-usual Military Vehicle. It's great to see a restored utility, be it plymouth or whatever.

There used to be two or three similar complete utes on a farm near Mossvale where I lived as a teenager. I was always interested in them as a practical road vehicle, classic car and Military collectible all rolled into one. Only trouble was they were so EXTENSIVELY rusted that I was afraid to take one on.

I have some pics somewhere and will try to post them but at the moment my scanner and computer are having a domestic dispute !

Cheers

Phill Hastings

[Philliphastings]

PS - I make it a Plymouth P11 - but I'm no expert...

Cheers

Phill Hastings

[Bill Murray]

I think you are right. I was just too lazy to dig around the collection. Get that way on a nice Spring Sunday. I am jumping between here and the yard/garden. I rarely escape Pat for very long.
Bill

[Philliphastings]

I just made the mistake of opening up my uncollated photograph chest...

There must be well over a thousand military vehicle pics I have taken over the years but never sorted. I found about ten photo's I have been looking for - none of them are of the utlities I mentioned though...

Must keep looking

Cheers

Phill

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

http://www.autogallery.org.ru/k/p/41plySpecDeLuxe.jpg

http://www.autogallery.org.ru/ply1941.htm

[Bill Murray]

And a P11 it is. Where I got DS from I cannot tell you, must be oldtimers disease (I am 64 on the eighteenth.) Checked a few sources (Bart & Norm Weeding).

BTW, is Norm still about?? I corresponded with him from the mid-late 60's up till the late 80"s and lost touch. He had the AWM wired and we swopped bags of pics.
Bill

[Mike K]

Hello all

Yes Richard ,

It was great , with around 35 ex miltary Dodges among many other MV's . Weather was perfect , sunny all the time . Spotted very few British makes , a Fwd control Landrover was one .

Yes guys , it is a 1941 plymouth badged as a Dodge . Chrysler here re grilled the 41 Plymouth as Dodges and De Sotos . Special grilles were made in Nth America to fake up the Plymouth to look like a Dodge or De Soto . I owned 2 of them in the early 80's , but as Phill said , they are very prone to rust . They all had the Canadian 3 3/8" bore engine , different to the shorter US engine .
The Dodges were D20 the De soto SP11 .

They make a comfortable vehicle to rally in , nice at 50 mph . The pictured one drove down from QLD .

Mike

[Mike K]

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[Mike K]

This is Titus , a wandering Frenchman backpacking around Australia . He turned up at Corowa dressed in various outfits including Foriegn Legion, Sailor, Aussie WW2 digger . He collects uniforms avidly and had fun buying WW2 Australian equipment during his stay .

The vehicle is a Fargo 15 cwt ex military .

The line up of Dodges was great with a rare WC 41 and even a T212 , 3/4 Ton Command cars , Ambos , 6X6's , M37's , 34 in all . Is this a record ?

Mike

[Mike K]

Titus again , this time as a 1950's digger in the Malayan anti communist era outfit . He knowledge was amazing , he knew more than we did . He carried all his gear in a bag , hitch hiking around .


Mike