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12-09-16, 02:21
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A shot showing a autocar U-70 wrecker in wartime at Bronson Field, 1944. Look at the upper left corner of the photo, the cab and boom are visible in the background. The right photo, shows a later model.
source: http://s1068.photobucket.com/user/ma...i38pn.jpg.html Last edited by Goncalo Mendes; 12-09-16 at 02:42. 
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07-08-17, 04:49
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07-08-17, 07:42
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Belfield
John Belfield is currently restoring one of those wreckers, the vehicle was found by a VMVC member many years ago ( 1970's ) up near Canberra , Braidwood I think. The club member who found it suggested it would make a good club project for the VMVC but sadly the usual club politics ended that idea !
There is a feature article in the current VMVC newsletter written by John , describing the restoration. He welded the two chassis halves back together and the cab has been professionally restored by Simon Allen VMVC , the guy who makes new Dodge command car bodies from scratch. I will try to copy and paste the article .
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07-08-17, 23:01
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Mike,
Thanks for the reply! It would be great to see the article and photos of the restoration! Best regards, G_Mendes
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07-08-17, 23:13
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08-08-17, 12:47
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Thanks Mike !!!
here is a link on another one being rebuilt. http://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=270822 right-click on "photobucket update" image banner, and "open image in new tab", that will open a photobucket page with the original image in the new tab. By the way, Jonh Belfield has another very rare WW2 aircraft recoverycrane truck, australian design: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...5&postcount=80 Best regards, G_Mendes
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