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What is that fitting at the forward lower corner of the passenger door? There appears to be a similar object in the middle of the drivers door.
The door handles seem to have been replaced with loops made of bent rod. What is that about? There also appears to be something, perhaps timber, attached to the top of the doors and a post sticking up just behind the driver. Perhaps a part of the convertible modification? David
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I'll go along with the 1942 Chevrolet Fisher bodied model. It is a sedan cut down to an open car with the doors welded shut and side steps to climb in and out. Not something we would see in Australia although being a Fisher body it may have been a military import. Next time I go to the AWM, I will look up that ARN. but that won't be for a few months.
Regards Rick.
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That's a ash tray ..they smoked a lot back then
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The number on the bonnet is not an Australian ARN: although consistent with the Australian Commonwealth numbering system, that number (165602) was a jeep trailer.
The uniforms are not Australian either - more like British than Australian. Mike |
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I hadn't noticed the third such fitting in the middle of the rear door and I haven't seen anything like this arrangement for boarding a vehicle previously.
To weld the doors shut and provide steps for climbing over them seems very odd to me. Has this modification been seen elsewhere? If the vehicle was intended for the carriage of officers it surely must impose on their decorum, particularly if the roof was in place. I assume the steps and handles were there for emergency exit only and everybody normally entered and alighted from the offside? David
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Could it be the British zone in post war Germany or Austria ?
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That post behind the driver looks to me like the muzzle end of a rifle. Also looks like a large spotlight mounted on the right end of the front bumper. David |
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That explains it all - it's a 'shooting buggy'! I would have picked it straight off if there was a dead deer lashed onto the front of the vehicle.
David
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Following this logic, by far the most popular shooting buggy is this one:
![]() Its doors are mounted shut, it has side steps/stirrups and spotlight, it carries two Lee-Enfield rifles in gun racks and even a submashine gun. ![]() Last edited by Ilian Filipov; 05-10-16 at 09:40. |
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