Morotai

[lynx42]

Thanks Lang for the recent lot of photos.

An interesting one is the line up of AIRBORNE GMC's. A quick look at the AWN's shows that approximately 150, GMC, 6x6, 2 1/2 ton, canvas topped special cabin trucks with split diffs are listed between ARN. 89330 and 89487. I found one of these just out of Ballarat a few yours ago and another not far from here. According to the ARN. they were disposed of in 1955.

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Regards Rick.

[David Dunlop]

Anyone notice the Australian jeeps landing on Post #3?

Hoods removed and lashed down on top the the roof. Some sort of snorkel fitted with a brace. First time I have ever seen that arrangement on a jeep for an amphibious landing. Was this a unique Australian development?

David

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by lynx42

Thanks Lang for the recent lot of photos.

An interesting one is the line up of AIRBORNE GMC's. A quick look at the AWN's shows that approximately 150, GMC, 6x6, 2 1/2 ton, canvas topped special cabin trucks with split diffs are listed between ARN. 89330 and 89487. I found one of these just out of Ballarat a few yours ago and another not far from here. According to the ARN. they were disposed of in 1955.

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Regards Rick.

I found one too. In a car wreckers at Laurel Hill, near Batlow in NSW . I asked the yard owner if I could take the nomenclature tag from the cab and he said yes . I think it was GMH who did the conversion of these. The yard owners name was Woods and he bought numbers of blitz's , the yard had many CMP's - it was a timber industry region. He told me there were two Guy artillery tractors in the area at one time. He could be a grumpy old so and so and on one occasion he threw me out, he had a mean Alsatian dog beside him , he had become senile . I never went back.