Alcan Highway Vehicle

[Lang]

David

The "POOL" is under the MWD. Can't get the preceeding word but not "MOTOR"

Lang

[Snowy]

Looking at it magified and inverted and mucking with the luminosity settings, it looks like ??RA POOL
Which could refer to the PRA, the Public Roads Administration. In summer 1943 at the peak of construction the army had over 3000 vehicles at work on the highway, and the Public Roads Administration and private contractors had as many more. Well that's according to my Alcan Highway book ('Highway to Alaska' by Herbert Lanks) this is one of a dozen references to the PRA in the book's index.
But that's just a wild assumption, who knows.

[Lang]

Thanks for that Steve

It is a better guess than anything so far.

Lang

[Lang]

Thanks for that Steve

It is a better guess than anything so far.

It looks like it might have been repainted in service a couple of times. The ??POOL looks like first layer possibly when it was newly arrived before issue to the Area Engineer. The main writing looks like it has been done at least twice.


PS Could it be AREA POOL?

Lang

[Robert Bergeron]

That begs the question : What in the h.. is an Alcan highway truck doing in Australia ?

seems far from the Alascan highway , doesn't it ?

[Lang]

Robert

It was driven here over the AustraLiaCANada (ALCAN) Highway before global warming melted the ice bridge.

Another explanation might be I bought it in USA and did a lot of work at a friend's place in Texas before shipping it home.

Lang

[Robert Bergeron]

That would explain it indeed.

A beautiful truck btw.

Absolutely awesome and with a great history of service .

The AlCan highway was a great human endeavour and is still in use today as the main land link to Alaska through Canada.

War is not always about destruction , pain and suffering .

Cheers.

[Lang]

Robert

Bev and I drove the ALCAN Highway a few years ago in something smaller than a Carryall.

Photo of the finished Carryall below.