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Thank you Mike for confirmation of black staff cars.
I now have proof of mine in service because I went out and closely inspected the car and discover the initials TB carved with a pocket knife into the rear side window surround. Obviously General Sir Thomas Blamey (Chief of the Australian Military Forces in WW2) was bored being driven to yet another inspection or parade early in the war before he got a more up market staff car. Lang 
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09-02-21, 18:01
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Good Book?
"According to the “good book”, cars of General Officers were to be coloured black and carry a Commonwealth number plate front and rear."
I wonder what 'good book' the late Mr Wright was referring to. Ministerial cars ie the Commonwealth Govt fleet for senior govt and Departmental heads, were black with C plates. I don't remember seeing any wartime instruction that cars assigned to senior officers were to be black, but I'd certainly be interested to see 'the good book' to correct/change my understanding of that. Mike Last edited by Mike Cecil; 09-02-21 at 19:23.
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09-02-21, 23:33
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Looks like you have struck lucky with that car and got some provenance of a famous user of it !  
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10-02-21, 05:45
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https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...my%20car%20%22
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...my%20car%20%22
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General Mac in PNG with a RHD staff car, appears to be a Pontiac ? ... background car is a Dodge or two Dodge ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trxOmwoKq4c
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