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Old 22-11-03, 22:18
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Default Bert Barker's Yankee Joe

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Bert has this one in his collection.

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Old 06-01-10, 03:05
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Bert has this one in his collection.

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its gone to Queensland Keith ..Bert sold it a few years ago .

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Old 06-01-10, 06:15
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Default Borer

Heres a pic from the opposite end when it was located in Rockbank before being sold.
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Heres a pic from the opposite end when it was located in Rockbank before being sold.
Thanks, it shows it does not have an engine in the back, behind the cab, as Steve mentioned. So it must be a Chevrolet Earth Borer?

Shown below is a picture of a ACK-353 Earth Borer, according to Vanderveen 100 of these were supplied to the US Signal Corps. It clearly shows the borer engine behind the cab.



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Old 12-01-10, 17:58
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Default Chevrolet K-44, severely cut down

The Chevrolet K-43 and K-44 trucks had a pto drive to winch and augur, rather than a separate engine.

That is presumably why the previous owner of my K-43 changed the engine to a GMC 270, but mated it to the Chevrolet transmission and transfer to keep the winch drive.
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Old 12-01-10, 20:48
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That is presumably why the previous owner of my K-43 changed the engine to a GMC 270, but mated it to the Chevrolet transmission and transfer to keep the winch drive.
. . . . and painted it purple?!?

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Old 12-01-10, 21:18
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Default Painted for a TV show maybe

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. . . . and painted it purple?!?
If I am not mistaken this truck may have been featured in the Darling Buds of May. If I remember correctly the truck was that shade of purple.

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Old 13-01-10, 00:02
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Default Blue, I think you'll find.

It was sitting in Mike Stallwoods yard at RR Services when a TV company needed a blue ex-army truck for "The Darling Buds of May" TV series, so he pulled off the body, dropped on a cargo body, painted it blue ...

last time I heard the back body base and winch were still there.
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Old 13-01-10, 10:47
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Ah I remember the telivision series, They actually had two of them painted purple They are not identicle. A friend of mine in Devon UK has bought one of them and tells me if you studdy the filming you can pick out the differences....I'll take his word for it. Ron
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