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Nice
Steve
Many of those Fords and Chevs were fitted with military split 18" rims to take either 9.00 x 18 ( 30 cwt ) or 10.50 x 18 ( 3 ton) tyres . You can see evidence on the truck in your pics; the front guards appear to have been cut-out to accomodate the larger/wider tyres. The 18" bolt-together rims were, I believe, locally manufactured by Ford and GMH - and they were referred to as "overseas wheels", intended for the AIF . After the war, most of the trucks were retro-fitted to take the standard civilian 20" wheels and tyres - a far easier size to buy , then and now. A local guy here (Pakenham), owns a restored example, he was running 18" DUKW tyres on it . Mike
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