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09-11-08, 20:59
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Ian,
Our ANZAC Convoy will be staying with the MVT Poms at Utah, Falaise and Etreham. My vehicle has the military type gauges (I think many of these coupe utes and the trucks had those up to probably 1947 regardless of whether they were military or civilian - GM had lots of stocks to get rid of!) Lang 
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10-11-08, 16:13
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Hi Lang,
Thanks for the reply. I was not sure if some of the earlier builds were still on the civilian dash layout. re Normandy I am Secretary of the Norfolk Military Vehicle Group, also the Norfolk Area of the MVT, and will be taking some 56 members in 20 vehicles across between the 3-10 June. We will be staying on a site at Litteau, which is on the Bayeux-St Lo road, but most certainly must make sure our paths run the same at some stage. Thats a hell of a journey to attend a rally, are the vehicles all making the return trip? Ian
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10-11-08, 20:56
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Ian,
I am sure we will meet up. I put a list of our vehicles on the Anzac Convoy thread on the events section yesterday. I think about half a dozen are selling. I have not decided about mu Chev ute at this stage although I suppose everything is for sale at a price! Photo attached taken yesterday. Just the fiddly bits to be done but the last 10% takes 90% of the time!!! Lang
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11-11-08, 02:41
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Ian,
Got the Chev out this morning. First time I have driven it so gave it a run for a couple of k's (hoping no police would come by and see a vehicle with no plates). Seems pretty good and should do the job. took some more photos.
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11-11-08, 18:20
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Looking really good, nice to see one in real 'warpaint'.
 Whats the story with the brackets/wooden extensions to the rear body also the roof rack? Hav'nt seen these type of adaptions on the photo's I've seen. Also I see it appears to have a rear bumper/towing bar? Welcome more photos as they become available, inside cab? Let me know if you are thinking of leaving it in Europe!! Ian
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12-11-08, 02:05
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Ian,
The side boards/seats are a standard GM-H option. They called it a "well-side". Some were delivered to the Army as I have a photo of one where you can see the hoops under the side canvas. Would have been pretty useful as it will seat 6-8 in the back. The roof rack was featured in a photo of one in the desert (It was on a Canadian Chev ute with the truck cab and separate bed.) I managed to get hold of it about 5 years ago thinking it would be useful one day and Voila! The tow bar is strictly my invention as they did not have rear bumpers. we may have to tow a trailer or broken down vehicle on the trip. it also makes a great step for two geriatrics to climb into bed each night. Lang Last edited by Lang; 12-11-08 at 02:11.
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12-11-08, 21:23
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Cheers Lang, that explains it all. Do I take it, if you are sleeping in the back, it will have hoops and canvas?
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