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09-07-09, 23:04
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The blue truck is a Maple Leaf and the other is a Chev model 1533. The Chev is approx 120" wheelbase and the M-L is approx 150". The M-L had the same 6.17? rear end as my C15 (it's now in the C15) and the Chev has a 2-speed.The M-L has a factory reinforced frame. Both trucks have 5 bolt wheels on the front and 10 bolt on the rear. You can see the Maple Leaf grille has a different centre section to what the Chevs used.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set 1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis 1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun 1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends 1941 Cab 12 F15A 1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5 1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box 1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box 1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP 1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box 1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2 
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09-07-09, 23:34
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Maple Leafs had 'MAPLE LEAF TRUCK. with a Maple Leaf in the middle and a different badge on the rad, plus slightly different rad grilles in some cases.
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10-07-09, 10:16
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It seems the rolled over truck is the same water rear tanker as previously posted as a ford and chev in the middle east. some pics of local finds.
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10-07-09, 11:01
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If you are talking about this truck it is not a roll over just a truck shaken to bits on what was then the North/South Military Highway (now the Stuart Highway) although this one does look as if it ended up on it's side and being recovered. Trucks in the early days could start off from Alice Springs as brand new and arrive in Darwin looking the same as that in the photo as the road was that bad.  This truck is a GMC by the way and not a Chev. If people want a good read about the early convoys on the North/South Military Highway then the book to get is "Convoys Up The Track" by Alan Smith who was with 148 General Transport Company.
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Cheers Cliff Hutchings aka MrRoo S.I.R. "and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night" MrRoo says "TRUCKS ROOLE" 
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10-07-09, 14:30
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Some pics of another Maple Leaf truck with North/South road history to be found in This Thread.
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11-07-09, 15:13
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Here's a Maple Leaf hood. That's the only kind of emblem I've seen on them. It was GMC that had General Motors Truck on the hood.
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13-07-09, 09:20
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GMCs had 'GENERAL MOTORS TRUCK' on the engine cover/hood/bonnet sides and MLs had 'MAPLE LEAF [Maple Leaf symbol] TRUCK' as they were essentially Chevrolet powertrain GMCs, all the way through, with slight differences such as grilles. However, I can bet that so many lacked the badging when exported.
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05-04-19, 08:25
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http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2314
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05-04-19, 13:47
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 Now I have the ability to find dozens of old threads from years ago that I thought were lost, and re-read them. I'm not going anywhere! 
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25-10-09, 05:51
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G'day Cliff, Is this book still for sale and if so who would you get it from + what would it cost? Regards Lionel
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25-10-09, 06:29
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Cheers Cliff Hutchings aka MrRoo S.I.R. "and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night" MrRoo says "TRUCKS ROOLE"
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