GMH wartime pics

[Tony Smith]

Poor Harold would never be the same after inhaling paint thinners every day for the duration of the war.

https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/r...+213/121/9/61A

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

Poor Harold would never be the same after inhaling paint thinners every day for the duration of the war.

https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/r...+213/121/9/61A

You wonder if the front axle housing survived the thump in a useable condition . Andy Watson, the former Jeep mechanic at Stokoe Motors, told me that 9 out of 10 WW2 Jeep front axle housings he had checked for straightness, were bent to some degree. Andy was a clever mechanic and he knew most of the Jeep part numbers from memory. Andy converted a Austin A40 ute into 4x4 by using Jeep components, even fabricating a special front axle housing using Austin and Jeep parts .

[Mike Cecil]

Dodge power units in a GMH plant: GMH were awarded contracts to assemble, paint and test CKD and SKD vehicles for the Australian forces which included Dodge and jeep, among others.

Mike

[gjamo]

https://www.hrc.org.au/94

[Barry Churcher]

Thanks for that link Graeme. I just spent two hours going through it. I found it interesting about the production issues with the Aussie Mosquitoes and then saw there were quality control issues with the Canadian ones. As I looked at one photo on the site I thought "I have one of those". Then I noticed I got credit for the photo. Neat! You could spend all day following some of the links.

Cheers,
Barry

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Barry Churcher

As I looked at one photo on the site I thought "I have one of those". Then I noticed I got credit for the photo. Neat!

Cheers,
Barry

You and me both! Some of my pictures have been used to illustrate C216 and C219 Bofors Ammo boxes, but the credit goes to MLU.

[Mike Cecil]

At least someone/something was credited, Tony!

I have had a number of images used without my knowledge or permission. The most recent was a particular image involving a view of the driver's hatch of an M1 Abrams which was lifted from my website and posted on both a Facebook page and a private blog: no credit, no asking, no thank you.

Seems that kind of thievery is just accepted on the WWW these days.

Mike

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by gjamo

https://www.hrc.org.au/94

Thanks for pointing us to that site ! The site is a compilation from different sources.

He states that Chev , Ford and Studebaker wheels and chassis components were interchangeable ? Hmmm
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"Manufacturers such as GM, Ford, and even Studebaker could swap chassis, wheels and many other components to suit initial build
component availability"