Fordson WOT2 15cwt truck

[Mike K]

Originally posted by Ian Pullen
We have just finished a set of tank guards for the Fordson in the Museum and will be fitting them in the near future. In addition we have finally found a set of original switchgear that will also be fitted when it's cleaned up. The little touches make the difference.

Hi Ian ,

I recall going on a club trip to Bandi in 1978 , we attended the opening of the then new Bandiana transport musem . In those days , before insurance problems , we were allowed to crawl over , under , and get inside all of the museums vehicles . A friend filmed the trip on super 8 format home movie . They had Gen. Morse's van there then , the one he had used in the Western desert . Our club convoy was a motley collection , including a Blitz with a perkins diesel in it , every time it stopped , oil would pour out of the transfer case , so the driver would place a tin underneath to catch the oil ! The Jeep I was in ran out of petrol just before Wodonga . An army Acco stopped to assist us, and we tried to get some petrol from its tank with a empty soft drink can , on the end of a length of wire . At the time, the museum had a running WW2 Jeep that two army MP's were using around town , it was funny seeing two modern soldiers in the old Jeep . The mokes were still in service at the time too , they had them on the base .

Mike