CMP 3ton tipper (canadian or Aussie)

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Hi Barnaba..
In Italy you refer to the Fiat 550 as the "cinquecento cinquanta"..
and it is called that by everyone...
In Australia ,they speak English,or a dialect of English but they also drink a lot of beer...
When the CMP's were first brought to Australia the first guy that saw one had drank too much beer and when he saw his first CMP truck he was in the act of throwing up..from too much beer..
The sound of him puking sounded like...."BLIT-z-z-zz"..
His friends hearing him calling.."BLITz-z-z-z-" thought that was the name of the truck..and the name stuck...just like "cinquecento cinquanta"..stuck to the Fiat 550..
So for the past 60 years ,in Australia ,the CMP truck have been called "Blitz"trucks...
(Historical fact..according to Alex...)