Not a hundrum Conundrum!
Keith, how do we explain the Aussie contract and the plates that are genuine prima facie? Conversely, what are the plates doing in Canada? Why the smaller wheels?
I am no expert but did Holden always build # 13 cabs? The chassis plates suggest that they were not CKD but rather complete and boxed chassis/cabs. I would certainly expect to see a Holden cab on a chassis with a Holden build plate. That would be when they received a chassis only, and then applied a blank plate, but because it was a kit, a special sequential series starting with # 0001 applied to each of the five assembly plants. This applied through 1958 as well. A Canadian vehicle would have an Oshawa-allocated serial number.
Failing that, all I can suggest is that someone in the past has bought up war surplus trucks in Aussieland, or perhaps a Pacific island or even Malaysia, and then shipped them back to be cannibalised. What is the other truck's cab like?
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