Chev C8 in Australia

[Tony Smith]

Originally posted by Tony Smith
Mike Kelly mentioned in a thread once that there were'nt too many C8s supplied to Aust. Dubbo museum had one and it was recently sold. There is another at the Milne Bay Museum in Toowoomba, ......

Pictured below is the C8 Owned by Darren Abbot of the Milne Bay Museum in Toowoomba.

Darren brought it along to the Queensland Military Jeep Club Swap Meet in Canungra, where it was judged best in class for 1/2 ton vehicles. It really is a first class job, and quite probably the best presented C8 in Australia.

I don't think think the rear body is an original Duple (it may be, it just looks too good!), but the quality of work is such that it does resemble a factory job: