Picture Australia images

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Keith
Re "This is a Pearler" photo
Wiring for the sidelight goes through the side panel, Thought that it went through the mudgaurd itself. have I goofed? Is this another Ford/Chev anomaly.....Please Explain....
Rich

[Greg Beeston]

Note, in the photo that was posted at 19:52, the truck has the spare wheel mounted on the right hand side, I have not noticed this before,

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally posted by Radek

Yep You beat me too it..It is an electromagnet used for sweeping runways for ferrous metals..you can see the gen set ,as you pointed out and the wiring for the electro magnets running diagonally across the grill to the magnets..

[Keith Webb]

Originally posted by Alex Blair
Yep You beat me too it..It is an electromagnet used for sweeping runways for ferrous metals..you can see the gen set ,as you pointed out and the wiring for the electro magnets running diagonally across the grill to the magnets..

Actually I beat myself to it if you see the lower part of the original post.

[Keith Webb]

Originally posted by Greg Beeston
Note, in the photo that was posted at 19:52, the truck has the spare wheel mounted on the right hand side, I have not noticed this before,

I've seen several wartime pics with the spare on the right. I can only assume it is a result of repairs where it was replaced the wrong way around.

And as for the sidelight wiring I'd have to look into that.

[Jared Archibald]

Keith,

the pic of the Armoured Corp blokes working on the carrier is very interesting. It is an LP1 - early Ford horn, bullet-shaped truck headlight, and Local Pattern six spoked wheels.

I have not seen this photo before.

The spanner being used is an absolute ripper too.

Jared

[lynx42]

Keith,
These photo's are terrific. Keep them coming please.
Rick

[Euan McDonald]

Originally posted by Richard Coutts-Smith
Keith
Re "This is a Pearler" photo
Wiring for the sidelight goes through the side panel, Thought that it went through the mudguard itself. have I goofed? Is this another Ford/Chev anomaly.....Please Explain....
Rich

Hi Richard, As for the side light wiring, like you all my chevs go through the guard & you may notice the position of the chev light is further out towards the outer edge of the guard compared to Ford. The only other explanation is the late production cab could be different.

[Keith Webb]

I have to admit I helped them with the quote - the original was so wrong I just had to. I often write to the libraries where there is something I can add to a caption.

Title: Harry Bartlett's Ford 'Blitz' lorry with timber jinker, ca. 1950
Location: Tarzali, Queensland
Date: ca. 1950
Creator: Unknown
Description: Harry Bartlett's logging truck is an ex-army 3 ton Ford 4X4 truck, known in Australia as a 'Blitz', with a semi-trailer timber jinker making use of a wheel/axle assembly from another Ford Blitz to allow interchangeability of tyres. The Blitz trucks were produced in Canada by both Chevrolet and Ford using identical cabs with a characteristic reverse-slope windscreen from 1942-1945 for service in WWII. They were officially known as Canadian Military Pattern Vehicles. Harry Bartlett's truck is probably a 1944/45 Ford F-60, assembled in Australia using Canadian parts for the Australian Defence forces. It would have been purchased as war surplus and the military bodywork removed before conversion to a timber jinker. The F-60 series was powered by a 95 bhp sidevalve V8 engine driving through a 4 speed gearbox and dual-range transfer case. Note the protection bar in front of the radiator grille, the opened windscreen for demisting or extra ventilation and the the battered fuel tank and oil leaks from the hubs on this example. Ex-army Blitz trucks were very popular in Australia in the timber industry and bush fire brigades, many remaining in service for over 30 years.
Is part of: The Garage: a photographic album of Queensland motoring. For further information http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/garage
The Garage contains approximately 500 images of vehicles used in Queensland Australia, covering the period from 1900 . The images are linked to an index of the State Library of Queensland's extensive collection of automotive repair manuals.

Accession number: 83-7-2
Original format: copy print : b&w
Digital format: image/jpeg
Publisher: John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Image number: 32643
Digital ID: picqld-citrix09--2005-04-28-16-32
Rights: This image is free of copyright restrictions. For further information http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/legals.htm
Source: Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
Large image: http://enc.slq.qld.gov.au/slq/neg/re...000/32643r.jpg
The large image will be 4 times larger than the one on this page so may take some time to download
Subjects: motor vehicles
timber jinkers
military vehicles
four-wheel drive vehicles
logs
Ford (trucks)
Motor Trucks 1940-1950
Ford trucks

[Keith Webb]

Title: Austin Champ prototype, the Wolseley Mudlark, 1950
Date: 26 July 1950
Creator: Unknown
Contributor: Queensland Newspapers
Description: The Wolseley Mudlark FV1800 was built by the Nuffield organisation (later part of BMC) to meet a British defence force requirement for a 1/4 ton General Service truck to take the place of American Jeeps. Twelve examples were made in 1948 and sent for testing in the UK and overseas. The Mudlark was an advanced design, with fully independent suspension and a Rolls-Royce engine, and was close to the design used for the production Austin Champ in 1952. Note the bulbous mudguards of the vehicle in the photograph, the towing hooks and spring latches for the bonnet and folding windscreen. Wolseley Mudlarks appear in the 1957 science fiction film "Quatermass", being driven by zombies!
A Wolseley Mudlark was loaned to the US Government in 1951 for testing and comparison to the MB & M38 Jeeps used by US Armed Forces at this time. 'According to the Report written in 1951/52 by the US Government and the Ford Motor Company, the vehicle suffered from transmission problems and also required a more efficient cooling system. It was considered to be well built but needed modifications to make it strong enough for military use. The axles suffered from oil starvation in the differential due to the design of the half-shafts allowing oil to trickle down from differential to outer tracta joints and hubs. Many of the faults were rectified on the pre-production Champs in 1951 and the production models from 1952. Some of the faults were still "in production" in 1953/54 and required modification instructions to be issued to Army Workshops!'. From http://www.austinchamp.com/extras/ph...ry/mudlark.htm accessed on 16/9/05.

Is part of: The Garage: a photographic album of Queensland motoring. For further information http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/garage
The Garage contains approximately 500 images of vehicles used in Queensland Australia, covering the period from 1900 . The images are linked to an index of the State Library of Queensland's extensive collection of automotive repair manuals.

Accession number: D1-6-95
Original format: copy print : b&w
Digital format: image/jpeg
Publisher: John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Image number: 116058
Digital ID: picqld-citrix03--2005-04-21-11-32
Rights: This image is free of copyright restrictions. For further information http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/legals.htm
Source: Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
Large image: http://enc.slq.qld.gov.au/slq/neg/re...00/116058r.jpg
The large image will be 4 times larger than the one on this page so may take some time to download
Subjects: motor vehicles
four-wheel drive vehicles
military vehicles
Austin (cars)
Motor Vehicles 1950-1960
Austin Champ automobile
Wolseley Mudlark automobile

[Keith Webb]

Title : Cities and towns - Canberra - Hunt's garage, Queanbeyan, 7.6.1955
Date : 1955
Primary subject : CITIES AND TOWNS
Secondary subject : CANBERRA
Image no. : A7973, INT447/6
Barcode : 11714105
Location : Canberra
Find other items in this series : A7973
Series accession number : A7973/1

[Keith Webb]

American jeeps in service in Australia during World War II [picture]
Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1942-ca. 1943]
4 photographs : gelatin silver ; 14 x 22 cm. or smaller.
Reproduction rights: State Library of Victoria.
Accession Number: H2000.200/1357
Image Number: an016652

[Keith Webb]

Ordnance Corps of the Austalian Army [picture]
Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1940-ca. 1944]
10 photographs : gelatin silver ; 18.0 x 22.0 cm. approx. or smaller.
Reproduction rights: State Library of Victoria.
Accession Number: H98.105/3439
Image Number: an008223

[Keith Webb]

Title
ARMY FIELD WORKSHOPS IN LIBYA
Creator
Australia. Commonwealth Dept. of Information.
Description
Australians at Hydraulic Press, Pte. S.W. Coffey at axle and Pte H.A. Kemp at pump; Men working on gun parts; Fitting the body off a German truck on to an Italian Lancia; Group around Australian 2 pounder, Pte S. Silburn, Pte. C.M. Priestley, WO1 G. Oakes, Cpl. J. Watson; Tinsmiths, Pte. J. Sanderson, Pte. R.A.G. Jackson; A 2 stage Italian air-compressor now used to compress air into "bottles" for use by the various Field regiments to charge gun recuperators; Pte. P. Davidson working on German alternator and Ford engine and sundries for switchboard; Changing engine, L-R: Pte. D.J. Sheather, Pte. R.L. Secor, Sgt. R.J. Roche; Army field workshop in Libya; Men working in panel shop of field workshop. W/O K.S. Crawford, W/O P.W. Klein, Pte. K.G. DuPille, Pte. J. Harlow, army field workshop.

[Keith Webb]

Australia. Commonwealth Dept. of Information.
ARMY FIELD WORKSHOPS IN LIBYA picture
Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1943]
13 photographs : gelatin silver ; 11.0 x 17.0 cm. or smaller.
Reproduction rights: State Library of Victoria.
Accession Number: H99.202/2799
Image Number: an014327

[Keith Webb]

Title
CASTLEMAINE - MOBILE WORKSHOP
Subject
MOTOR TRUCKS
Subject
WORKSHOPS
Image number
MM 11469
Format
NEGATIVES - GLASS
Managed by
Item Held by Museum Victoria
Collection or series
STATE ELECTRICITY COMMISSION OF VICTORIA
Date or place
10 11 1949

[Keith Webb]

Title
Main Roads - travelling workshop
Subject
commercial vans
Subject
road construction & maintenance
Image number
GPO 1 - 24170
Format
text/html
Format
image/jpeg
Managed by
IsFormatOf Item held by State Library of New South Wales
Collection or series
IsPartOf NSW Government Printing Office : collection of copy negatives, 1870-1988
Date or place
1943

And another version:

[Keith Webb]

But something caught my eye in the thumbnail pic just as I was moving to the next page...

Title
Staff in front of the Williams Motor Company showroom, corner Currie and Bury Streets, Nambour, 1952
Creator
Unknown
Description
Nambour - Firms - General Motors Holden - Automobiles.
Description
Fred Williams (1909-1971) came to Nambour from Gladstone in 1952 and established one of the largest motor dealerships on the Sunshine Coast. Distributors of General Motors Holden, the Company also operated a Used Car Department, Parts and Services Division and fully equipped Workshop. By 1955 it had a staff of over twenty members.
Subject
Automobile industry and trade -- Queensland -- Nambour -- History
Subject
Service stations -- Queensland -- Nambour -- History
Subject
Nambour (Qld.) -- History
Image number
M671086
Format
1 photograph : b&w.
Managed by
Item held by Maroochy Libraries
Date or place
1952
Date or place
Maroochydore, Queensland

[Keith Webb]

Armoured Cycle picture
Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1941]
photograph : gelatin silver ; 9.0 x 12.0 cm. approx. on card mount 12.0 x 16.0 cm. approx.
Reproduction rights: State Library of Victoria.
Accession Number: H99.201/2187
Image Number: an002850

[Keith Webb]

Note on the quality of the image - during the 1980s many libraries created electronic copies of their images. This was before the widespread use of scanners. The negatives were placed on a lightbox with a video camera on a rostrum. The images were then recorded one at a time onto 1" videotape and later converted to videodisc. This is why you get the rather soft look of the picture above, typical of this type of transfer.

Fowler, Lyle
Ford van, probably at Ruskin Motor Bodies [picture]
Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1943]
negative : flexible base ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm. approx.
Accession Number: H92.20/2066
Image Number: a38232

[Keith Webb]

There are a number of images of this Ford tipper which was originally mis-named.

Title
Army disposals Ford F60S 4-wheel drive tip-truck (taken for Mr McIntosh, Ford Motor Truck Co, Homebush)
Creator
Hood, Sam, 1872-1953
Subject
Ford (trucks)
Subject
tip-trucks
Subject
Australia. Royal Australian Air Force
Subject
Ford Motor Co. of Aust. (Parramatta Road, Homebush, N.S.W.)
Image number
Home and Away - 11095

[Keith Webb]

Title
"While we stared curiously at the jeeps, the U.S. men stared with amazement at the strange contraptions behind our motor cars ... they'd never seen gas producers!"
Description
Shows four American soldiers inspecting an Australian military vehicle and three American soldiers in a jeep.
Subject
United States. Army.
Subject
Americans -- Australia Automobiles, Military -- Australia
Image number
H2000.200/1295
Format
2 photographs : gelatin silver ; 13 x 21 cm. or smaller.
Managed by
Item held by State Library of Victoria
Collection or series
IspartOf Argus newspaper collection of war photographs. World War II.
Date or place
[ca. 1942-ca.1943]

[Keith Webb]

Fourth Armoured Brigade Tank taking part in a procession in Queen Street, Brisbane, ca. 1943

[Keith Webb]

Description
Marine Section tarmac area, Shows amphibious vehicle, and flying boat FJK on tarmac. Service sheds behind and at waters edge on left. Buildings on cliff behind, Doctor's Gully.

[Keith Webb]

Title
Model vehicles; Norman Lyons
Subject
boats
Subject
models
Subject
motor vehicles
Subject
Lyons, Norman
Subject
Sydney (N.S.W.)
Image number
Home and Away - 31062

[Keith Webb]

Title
Native girls, employed at "69".
Creator
Minnie Thompson
Description
Native girls, employed at "69".
Subject
Motor-trucks Aborigines Women Employment AWAS Australian Women's Army Service
Image number
01\01908
Image number
PH0045/0028

[Keith Webb]

Title
Phyl, Beat and Elaine, 12 foot snake.
Creator
Minnie Thompson
Description
Phyl, Beat and Elaine, 12 foot snake. Phyl MacLean, Beatrice Todd and Elaine Phillips with snake about 12 foot long which had been run over about 5 miles from " 69 " Darwin and brought in by lads who were in " blitz" at the back of us. " Q " store rear right.

[Keith Webb]

Ruskin Motor Bodies Ltd. factory interior at Dudley Street, West Melbourne [picture]
Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1943]
15 negatives : flexible base ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm. approx.

[Keith Webb]

Surplus Army motor vehicles handed over for sale to public picture
Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1945]
photograph : gelatin silver ; 13 x 17 cm.
Reproduction rights: State Library of Victoria.
Accession Number: H2000.200/351
Image Number: an015993

[Keith Webb]

Title
TITLE: Motor vehicle pantechnicon at Alexandria [Chevrolet, rear view] CATEGORY: photograph FORMAT: b&w negative QUANTITY: 3 of 4 images TYPE: cellulose acetate STATUS: preservation material
Image number
C4078:N3143C
Managed by
Item held by the National Archives of Australia
Collection or series
C4078:Photographic negatives, single number series with N (New South Wales) prefix