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29-09-11, 07:28
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West Gippsland CMP
Found these pics taken in Noojee, a little timber town in West Gippsland. The garage pic would be early 1950's .
I wouldn't fancy being in the old utility when the Jailbar Ford did its thing  Mike
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1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad 
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29-09-11, 11:26
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Interesting
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Love the 15cwt in the background - would definitely qualify for the "in the background" thread. If only the pic had been taken a couple of moments before or after we would be able to identify it as a F15 or F15A, more likely a Ford given the dealership.
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Film maker 42 FGT No8 (Aust) remains 42 FGT No9 (Aust) 42 F15 Keith Webb Macleod, Victoria Australia Also Canadian Military Pattern Vehicles group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/canadianmilitarypattern
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29-09-11, 12:03
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Fires
Noojee has been ravaged by bush fires on a regular basis over the years . I don't think the population figure has changed much since the 1940's. A bus service still runs daily between Warragul and Noojee. The last Noojee mainline train ran in 1954, to take residents to Warragul for the Queen's visit .
During its heyday, various narrow gauge lines spread out from the many saw mills into the bush for miles . Cute little company owned steam locos were all over the place . It was quite a feat getting the main line there into Noojee, it's downfall was the many wooden trestle bridges , they burnt down more than once and the cost of rebuilding them didn't justify as the traffic was down to one train a week towards the 1940's. I believe that garage building is still there today . Did anyone spot the three brands of petrol bowsers ? L to R: Shell, Mobil and COR, that was the norm in those days. The car is a Prefect . The kid would be in his 60's now. Mike
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1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad
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29-09-11, 12:20
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Speculation
Mike, as we know the Noojee (and wider area) was a major timber area. It would be interesting to speculate as to the number of CMPs employed in that area from the war's end to the 1980s when they were all pretty much retired.
For some reason (don't know why) by far the bias was to Ford CMPs, both cab 12 and 13 in that area. I've seen mostly F60Ls but also some F60S, a F15A, and even a FGT at Gladysdale, closer to Yarra Junction but in the general timber area.  And back in 2003 I photographed this F15A, be interesting to know whether it was the one in your photograph.  My own F15A came from the Powelltown sawmill. Quote:
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Film maker 42 FGT No8 (Aust) remains 42 FGT No9 (Aust) 42 F15 Keith Webb Macleod, Victoria Australia Also Canadian Military Pattern Vehicles group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/canadianmilitarypattern
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29-09-11, 20:17
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Now common, Mike K: this is really a shot from your family album and that's you in the foreground, right!!??
 The 15 cwt is interesting as it has the early pattern steel base body without the storage valises within the rear wheel arches ..... As to the Ford 'Defect', nice little car. More than a few of the first model were used as staff cars in Australia during WW2, mainly as 'local area' runabouts by contract liaison officers. Also supplied to US Army in Australia: can you imagine a US Army officer, used to tooling about the USA in his V8 Ford sedan, being handed the keys to a Ford Prefect with fresh white US service stars on the doors, and being told 'these are your new wheels, and by the way, the steering wheel's on the 'wrong' side'??!! The reaction may have been priceless! Mike C
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