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Another 4 books have been just added to the digitised ones. I was happy to find my half ton Dodge ARN 129127 while I was looking for the history of the remains, well the top half, of a Wiles cooker 125888 that I have.
There is so much information this lot shows a lot of impressed cars, trucks and motorbikes in New Guinea that seemed to have their own batch of numbers not related to any ARNs. I also like the way they will have a long list of say International trucks but some where in the middle they will put in a couple of jeeps or trailers, just to keep you on your toes. Definitely been keeping me up late at night reading. Ken
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1940 Cab 11 F15 1G-8129F 1941 Cab 12 C60L AIF L4710841 Middle East veteran 1941 Cab 12 F60L ARN 45818 1941 Cab 12 F60L ARN 46660 1941 Cab 12 F60L ARN 51720 A/T Portee 1942 Cab 13 F15 ARN 55236 1942 Cab 13 F60L ARN 58171 Mach "D" Loading 1942 Cab 13 C15 ARN 62400 1945 Cab 13 C60L ARN 77821 1941 Chevrolet 3 Ton GS ARN AIF L16070 Middle East veteran Canadian REL (APF) radar trailer |
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I was looking at an old film of the International 4x4 being tested on Youtube,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Roj2G5uNptA At one point they are using a Leyland Martian 6x6 as an anchor point for the tensiometer while testing the Inter's winch. The ARN number of the Leyland was 88099 which I looked up, it looks to be a sole entry and probably sent from UK to trial. It may well have been a prototype as it has 'cycle' type front mudguards fitted to the pivoting axle, where the production ones used by the British had large box shaped ones. I see it was disposed of in the early 60's. Richard
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The Martian that wasn't .. well, sort of....
Almost right, Richard: the chassis is a Leyland Martian, FV1103A, but the bodywork, while broadly based on the Leyland bodywork, was wholly Australian, hence the differences you have observed. Only the single rolling chassis and mechanicals were imported. Testing was carried out in 1957.
The project was shelved once the Army testing authorities realised the pilot model was (1) overwidth at 8 foot 6 inches and (2) overweight on each tyre when laden and would therefore require State issued permits everytime the type ventured onto Australian roads. Now why both those issues were not evident in a desk-top study prior to committing considerable resources to importing the chassis, then constructing a complete set of bodywork, followed by testing of the vehicle, is anyone's guess! Mike |
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Thanks for the insight on this. I noticed from the entry that it was cab/chassis, but bodywork looked very similar to the British gun tractor, except that they had a crew cab so shorter body. I cannot believe that it was overwidth for Australian roads!!! We would not give it a second thought in UK and roads are much narrower. The recovery version was all up weight of 26 tons I think from memory. Had a lot of workshop experience on them in the distant past. cheers Richard
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