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Nice work there ! Are those double flares you have used on the ends of the copper brake pipes ? I ask this because I noticed on my Morris vehicles, the factory used single flared fittings on the brake pipes, this is very unusual , double flares are normally used. The copper alloy type of brake pipes were banned here years ago, the copper alloy is prone to fracturing or work hardening .

Spotted recently down under:

Very sorry to see this after the many hours of work that you put in. The QL will be up and running again sooner than later. Situations like this is where a dash cam can be worth it's weight in gold.

This is a State library QLD pic https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE176108

Western Aust. farming scene. Used to be a K6 at Essendon airport ( Melbourne) back in the 1980s , it sat looking uncared for , seen from the road as you went past.

CCKW as a log hauler in Queensland 1951. The army were still using these in 1951 but a few must have been released and sold through the Disposals Commission. State Library QLD photo. https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE1020948

This Ant was restored in New Zealand back in the 1980s , a small number of these Ants were shipped to New Zealand for the NZ army. The restorer was telling me: he had tracked down the chap who had purchased the Ant spare parts in a 1946 disposals sale. A back yard shed contained brand new brake drums, even a new engine block . All in their original wooden crates with GUY Motors marked on the crates ! The Ant was offered to me for a very reasonable price but the cost of shipping it over the Tasman Sea .... put me off.

Another two pics from the Dutch photo archive . https://beeldbank.nimh.nl/foto-s/detail/901f73e8-0b4e-ebc0-2f8f-db97634ccb57/media/89014012-a58e-1d2e-4941-a9fcf5829d80?mode=detail&view=horizontal&q=Standard&rows=1&page=23&fq[]=search_s_mediatype:"Foto's"

Found this pic in a Dutch photo archive. https://beeldbank.nimh.nl/foto-s/detail/130f65f1-c814-7867-622e-2dfb9f383807/media/c3e348cf-82fa-b427-9300-ad7d9564f238?mode=detail&view=horizontal&q=dodge&rows=1&page=1&fq[]=search_s_mediatype:"Foto's"

PU8 in Holland, 1947 and a D type https://beeldbank.nimh.nl/foto-s/detail/82b10ec4-eb18-11df-a391-13966e870614/media/ffd0f901-0c6c-4794-adf9-6926e92b8887?mode=detail&view=horizontal&q=Morris&rows=1&page=5&fq[]=search_s_mediatype:"Foto's" https://beeldbank.nimh.nl/foto-s/detail/45e001c0-4551-c533-6ea0-0be29437538d/media/a80527b8-5ac6-3381-9e4e-c34893bedf35?mode=detail&view=horizontal&q=Morris&rows=1&page=16&fq[]=search_s_mediatype:"Foto's" Not Morris Austin ? https://beeldbank.nimh.nl/foto-s/detail/39d2b2f2-eb18-11df-a391-13966e870614/media/d671a1c4-afb9-d77e-c16f-3670a98ecf59?mode=detail&view=horizontal&q=truck&rows=1&page=89&fq[]=search_s_mediatype:"Foto's"

A little more. July 1936.

Bedford utility vehicles with GM-H made bodywork. These little cars were assembled by GM-H for essential civilian users i.e. farmers.

Another Aust. scene. The Bedfords were assembled by GM-H at Fishermen's Bend, Melbourne. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ffq_el3SpjLWeZfkZVeHm6lQ2fIp06wZ/view The Hudson bomber A16-14 history: http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/index.php?/category/hudson-a16-14 Rec 1AD ex USA 07/02/40. Issued to 8Sqn RAAF 04/08/40. Served with 8 Sqn. Coded NN-R. Accident, 1028GMT hrs 23/07/41 when crash landed gear down on beach and flipped, 75 kms on the beach, north of Kuatan, Malaya.Crew was P/O C M D Browne , Sgt A T Norton Serv# 407516, LAC A W Brown Serv#12359 and LAC D C Devlin Serv# 4230. SOC 23/07/41.

This was a booklet published for the BFs The vehicle the artist has used appears to be a MW or similar. I hope the link works OK. The book may be a Aust. reprint of a UK publication. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UoD-k9KECzMMwmuokpJv-Mrzkq7pBqUs/view

They all look the same to me ! The Norton was sold to a business Linroe Ltd ? The Army Registration Number books can be confusing, because there were two different registration systems in use concurrently. 1. The AIF was a volunteer force that was able to serve overseas. The AIF vehicle reg. numbers have a prefix: M for staff car, and L for Lorry and V for Van ( G.S. light truck) 2. The AMF was made up of militia and conscripts , in theory, only able to serve within Australian territories which included Papua New Guinea. . The AMF vehicle reg, numbers have a prefix red C Some units transferred from the AMF to the AIF . A few of the vehicles listed have notes indicating they have been transferred to or from the AIF and a new reg. number was issued.