A friend and I recently went on a "safari" to the greater districts in order to search for any old tin that would be worth dragging home. Here is Brisbane, we are quite young in heritage, so we didn't anticipate to find much (if anything) pre 1940's, however ...... we stubbled across this. I am a little unsure what it is, especially with the split front window, but its screaming 1920's to me. Its time to test your skills ....... enlighten me PS. for general interest, these are only a couple of other things we came across.
Yes, WWII Imperial pattern truck, made on Ford, Chevy, and British chassis...what's under the tin on the passenger side? Hole for improvised AA machine gun mount?
The first car shown under the cover looks to be a '46-'48 Ford. I always get confused as to which is what, but I'm sure that others here can tell, especially by the location of the parking lights. The second car under the cover I am going to guess is a Ford ute and probably of the same '46 to '48 vintage. The shape of the rear fenders and the way the are mated to the body leads me to this conclusion. Probably wrong, but that's my guess. The station wagon is also a Ford product as evidenced by the tailights which would have equated to a '63 model here in the states. Can't say for sure about the Aussie version. The truck - I have no friggin' idea!!!
The Truck is a Blitz. here are some pics of a mates I think it is a 1944. It has a Rolls Royce Viper Jet on the tray, he has a bike with one as well check his site www.madv8bike.com
The station wagon is also a Ford product as evidenced by the tailights which would have equated to a '63 model here in the states. Can't say for sure about the Aussie version. The truck - I have no friggin' idea!!![/quote] good eye on the wagon its 64-65 xm falcon i think, hard to tell from the rear only came with a 144ci or 200ci.
Zapp69 - I would never have thought it would be that easy, cheers for the info You other guys are right, the Falcon is a '63 XM, same model numbers here in OZ. SlOWXL - had a sneak peak at the front, its an XM The 2 pics of the '46 ford truck are actually the same car, just hard to take pics without removing the cover. We did find some other nice stuff, mainly in the back yards of guys with huge sheds filled with pristine pontiac's and chev's. Obviously know what they are worth. Thanks HAMBer's
You should pay a visit to Harold Irelands place up towards Brendale.His father had a Studebaker-packard wrecking yard from the 30's. it's right in town about 5 minutes from Albany Creek road and theres acres covered in Studes etc in buildings . A nice guy and always ready for a chat. The Brisbane 'burbs are always a good place to look especailly old queenslanders occupied by elderly residents,you can often be surprised by the old things that can found underneath them . Just be careful and polite,you don't want to interveiwed by the coppers because someone thought you were casing a house .
Most light trucks were sent to Australia and New Zealand as rolling chassis with the cowl. The cabs were made locally and were called "colonial cabs". They were generally not nearly as nice looking as the factory cabs, some were downright awful.
DONT FORGET THE FUCKIN' SNAKES!!!! I saw a meter long king brown on my drive yesterday,with all this rain the cnuts are comming out from everywhere....
Mercmad - trust me, I could hardly concentrate on the cars as the snake and/or old man with a shot gun radar was working overtime. Which side of Brisvegas you on? Brown snake is definitely not a nice one to trod on
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