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9 years 3 weeks ago #147247
by Mrsmackpaul
Your better to die trying than live on your knees begging
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those Dodge trucks were called Commer Highliners in NZ
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9 years 3 weeks ago #147248
by werkhorse
You might Laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same
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And I think they were Dodge Commandos in the UK
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9 years 3 weeks ago - 9 years 3 weeks ago #147249
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We had them badged as 'Dodge Commando' and 'Commer Commando'. Some even had the Renault logo also, i.e 'Renault Dodge Commando' !
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I think the British Airways vans started life as Dodge's
What we call Dodge D3F, not sure what they were in the UK.
What do you think Roderick.
Loosley.
We had them badged as 'Dodge Commando' and 'Commer Commando'. Some even had the Renault logo also, i.e 'Renault Dodge Commando' !
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9 years 2 weeks ago #147250
by Roderick Smith
Replied by Roderick Smith on topic Re: Old trucks - Commer Commando
Of course, the Rootes truck division was Commer.
I haven't found the model used by BA, but an earlier Commando was the basis of a prolific airport bus, and a popular prototype for diecast models. There are many references by googling. Here is just one:
Commer commando:
www.yorkshireairmuseum.org/exhibits/hist...s/commer-commando-q4
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I haven't found the model used by BA, but an earlier Commando was the basis of a prolific airport bus, and a popular prototype for diecast models. There are many references by googling. Here is just one:
Commer commando:
www.yorkshireairmuseum.org/exhibits/hist...s/commer-commando-q4
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9 years 2 weeks ago - 9 years 2 weeks ago #147251
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9 years 2 weeks ago #147252
by Thunder Down Under
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Definately a Ford 'Defect'. The truck is also a Ford
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9 years 2 weeks ago #147253
by oldgmc
Old trucks will make you poor but not unhappy
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Old trucks will make you poor but not unhappy
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9 years 2 weeks ago #147254
by werkhorse
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F series Isuzu and a J3 Bedford
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9 years 1 week ago - 3 years 11 months ago #147255
by Roderick Smith
Replied by Roderick Smith on topic Re: Old trucks - Airport Bedford J fuelling truck
This was part of a grand tour: fly to Brisbane, train to Cairns and Ravenshoe, fly to Normanton, train to Croydon & back, fly via Groote Eylandt & Gove to Darwin, then train & bus to Alice Springs and train home. The price then was equivalent to $2000 today, and I have never regretted a dollar: there was so much which has changed since then, either modernised or unrepeatable.
740827Tu Normanton (Qld). Mobil Bedford J; Bush Pilots Airways DC3 VH-PWN (just arrived from Cairns). (Roderick Smith & Stephen McLean)
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740827Tu Normanton (Qld). Mobil Bedford J; Bush Pilots Airways DC3 VH-PWN (just arrived from Cairns). (Roderick Smith & Stephen McLean)
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