PROV pics

There is an EH on F/B right now ......bit pricey at $50k with an old cable drill rig trailer ,but reduced from$150k six months ago...........McGrath trailers in Brisbane had a number of EH s as yard cranes .........there was even one on the scrap heap behind the shed......Jason Stanton has a restored one ........they had various motors ,a Continental M 270,or Mack EN 310 or 354...(cu ins) 

Fighting Rust wrote:

 I noticed In the pics, very little traffic is seen in the background.  The Border at Albury/ Wodonga, the EH is parked and not causing any problems. 

 

The EH Specifications say it's top speed was 35 mph.

 That explains the owners claim in the paper that it was a 48 Hour trip between Sydney and Melbourne.



 

The library staff are maybe why some of the photo descriptions are somewhat vague. The dates given can sometimes be confusing too. 

This is a Main Roads travelling workshop. Or is it something else ? It looks like it has a military heritage .  collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9WZRJ8oY/p7mkexqeKjvol

Is it a COE Ford ? It has faint markings USA ? And a reg. Number. 

 

To me definitely a Ford.. Are those gin poles (an American oilfield name) sticking out of the top rack?? Like it had a winch inside the body and they were attached to the rear for lifting things???

More State library NSW pics. Getting back to AEC , this fuel tanker was pictured at Bankstown airport during the war. Enlarging the door reveals " RAF Singapore " . Maybe this vehicle was diverted to a safe port  , unloaded in  Australia. 

collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92e7oJPY

     
 

The NAA system  has some accident reports. The accident files are usually over 100 pages of interviews and statements with photos. 

This 1945 report involved a RAAF Jeep which had 9 (nine)  people on board, including three civilians - one holding a bicycle. 

The Jeep tipped tipped over, sadly,  a civilian  was killed.  

 

mammoth wrote:

Drawing a long bow there Lang. Can I recommend the book 'They came like waves, long distance trucking in Australia' by Jeffrey Ffrost. It covers the State govt protectionism of the railways vs interstate trucking in detail and done prior to interference from echo chambers and algorithms.
There is mention of trades unions but in a different context.

I just stumbled across this very book in my collection while looking for something else

Now were did I put what I was looking for???.

Paul 
 

THIS ITEMFull title
F.H. Stephens' (Customs, Shipping & Transport) truckDate1/5/1946

collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9ALk0gJY

 

 



NSW registration on this GPA jeep in 1961 . Army ( not army , civilian owned) ducks rescue people trapped by floods, Windsor area   

ABOUT THIS ITEMFull title
Army ducks rescue people trapped by floods, Windsor areaAuthor / Creator Newberry, Barry Date20 Nov 1961

 

A Sydney scene: Just before the WW2 jeeps were replaced with Land Rovers, , 1958 .

 ITEM Full title
Army march through the cityAuthor / Creator Redshaw, Ken Date18 Mar 1958

 

A White followed by a 1940 Chevrolet.  

Munitions procession (AWA)  Date6/11/1943

 
 

The Inter K tractor has the open sided cab, these style cabs were also fitted to army Ford semi-trailer units.