PROV pics

Oil skins are good for what they are designed for
Not sure they are meant to be water proof, with a name like Drizabone you would expect them to keep you dry
Gotta remember they were originally made for wearing while on a horse
Dunno how many here ride horses but it sure can get sweaty on a horse
I have found the genuine oil skins pretty good for farming and horse riding
Drizabone are pretty useless for keeping warm and dry

There's a big difference in weight between the two, drizabone and oilskin

Wanna stay warm, the big Bluey coat is the go with a hay band around the waist


Paul

asw120 wrote:

I've had the Drizabone since the 80's. When digging drainage ditches in heavy rain, it at least keeps me warm, if not dry.
I did have a Belstaff jacket way back. Went to replace it after it wore out - could not buy another. Dririder jackets worked better, anyway.
Still have the last one somewhere......(stopped riding 15 years ago)

Jarrod.

Jarrod, I never had a Belstaff, had a Dririder that leaked in heavy rain, I now use a 3 part jacket (Revit) on the big trips as it does everything well, I have half a dozen others that I use depending on the type of trip which bike.

Paul it sounds like a new fashion outfit with a hay band around the waist. Put it up on instagram as an influencer n you can retire on the sale of hay bands alone.

N.T. archive pics 

The COE workshop truck GMC is a RAAF vehicle.  The Aust. Army also got some COE GMC compressor trucks , these are all 4X4 models. 

The 39 Marmon Herrington appears to be finished in the pre war livery , gloss dark green with black guards. I had a drive of Colin's. nice restored 39 Marmon Herrington , there was another one down in East Gippsland for sale years ago. 

The Ford ute with roof hatch would be a 1941 model ? DWH is a Govt. department ? 


   
     

cobbadog wrote:

Paul it sounds like a new fashion outfit with a hay band around the waist. Put it up on instagram as an influencer n you can retire on the sale of hay bands alone.

cobba, the hay band stops the air moving vertically up the Bluey. The jackets I'm thinking of were not tight fitting and when just sitting on a cabless tractor all day sowing or working up a paddock with the lazy wind working, the hay band made a big difference to how warm you stayed 

Paul
 

Still have my company-issued Bluey jacket from 1989...

Jarrod.

These are early trucks pictured at the Victorian Newport railway workshops - the bodywork was probably made in the workshops. The mobile machinery truck has a overhead belt drive for a lathe and a camel back drill. The second pic appears to be a Daimler lorry. 

   
   

This one has a rifle ready for use.

 



 

I think someone has ID the fancy wheels on the truck with bandsaw as an Albion.

Another Daimler truck with VR .

   

At outbreak of WWl Australian Army had zero motor transport so prior to sending a contingent they went on a shopping trip through NSW, Victoria, and SA (not Qld). Consequently there was no consistency of make, new or 2nd hand - just got what they could. By virtue of being in Qld my 1913 subsidy model Thornycroft escaped the draft and is the only survivor of this model in the world.
The stores truck is Garford, bandsaw one is Daimler, axe & spade on the door is a Commer. The previous ambulance is a chain drive Thornycroft.
Full story in the book Benzine Lancers by Rod Dux