Snowy hydro trucks

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 Title TITLE: Construction of Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme - Accident report of a truck CATEGORY: photographic STATUS: preservation material Contents range circa 1951 - circa 1951 Series number A11016 Control symbol 1179
Access status Open Item ID 4441195


 
 

 

More Snowy prangs. NAA pics 

 

 

   

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

1951 Land Rover, in 1951, the original pivoting  front spring shackles were moved to the rear end of the front springs, doing this this provided more steering stability.  The earlier models have the pivoting shackles at the front end of the spring , like a WW2 jeep. The front springs were also widened in 1951.

Series 1 Land Rovers never had a decent steering box, the box was mounted onto the flimsy steel bulkhead where it flexed. The early boxes had a stupid alu alloy case that cracked. The series 2 has a much improved recirculating ball design box that was mounted to the chassis . Some series 1 owners go to the trouble of retrofitting a series 2 box . 

1951 was the last year to have the sidelights on the bulkhead 

 

 

 

 

Thhe steering boxes were various types of Burman s ......Burmans made a full range of boxes from the plain awful for crap cars like the Hillman Minx and Series E 8 to the recirculating ball type ...........the best of all pommy boxes was the Ransome and Marles ,fitted to high cost trucks ...........incidentally ,a Burman Type F full nut was the last manual box fitted to Australian Internationals.

Another damaged Snowy hydro truck. Austin ? 

 

 

Snowy Mountains Authority Park , early 1950s

Can spot blitz, Dodge weapons carrier and a Land Rover

 

Vanguard car.

 

Jindabyne 

 





 

Great pics thanks F Rust.


Nowadays we have ethyl glycol, anti freeze, anti boil and anti corrosion in multiple brands and colours. What did the Old Timers do to stop the radiator water freezing in the cold climates and cracking blocks? 
 

Commonwealth number plates 

 

 

 

Looks like Cooma ? 

 



 

SB think they drained cooling system when parked overnight in subzero temperatures.
Mostly only water in them.

Cars around Vanguard, Triumph Mayflower, Dodge or Plymouth, Hillman van, Hudson Terraplane, couple of Austin’s, Ford Pilot and Buick Ute about 1927. Ford Mercury beside Landrover.

Thanks for the photos.