SEC Victoria

Another state govt. Dodge WC. This Dodge appears to be LHD , it was likely registered before the Victorian LHD ban that came in,  in 1948. The reg, plate appears to be a standard B & W issued plate.

State Electricity Commission .

collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/761922

 

A strange and little known quirk of history is, there is evidence that some of these Dodges were imported from Europe post-war , and sold to civilian users in Australia.. 

 

Summary"In 1952, the SEC introduced the single wire earth return (SWER) system to reduce the cost of extensions to farms. Designed for lightly settled areas, the system has proved both practical and economical, and is now used in many farming areas. Seen here is work in progress on one of the first farms to be connected in Victoria in the locality of Sedgwick near Bendigo." caption of this photograph in "Brown Power: A Jubilee Hisotry of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria", by Cecil Edwards.

 
 

The SWER system is good and simple and used all over rural areas of Australia
Gets a lot of power a long distance for not much money

Paul