oiltreader:
Thanks to Buzzer, DIG and DEANB for the pics
Oily
Old Aussie pics.
Todays second pic is annotated Mackay, Queensland. Off topic but I recall I was there one evening whilst travelling up to FNQ when the main street in the town had trees that were full, really full, of Rainbow Lorikeets all screeching their heads off. It drove my wife (temporarily!) crazy. I have often wondered if that was a permanent feature of the town. Anybody know?
Dennis Javelin:
Buzzer:
Fridays lot, BuzzerThe car might be a Lanchester but I think that the background looks like it’s the US and I think it’s a left hand drive so I might be talking ■■■■■■■■.
Is it a Packard?? Tyneside
tonyj105:
the early D series lighter rigids had these small mirror arms , with small mirrors
The Bedfords from Luton all have a luton. Presumably the Ford’s did not because of the tilt cab?
oiltreader:
Thanks to Ray Smyth and DIG for the photos
Came across this quite by chance and never heard of them before.
GG quote"1954-1964 Produced approximately 20 vehicles"
Oily
That one had the Commer-style cab (by Airflow Streamlines?), and there was a normal-control version using a modified Bedford A type cab:-
Spardo:
Dipster:
If you enjoyed that you might be interested by the story of Tom Kruse, known as the Outback Mailman. Again an interesting man and there is a book, which I have somewhere in “my extensive library” (!), but I do not recall the exact title.
Its called “The Back of Beyond” there is also a dvd available.
Dig
Dipster:
oiltreader:
Thanks to Buzzer, DIG and DEANB for the pics
Oily
Old Aussie pics.Todays second pic is annotated Mackay, Queensland. Off topic but I recall I was there one evening whilst travelling up to FNQ when the main street in the town had trees that were full, really full, of Rainbow Lorikeets all screeching their heads off. It drove my wife (temporarily!) crazy. I have often wondered if that was a permanent feature of the town. Anybody know?
Sorry Dipster, can’t help, I arrived in Mackay, found the labour exchange, went out to a couple jobs both of which offered accommodation and the last of which took me back to Sarina. Then when I finished there I blew straight through to Townsville, so remember nothing about Mackay at all. Townsville neither come to think of it, I lived on the edge of town. When were you there?
That Humber Snipe KXL195 is the same as I had years ago. Not a great top speed, but pull a house down. 4.1L thirsty straight six. Mine was an ex BBC camera car and still had the steel mounting below the bumpers for the cradle that the camera sat on. When I bought it for 25 quid it had 750x16 8 ply tyres and they really took some getting off because they were meant for split rims of course. I think it was used for the horse racing.
Good old motor but as I said, it did like a drink.
Spardo:
Dipster:
oiltreader:
Thanks to Buzzer, DIG and DEANB for the pics
Oily
Old Aussie pics.Todays second pic is annotated Mackay, Queensland. Off topic but I recall I was there one evening whilst travelling up to FNQ when the main street in the town had trees that were full, really full, of Rainbow Lorikeets all screeching their heads off. It drove my wife (temporarily!) crazy. I have often wondered if that was a permanent feature of the town. Anybody know?
Sorry Dipster, can’t help, I arrived in Mackay, found the labour exchange, went out to a couple jobs both of which offered accommodation and the last of which took me back to Sarina. Then when I finished there I blew straight through to Townsville, so remember nothing about Mackay at all. Townsville neither come to think of it, I lived on the edge of town. When were you there?
Good question that took a bit of thinking about. I reckon that would have been about 2002 that time. Amazing how time flies, no?
I have records (!) that I can look out but they are up in the garage archives and a bit of a pain to get out unless really necessary.
Dipster:
Good question that took a bit of thinking about. I reckon that would have been about 2002 that time. Amazing how time flies, no?I have records (!) that I can look out but they are up in the garage archives and a bit of a pain to get out unless really necessary.
Before I answered you, I had a quick Google Streets, and recognised absolutely nothing, all I remember is it was a much smaller town in the 60s. 
peterm:
That Humber Snipe KXL195 is the same as I had years ago. Not a great top speed, but pull a house down. 4.1L thirsty straight six. Mine was an ex BBC camera car and still had the steel mounting below the bumpers for the cradle that the camera sat on. When I bought it for 25 quid it had 750x16 8 ply tyres and they really took some getting off because they were meant for split rims of course. I think it was used for the horse racing.
Good old motor but as I said, it did like a drink.
Hi peterm, the Humber in Buzzer’s photo is a Hawk(4cyl), the Super Snipe with the 6cyl engine had a longer bonnet buy about a foot.
Found a couple of photos for comparison. Ministry of Defence were a big customer of Humber just wonder if your Humber with said tyres may have been ex MOD.
Oily
The later Snipes had twin headlights too, I had one in England, an automatic with a luxurious interior and a less posh Hawk when I lived in Sydney, both sadly missed. 
At my first driving job, the day I past my car test, with the Coop in Nottingham I worked with an older man who had been a military chauffeur and owned an older ex WD Snipe. He told me of the test he had to do when he got the army job, arriving at a set speed onto a skid pan and spinning the car to arrive at a pre-given point, facing the way he had come.
He didn’t demonstrate with the Commer Bantams we both drove.
