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| Euan McDonald's Chevrolet Gun Tractor |
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| In November 2003 Euan McDonald purchased this Australian Pattern
#9 CGT from Bruce Wiltshire. Bruce restored it in 1990 using as a basis
a new old stock body purchased from Colin Anderson. |
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CGT passes through a town familiar to viewers of Year of the Blitz. This
is Corowa, venue for the annual Swim-in which sees upwards of 100 former
military vehicles rally in March. |
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| Bruce
and Euan in the thick of negotiations for the purchase. |
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| Bruce
had stored the truck in Burrumbuttock, a small town North-East of Albury,
just inside New South Wales. |
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rear seats and wooden floor of an Australian Gun Tractor. The seat base
forms a three compartment locker. |
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| The only data plate on the vehicle, the body of which was built at Holden's
Woodville plant in 1944. |
This is the name given to the tractor by Bruce's wife... apparently this
was her childhood nickname. |
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picture above is one reason these trips take longer than anticipated - the
mandatory examination of photo albums - the grown-up man's version of swap
cards, and just as engrossing. Bruce was kind enough to share
his album with us for this website. As can be seen, this was a very
wet day. |
Bruce
writes out the receipt. |
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| The
#9 body differed from the 8 in the rear section. This one has a raised roof
and double rear doorsfor better access than it's predecessor. |
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| On
the road at last in wild weather. The truck runs a 12 volt electrical system
with the exception of 6v wipers which were originally run from a 6v tap
in the battery. Euan had to run the wiper at double speed. |
A
fuel stop in the small town of Howlong on the way to Nathalia, destination
for this evening. |
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