A few Pictures from Vietnam ( land rovers )

[Carzee]

..another one from 2AOD vehicle park at vungers, Middleton collection. thx Dennis

[Carzee]

...and another. 1971 (RAAOC Mick Smithwick)

[Carzee]

'cleaners cart' bogged at vungers 71.

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another - tour of Vung Tau 69. Kevin Sobey.

[Carzee]

Since I'm restoring a GS 109 I should note

that there's no passenger side ext mirror.
that those wheels show what too much drab looks like. I think the nuts and hubs should be black.
that the scone cutters are not totally painted white.

I am liking these big photos and the detail in them.
I have waited for big photo files like these a long time so excuse me!

[Carzee]

Christmas 69 at Vung Tau Orphanage. K Sobey

[Carzee]

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[Carzee]

this one shows variety is the thing - dif bonnet spare tyre brackets, dif ARN plate locations, and 112-051 appears to have a orig b/w grille badge. 2AOD vehicle park vung tau

[Carzee]

note the joe coolin' strap on the spare tyre bracket . Phil Potter 2AOD. 113-749

[Carzee]

In the last few days examining 2AOD diary files from the AWM collection...



.... I noticed several Series 2 FFW /FFR census 6006 were listed and showed up over and over and over on the list of 'stock' for over a year, from about sept 67 thru 69. These ARNs were 111-209, 111-434, 111-482. There other long termers as well.
.. I guessed the Series2s may have been 'stored' by Sigs for being pos earth 12v or 24v or incompatible in some electrical way with the latest issue radio set or something.

Here's a revelation worth a thousand words.
Little did I know they were being picked over for parts out in the sand.

[dkg001]

Christmas 69 at Vung Tau Orphanage. photo shows Mk3 either 170 128 or 178, The truck has been re-cabbed, This is the first photo I have seen of a re-cabbed Mk3 in Vietnam.

[Carzee]

I'd say the tac is 5 Coy RAASC.

I imagine a re-cab in country would be a big job or BLR.

- But the more I read, the easier it is to believe anything could happen.

[juddy]

this one shows variety is the thing - dif bonnet spare tyre brackets, dif ARN plate locations, and 112-051 appears to have a orig b/w grille badge. 2AOD vehicle park vung tau

Why only one with a bridge plate.

[zulu delta 534]

I'd say the tac is 5 Coy RAASC.

I imagine a re-cab in country would be a big job or BLR.

- But the more I read, the easier it is to believe anything could happen.

That Tac sign is Ordnance.
RAASC was Blue and Yellow Diagonally divided whereas the later RACT (1972) took the same colours as Ordnance (upright bars) but laid them diagonally on their sides. There was a bit of bleed over in the change over as RAASC  initially incorporated Supply and Transport, but when the change over came about Ordnance acquired the Supply side, whilst the Transport side absorbed some elements of Engineers transport.
Regards
Glen