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I did a Google image search and came up with this website with a little information on this specific truck but it seems they built a few of these trucks to haul logs in New Zealand, explains the right hand drive.
New Zealand Railway Observer (No.140) from 1974 relates: "In September 1952 the Heisler had to be withdrawn from service. It was found uneconomic to attempt the necessary major overhaul, so arrangements were made for a contractor, Mr Oliver Smith, to undertake the log haulage to the mill using "ingenious rail tractors consisting of motor trucks each mounted on two powered bogies." And that I'm afraid is basically the only information I'm able to give on the motive power at Mamaku.
Didn't know those trucks were sold in right hand drive. Though the frame does appear to have the steering box mounts symmetrically on each side
They sold right hand drive trucks in the southern hemisphere, and I suppose parts of Europe. This one was being offered in South Africa on eBay many years ago:
yes ford of Brazil made the 1956 body style truck from 1956 till mid production 1962, then they rolled into the 1957 to 60 truck style which ran from mid production 1962 till 1969, then from there they went to the 67-72 style body, which went from 1970 to 1992, i have printed and collected info from a Brazilian auto trader web site i find it very interesting what they did in south america with the ford truck line they built some really different stuff there that wasent offered here
yes ford of Brazil made the 1956 body style truck from 1956 till mid production 1962, then they rolled into the 1957 to 60 truck style which ran from mid production 1962 till 1969, then from there they went to the 67-72 style body, which went from 1970 to 1992, i have printed and collected info from a Brazilian auto trader web site i find it very interesting what they did in south america with the ford truck line they built some really different stuff there that wasent offered here
As I was reading an article about a soccer game between two rivals in Buenos Aries last week I learned that Ford Argentina made the Falcon from 1962 to 1991. The reporter was with his interpretor when he shuddered when a green Falcon drove by. It turns out that the military police used to drive green Falcons. Then family members would be dragged off and never seen again.
also Abe they did some funny stuff in Argentina with the ford pickups, the body style here that is 67 to 72 in Argentina it looked the same but the tailgate assembly looked like a ford Unibody
As I was reading an article about a soccer game between two rivals in Buenos Aries last week I learned that Ford Argentina made the Falcon from 1962 to 1991. The reporter was with his interpretor when he shuddered when a green Falcon drove by. It turns out that the military police used to drive green Falcons. Then family members would be dragged off and never seen again.
Funnily enough the same thing happened with Buick in China. All the party officials drove '40's buicks for the longest time, so to this day, the term Buick over there has the same connotations as Rolls Royce or something equivalent, and i can imagine with all the **** that went down with Mao's great leap forward, cultural revolution and so on, the same black car thing going on too. And because of that, in 2008 where GM nuked hummer, pontiac, saturn etc, they only kept buick since it's still a big name over there.
I found one but couldn't copy it because it's on Pinterest but it was from an album of BJmayberry, there was also a pic of the back end of my panel on there after I painted it
I do rather like the looks of it and if I could find a cab I might be tempted to build one..
