Showing posts with label Ford - armored vehicles. Show all posts
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Friday, August 23, 2024

Ford - armored vehicles

Ford also made some Australian designed and built armored cars including in the 1930's and 1940's at Islington, Adelaide, South Australia; Randwick, New South Wales; and Maribymong, Victoria with names such as "Bandicoot", "Corrobboree" and "Ned Kelly" etc.




Armored cars built at Islington, 1942
South Australian State Archives GRS 273-1-P 

Armored cars built at Islington, 1942
South Australian State Archives GRS 273- 1-P 


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