Timmyb Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 I was heading south to Albany for Christmas with my family. We stayed last night at a little place called Kojonup, and I notice something parked off the Main Street. Had to go back and check it out. So am I right in guessing it a DM? It’s still left hand drive, and DM’s were never available in Australia. Wonder how it ended up down here? 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/65361-something-different-down-under/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swishy Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 nice find TimB it may have been imported by the yanks and used @ the Exmouth base .... then sold off as recently as 1963 that a naval town serving the US Naval Communication Station, Harold E. Holt, and the Learmonth RAAF Base, was established. https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-23.2816757,115.3631822,7.66z many years ago there were a few International V200 trucks runing around here they were from the yanks @ Exmouth when they sold m off the inter V200 looked like this one [img]http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc434/Ivorproject/v200.jpg[/img] cya 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/65361-something-different-down-under/#findComment-466029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Did it have a bend in chassis behind the cab, or at the back of the cab ? Western Traders had a 6x6 Flinstone many years ago that wasnt ex army Came out with some oil drilling mob is what they told me Had a drop in the chassis rails at the back of the cab Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/65361-something-different-down-under/#findComment-466032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
topo Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 I would say by seeing the rope rail around the bed this truck was used to haul drilling mud . Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/65361-something-different-down-under/#findComment-466039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Cool find Timmy! Must be really interesting to see such unusual animal in your environment. 1 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/65361-something-different-down-under/#findComment-466049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 man that sucker looks really clean,,,would look good in my yard...bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/65361-something-different-down-under/#findComment-466100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmyb Posted December 25, 2020 Author Share Posted December 25, 2020 On 12/24/2020 at 9:17 AM, mrsmackpaul said: Did it have a bend in chassis behind the cab, or at the back of the cab ? Western Traders had a 6x6 Flinstone many years ago that wasnt ex army Came out with some oil drilling mob is what they told me Had a drop in the chassis rails at the back of the cab Paul The chassis was pretty strange. Almost certainly was bent in some way, from the angle I looked it seemed as though it was deeper at the front and tapered down to a more usual size at the rear. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/65361-something-different-down-under/#findComment-466105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmyb Posted December 25, 2020 Author Share Posted December 25, 2020 On 12/24/2020 at 7:40 AM, Swishy said: nice find TimB it may have been imported by the yanks and used @ the Exmouth base .... then sold off as recently as 1963 that a naval town serving the US Naval Communication Station, Harold E. Holt, and the Learmonth RAAF Base, was established. https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-23.2816757,115.3631822,7.66z many years ago there were a few International V200 trucks runing around here they were from the yanks @ Exmouth when they sold m off the inter V200 looked like this one [img]http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc434/Ivorproject/v200.jpg[/img] cya Your probably right there Swishy, I remember seeing the same truck for sale up at geraldton which isn’t too far from exmouth in the scale of things. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/65361-something-different-down-under/#findComment-466106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 On 12/25/2020 at 5:02 AM, Timmyb said: The chassis was pretty strange. Almost certainly was bent in some way, from the angle I looked it seemed as though it was deeper at the front and tapered down to a more usual size at the rear. Normal for a DM model. terry 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/65361-something-different-down-under/#findComment-466153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Yup. There's a reason for a stepped style of the rails if the truck is 6x6. But this one doesn't have FWD so standart fishbelly style DM frame should work fine there. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/65361-something-different-down-under/#findComment-466166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpgeneration Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 That truck looks like a DM 600 with that short nose, nicer to drive than an 800 bounces a little more than an 800 on the bridge joints. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/65361-something-different-down-under/#findComment-466178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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