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Jeff Lakaszcyck	Posted 2/2/2010 4:21:01 PM
The W.A.I. Guy ATHS Member Group: Administrators Last Login: Yesterday @ 5:34:48 PM Posts: 3,089, Visits: 3,504	Here is an unusual semi truck. Emblem removed. Photo from Tatra. ========================== Jeff ATHS Online Division Charter Member What Am I 997.jpg (640 views, 55.75 KB)
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Bill White	Posted 2/2/2010 4:22:00 PM
------> Group: Forum User Last Login: 3 hours ago Posts: 1,026, Visits: 2,960	White 1949 IH KBS11, 1956 R185. 1947 Willys CJ2A, 1947 Bantam T3C, 1953 White WC24, 1947 Diamond T 910
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Park Olson	Posted 2/2/2010 4:28:37 PM
ATHS Member Group: Forum User Last Login: 4 hours ago Posts: 701, Visits: 4,220	I say White too Progress may have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.
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clyde318	Posted 2/2/2010 4:58:36 PM
ATHS Member Group: Forum User Last Login: 11 hours ago Posts: 1,258, Visits: 2,211	White Road Bus. I think this one was used on the Damascus to Baghdad run. David Boudrie 79 Astro95 67 White 7400
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tamangel	Posted 2/2/2010 5:33:19 PM
------> Group: Forum User Last Login: 21 minutes ago Posts: 360, Visits: 928	combo effort on the tractor: White Motor Co. and Van Dorn Iron Works trailer by Budd also 2, Series 1 Land Rovers Mike W
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JohnnyMackJr	Posted 2/3/2010 4:43:27 AM
------> Group: Forum User Last Login: 11 hours ago Posts: 161, Visits: 764	White. If you look closely, you can see that the cab is basically a widened W-Series. The doors are the same as W's. John McLellan
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Bruce Ohnstad	Posted 2/3/2010 9:08:37 AM
------> Group: Forum User Last Login: 8/28/2010 2:02:30 PM Posts: 707, Visits: 1,438	good observation on the widened cab, Johnny Mack. Gives new meaning to "double wide." I've seen some literature that said this had a Hercules Diesel. Model? I would need to see factory pictures with some of White's model numbers. Maybe it's a 691, maybe a 942? Bruce 1932 White 643 restored in the working museum
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Jeff Lakaszcyck	Posted 2/3/2010 4:40:36 PM
The W.A.I. Guy ATHS Member Group: Administrators Last Login: Yesterday @ 5:34:48 PM Posts: 3,089, Visits: 3,504	This one didn't fool anyone, even though, at 1st glance, this is one of the more un-Whitely looking Whites I have seen. This is a 1937 model 691, custom built for the Nairn Brothers for running from Damascus to Baghdad. This truck was powered by a cummins diesel. The earlier Marmon-Herrington 6x6 coach was Hercules Diesel powered. Thanks to Tatra for the photo. The article below is by Don Chew and is from the July/August 1993 WOT. For more info on the White, click on the link below, then scroll about halfway down the page. http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/f/fitzgibbon_crisp/fitzgibbon_crisp.htm ========================== Jeff ATHS Online Division Charter Member White 1937 Nairn Coach Tatra.jpg (457 views, 61.21 KB) Nairn Coaches WOT July-August 1993 Don Chew resize.jpg (461 views, 170.11 KB) Nairn Coaches WOT July-August 1993 Don Chew 2 resize.jpg (458 views, 149.32 KB)
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tamangel	Posted 2/3/2010 4:49:22 PM
------> Group: Forum User Last Login: 21 minutes ago Posts: 360, Visits: 928	that photo came from a video documenting the First Overland trip from London to Singapore. A book by the same name: First Overland: London-Singapore by Land Rover is currently in print.. here's a 39 minute video on that journey with that truck starting at 16:00, unfortunately, you can't skip ahead but if you like overland expeditions, its a great watch.. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xy460_de-londres-a-singapour-en-land-rove_auto a couple more pic's including the WAI one. Both the White and earlier Marmons are shown: http://www.indiaoverland.biz/forum/viewtopic.php?id=104 Mike W
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Bruce Ohnstad	Posted 2/4/2010 7:21:28 AM
------> Group: Forum User Last Login: 8/28/2010 2:02:30 PM Posts: 707, Visits: 1,438	Mike Tamangel, thanks for the BBC link on the Landrover to Singapore video. It can't be skipped ahead but once it's running the slider can be moved back a little to repeat the segment around minute 16. Here's a couple photos from that video. The BBC reporters on the trip said they deliberately spent a few days in the Damascus workshop "watching these buses get built" (repaired) Sounds like there were a few buses, but what manufacturer? Theres a bulldog on one of these radiators. But the video shows just the White, including a driver getting in the cab and driving. Did somebody stick a bulldog on the White just to be funny? Bruce 1932 White 643 restored in the working museum engine from Nairn repair shop.jpg (69 views, 24.20 KB) Nairn White and bus trailer rear.jpg (74 views, 9.96 KB) Nairn bus bulldog.jpg (69 views, 12.24 KB)
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