Crossing Australia in a 1940's Chevy Truck

[@kieranp4617]

What a great story Jeff. Keep up the amazing journeys in this truck.

[@GrandadBaz]

Jeff you have my respect, one for owning and driving that amazing truck and two for raising money for sick kids. Well done mate.

[@StephaneDemers]

That is a CMP. Canadian Military Pattern truck that Canada built for all Commonwealth forces during WWII. Those mighty little bricks helped win the war. Brilliant to see one still going.

[@ROADBOSSTV01]

Brilliant little rigs!

[@rudiekeyser2495]

Sure 💥😳🇿🇦👌

[@jamesmcdonnell5617]

What is the powerplant? Mi Da had a '49 Chevy 2500 (('Advanced Design' after the War) that had a straight six and a four speed on the floor. Damn thing did 400,000 miles in NY/NJ, not a bother.

[@gregwooldridge8864]

In the 90s .dad still used his 42 Chevy truck carting grain to lameroo and parilla.

[@mehdiabiyat3509]

I bought a 1958 Aussie Viking Chev truck from Parilla. I was told it was delivering post parcels from Adelaide to Port Augusta one trip a week.

[@gregwooldridge8864]

@@mehdiabiyat3509 nice.I still live in parilla but family not farming anymore. Dad's Chevy truck is now in Parrakie.

[@lawrieyoutube4375]

So great to see and hear a Blitz again. Many hours of my earliest years in the 1950s were spent travelling in a 'Blitz'. It was our farm truck for my Mum and Dad's banana and tropical fruit farm in the Upper Tallebudgera Valley (Gold Coast hinterland). He painted the metalwork deep maroon with silver grill and bumper. The tray and sides were changed to timber, painted cream . She looked amazing. Ours was two wheel drive and the roads were terrible, but Dad was an exceptional driver and could get Blitz anywhere. On cold nights travelling I would snuggle up to the engine box to keep warm. The chevy six motor purred like a kitten. Many people made offers to buy her but Dad refused. When he eventually had to let her go the whole family was deeply upset. There used to be a special bond between a working man and his truck, especially in remote areas when your truck was not only your means of living but had to be trusted when there was little communication and help was scarce. Dad was good with horses and when he started up Blitz and put her in gear, he took command of her in much the way he 'pulled a horse together' when he swung into the saddle. The men of those days were special. And the Blitz truck was worthy of them.

[@tonycollins2615]

From a derelict, I restored a 1926 Chevy one ton then in 1972..drove across Australia continued it around the world through 22 countries It’s in Southwards Museum Wellington NZ

[@ROADBOSSTV01]

Epic

[@arnoldhillbillygrizzlyputm1493]

Hope it brought home sometime soon .

[@ratnadipmajumdar8179]

Sir God bless you and your cause ❤. Generally in your age people don't dare to think 🤔 of what you are doing. Be safe and successful in your goals 😊.

[@MickBurns-ev1nn]

Must be something weird about us old fellas and old trucks. Good onya mate 🇦🇺

[@nancycarter4492]

Well not just older people im 11 and I love old trucks

[@TRONABORON]

Now this is a cool story in the midst of all the crazy news! 👍🏼

[@joshleonard347]

Such a great film. Incredibly well done and good bloody on you Jeff. Your spirit for kindness and adventure is infectious.

[@ROADBOSSTV01]

Legend isn't he! Glad you liked it.

[@craigdouglasmartens7037]

Thank you! I do it as a guitarist singer but am fanatical about old 4x4 and 6x6 trucks from Jeeps and Unimogs to Chevy's and Urals. Brilliant mate! You should recreate the old postal routes!

[@rudiekeyser2495]

There are a few of them standing in the Namibian desert as monuments. As a young boy I loved these trucks. Cheers Cape Town 🇿🇦💯👌

[@ROADBOSSTV01]

Awesome!

[@simonhjc]

What a magnificent truck

[@rudiekeyser2495]

Exactly 💯

[@davidbarnsley8486]

That’s one way to see the country Noisy hot and windy , you get it all Stick up the windscreen and you get the bugs too 👍👍🇦🇺

[@bebobism]

Now there's a sustainable vehicle !

[@theoldstationhand]

Well kudos to you Jeff, I used to drive a blitz around the paddock when I was a kid - enough said!

[@petergracemeguide1280]

Australia owes these Blitz s big time for their efforts. My grandfather ran blitz s for water drilling and support trucks. My fire brigade had a baby blitz still very capable

[@silverdale3207]

Is Blitz an Australian name for these?, I have a short wheelbase one in my shed ( storing it for someone else) I'd only heard it called a puddle jumper.

[@petergracemeguide1280]

@@silverdale3207 yes Australia called these blitz chev or ford - Canada. We have a swb baby blitz . The monkey face early ones are rare

[@njmadventures3722]

@@silverdale3207 Yes, "Blitz" is an Australia nickname for the Canadian Military Pattern trucks made by Chev and Ford.

[@alwynvanwyk1851]

Well done Jeff. Nice truck, story, filming, all for a good cause... 👍🏻 🤝🏻 🇿🇦

[@batmanlives6456]

Brilliant !!! Tough trucks to drive , tough on the driver …. But just magic old vehicles…. Used to see em everywhere when I was a kid Now …. Not so much !!! Brilliant charity as well Thoroughly deserved support

[@buffalolizard]

1943 Chevy truck, what a wonderful story!

[@LuckyBoyAgency]

What a legend!

[@MH_Workshop]

Had a CMP Chevy Wrecker for a few years. Great trucks, did quite a lot of miles in it but nothing like this. Great video

[@jackportugge5647]

Awesome machine!

[@kenanderson-q7q]

Aust also built the Ford/Chev Blitz from 43, many components from Canada.

[@jamesmcdonnell5617]

I'm surprised that motor would work at all! 🤣😁 Jay Leno, like me, would be giving stick about some Ford with a 350 c.i. small block or some LS (V8 out of a Vette) as a powerplant.

[@derekheuring2984]

Correction: Australia assembled the trucks from kits supplied by Canada known as "knockdowns" . They got the name knockdowns from the fact that fully assembled trucks were dissambled and crated to take up the least amount of room aboard freighters that delivered them to Australia. Once in Austalia the trucks were reassembled by Holden mainly who at the time was a GM subsidiary. Many Blitz trucks, as they came to be known were modified to suit local needs. One of the Australian versions was a Portee for an anti-tank gun and crew.

[@BADQ]

Fantastic video mate, wow. Great moment in time captured right there well done 👍

[@rudiekeyser2495]

Exactly 💯

[@AllMightyLee]

Those CMPs were Canadian-made I believe... Made in Oshawa, Ontario.

[@kenzo9644]

Your thinking of the ford blitz there mate.

[@AllMightyLee]

@@kenzo9644 Called CMP too. Canada produced 850,000 of them to be used all around the world. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Military_Pattern_truck

[@williamdaniels1539]

You are unreal mate keep it up.

[@kurtchristopher7392]

Great video! What a cool man. Cheers from San Diego!

[@trevorzealley729]

Brought back memories for me too . The best result there is .

[@nancycarter4492]

Those blitz's were used for litteraly anything, the carburettor on them sometimes got so hot the fuel evaporated before it got to the engine

[@s87583]

Thankful.

[@The8224sm]

An optional extra on the Blitz is the Armstrong steering.

[@JakeAshe]

Jeff is a ROADBOSS

[@ROADBOSSTV01]

Damn straight

[@grahames9228]

Nice doco.

[@sultanamajam9725]

❤ Respect Highly Earned 👏....Real-Legend

[@gizzmo667]

Wow what passion

[@Visionery1]

Now I've realized what a pug reminds me of. :)

[@tonyday7233]

Very nice, i would have liked some info on the truck, IE, is the running gear original?

[@LilianaPino-qp6ig]

Viajar de Argentina Te saluda viejo Lástima que no está en castellano

[@kevinching1975]

When I was in the NZ army we called these Chev's puddle jumpers

[@raymndstannski3947]

Wish they would attempt some difficult terrain Ruts/ sand/ pulling power

[@mrmarkthompson2361]

Real Overland Vehicle. Not A Make Belive Vehicle That People Buy And Don't Put It To Use Off Difficult Roads & Terrain.

[@harryshaw3760]

How many miles to the gallon do you get out of the truck Jeff?

[@johnwanjala4311]

Wow, an amazing truck btn 70 and 80 on road or was it retrieved from the scrap yard ?

[@anthonybennett3434]

Great video.

[@johnbecay6887]

the truck is the star here. I wonder if this was originally an Australian Army truck. In the U.S. car manufacturing for the public ceased from 1942 until 1946 to concenetrate on the war effort. I suspect OZ did the same. Does anyone know?

[@matai2437]

Bin there done that hit the open Rd 200 klm h on the open road 😊 Multiple times but use 4x4 Quilpy most Australians don't know anything about their country especially when they ask a kiwi for directions

[@WayneLarltjanka-t1c]

Tjilpi Palya means Good Old fella in the Arnangu Pitjintjara language of Central Australia...

[@junfeng4293]

I believe there is a same model truck made by ford singapore and malaysia were full of them used for all kinds of purposes

[@jamesgovett3225]

What about the driveline is it still running the stovebolt six, geez it it’d be a thirsty and expensive bastard to run

[@rudiekeyser2495]

This is one of the ugliest trucks they ever built, but beautiful and strong for me. We had one in Hermanus South Africa, old army stock called an Albinion and i ran out of the house to see it whenever it passed.😮 That was 65 years ago. Cheers Cape Town 🇿🇦👌

[@johnmackinnon1026]

Canadian Military Pattern truck,..from ww2

[@abandoneduniverses]

Hundreds of hundreds blitz left by the british wd and new zealanders in Greece back to ww2.Greeks modified them and worked with to reconstruct the country via daily business..they gave them the nickname king carnival cause they founded them ugly😊

[@kenzo9644]

I learned to drive in one of those & later in my working life in a saw mill @ Smithfeid ; N,S.W. as the crane configuration type. I was about 13 years old when Learnt to drive on the farm. How do I donate ?

[@abbush2921]

Or Canadian Military Pattern .

[@lucianene7741]

One of the most *uglicool* vehicles ever. I want this as my daily driver.

[@MatthewSands-e3g]

Dump