Upper Middle Petrol Head:

This is what's commonly referred to as a "Blitz Truck" or a "Blitz Buggy," a World War Two military four-wheel drive that was concurrently produced by Ford, General Motors and Chrysler.  Reference to wikipedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Military_Pattern_truck ) reveals its official title to be a Canadian Military Pattern Truck, or CMP for short. In precis, CMPs were produced in Canada and supplied to the militaries of other Commonwealth countries and saw action throughout the world, especially as one Anglophile friend of mine puts it, when "half the globe was pink."  (Back in the days when pink in an atlas denoted lands "belonging to" the British Empire and had nothing to do with people of the same gender frolicking together and having a cheery old time!).  The wiki-entry is highly recommended should you wish to know more about WWII vehicles and less of the hijinx of confirmed bachelors.       We digress!  This CMP - going by th...

  Not only is "The Longley," as it's known locally, a great pub, a revered live music venue and the real-life setting for the fictitious watering hole in Luke McGregor's very popular TV show, Rosehaven , it also has this ripper Datto 1200 ute for its daily runabout!  So, Ms Celia Pacquola, you're not the only star associated with the Longley International Hotel!  (Not that you're not a star, too, Luke!) U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.) iPhone images.

  There are people who believe that French vehicles are beautiful.  Not me!  Even the much vaunted Citroen DS - aka the  Goddess - leaves me wondering WTF Italian stylist Flaminio Bertoni* was thinking when he penned its weird spaceship meets cockroach design.  Interesting?  Yes.  A mechanical and technical   marvel?  Undoubtedly!  An icon of car design, even?  I'd concede that.  But beautiful?  NON !    * Yes - Berton i  with an i , not to be confused with the Italian design studio and coach-builder Berton e with an e .   However, even the weirdo-mobile DS looks a million francs compared to this munter-on-wheels, photographed in the Canberra suburb of Barton.  The "Hux Custm   [sic]  Built" plate doesn't absolve Citroen of blame; I've seen other similarly homely truck and van versions of the marque, so I'm confident that Hux's role was one of interior fit-out rather than determini...