Ford Model 'A' all-terrain whitebaiting vehicle, South Westland, 1960s

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DescriptionFord Model 'A' all-terrain whitebaiting vehicle, South Westland, 1960s.
Looking at the West Coast series, Vol. II, No. 2.

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CommentsBruce Edwards
OPO. AKA John Angus. Helped him out a number of times with A model when I was fishing Arawata. Looks like Arawata river bed.

Crow Bay
I heard a story about two guys going up a river down there as far as they could in a Land Rover and coming on the remains of a an old rusted out model a way further up the river. I wonder?

Crow Bay
Johnny Opuri. Opo. He was a good mate of my Brother in Law. I seen him down there with the model a in 1965. He had the tops cut out of his sand shoes so the sandflies could get at his feet he reckoned it helped with his gout. He had some big whitebait catches on the big rock and worked at rewanui before going south. He lived in one of the twelve mine baches in Dunollie at that time.

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Ford Model 'A' all-terrain whitebaiting vehicle, South Westland, 1960s

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