Tasrail Mini Mokes
Verran is a long way from Tasmania, but then so is this Moke. I presume it came to the Eyre Peninsula in the halcyon days of Australian National's wagon swapping program.
As far as I can gather, there was only one, and for how long - I don't know.
The wheels sat on the 42" gauge track with the assistance of some spacers, and were tracked by a backing plate.
Thanks to Michael Dix of the TASRAIL group for advising that in 1978, there were some 15 of these running around in Tasmania. A difference being that many of the TGR Mokes had a hard top, whereas this didn't.
Mokes were big in the 70s, being promoted as an alternative to big cars (the line was that "Moking is not a Wealth Hazard"). They were an outcome of a search by the British Military to develop a light vehicle which could be dropped from an aircraft.
The Mokes were built in Australia by Leyland, using a motor similar to that in the famous Leyland/Morris Mini. Production here ended in 1981. Some more info here.
Terry Pollard also has some info on his Australian Moke site.
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