Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Friday 23 January 1948, page 1
TO CIRCLE THE WORLD IN AMPHIBIOUS JEEP
NEW YORK, Thursday.
Before crowds of sceptical water- side workers, a 34-years-old seaman, Frederick Carlin, of Perth, W.A., yes- terday gave a demonstration of a
Ford amphibian "Jeep," in which he intends circling the world.
The jeep is 18 feet long and weighs
three tons.
Carlin, who is a former Indian
Army Major, hopes to make the round trip in five months, but is not calling at Australia and New Zealand "be-
cause petrol is too dear there." z