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Chevrolet jigger

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Chevrolet jigger

This jigger at Ōngarue was converted from a brand-new 1926 Chevrolet convertible, for use by the manager of the timber mill. It was common to extend the running board into a bogie (small cart) in front.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Albert Percy Godber Collection (PA-Group-00048)

Reference: 1/2-019253; G

by Albert Percy Godber

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Paul Mahoney, Bush trams and other log transport – Lokeys, bogies and rail tractors, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12240/chevrolet-jigger (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Mahoney, published 1 March 2009.