The Trekka has since become something of a New Zealand icon representing the "Kiwi can-do" attitude of the 1960s.
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In July 1969, at the height of the American War in Vietnam, five Trekkas were flown into South Vietnam in RNZAF Bristol Freighters.
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Turner discovered that a prototype of a small utility vehicle had been made by an engineering company in Kawerau using an engine based on a British Bradford.