jsss wher are u guys finding these things?, ive been looking on the net for ages to even find somewhere that people advertise them for sale, and no luck, can someone please point me i the right direction!!!

cheers

word of mouth is the best way to find them. the reason that they are hard to find is that the army still has most of them.

Although I hear that they will start selling them off soon.

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You know, strictly speaking, throttling the staff is my job

Hmm, looks a beaut. As far as it being a former WS they must have done more than a body swap because I thought they had shock absorbers and the associated mounts on the chassis and spring plates... Also, what's those two holes on diamond shaped plates on the front outer chassis 'riggers'? They look like the female part of a cam-lock fastener. I'm not critisising by any means, I'd snavel it in a heartbeat - just noticed a few things........

G'day All, The items you describe are bungs to let water out, they are made of bronze and are the same as the plastic types as fitted to most tinnies cheers Dennis

Ah! Of course I had a No.5 in '92 and it didn't have them...just holes punched in the floor - but I should've thunked a bit harder.

I have found the plug and sockets available from a chain store called BCF (Boating Camping Fishing). These were $3.95 ea, incl plug. They are made from chrome plated brass, which could be blasted back to the brass to allow it to weather back to a bronze finish. Chrome can be a B***** to paint, but blasted brass would hold etch primer better, and if you chip the piant, you would only reveal brass, not gleaming chrome.
Replacement plastic plugs are available with black washers, but they wouldn't let me swap the red washers!

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so where does this mouth live and what is hes address

cheers

G'day All, Onya Tony I knew someone would post a pic or 2, those boxes I have, can you pm me you email address and I will send you some pix, and as for where does the mouth live, well it's a bit like the 'Scarlet Pimernel' They seek him here, they seek him there, they seek him everywhere!!!!!, mate you just have to be in the right place at the right time with the right amount of money in your pocket, cause if you hesitate for a moment, tis gone, all this info from a bloke with 3 x No5 trailers, but I have a Poodle Patrol, just ask anyone who has been here, cheers Dennis
PS where is he going to park it at night, as I'm on the lookout for more Olympic steel Trek tyres LOL

Good find Three-oh!

It might be easier to have the chrome removed at a plating shop, rather than blast it.

Looking at your photos, makes me wonder if the red washer isn't the same size as the black ones found on drain taps for 20 litre drums, or on home brew fermenters. Might be worth looking in the supermarket, or hardware store

Cheers Charlie