It's got me stumped.

[V8Ian]

Can anybody shed any light on the photo below? It was unearthed during excavation, attached to what looked like a crumpled up bonnet of a 1930s or earlier vehicle. Let's see if the AULRO brains trust has more knowledge than Google.

[OffTrack]

Looks suspiciously like the star logo of Turbon metal spinners:

Turbon Metal Spinners, the metal spinning specialists. (http://www.turbon.com.au)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/251.jpg

[V8Ian]

Thanks Offtrack, I got no results googling Turbon.
I was envisaging a minor fortune from ebay, for something rare and exotic. ;)

[Tank]

Not that old, has alloy pop rivets, Regards Frank.

[V8Ian]

Not that old, has alloy pop rivets, Regards Frank.

I had considered that too, Frank, but they could have been a later addition.
There was a bit of mystery on this site. The owners told us it had been owned at one stage by a drug grower/manufacturer/supplier and had a secret room. We took this information with a grain of salt but, just before we thought we were finished we found a cellar. It was not on the plan and was inaccessible while the house was standing.

[PhilipA]

In the deep dark recesses of my mind I think that "Turbon" was a brand of hot water system.
Regards Philip A

[Don 130]

Phillip A and Offtrack could both be on the money.

Mailmaster Letterboxes is a registered trademark of Sanbray Pty Ltd and is a trading subsidiary of Turbon Engineering & Co. Turbon initially commenced business in 1959 with the manufacture of domestic heat exchange and solar hot water systems.

from here: About Mailmaster Letterboxes (http://www.mailmaster.biz/commercial/about_us.htm)

Don

[Bigbjorn]

Turbon was the brand name of products made by the Uscinski family at Coorparoo. Hot water systems were one. Still exists as Turbon metal spinners. Peter Uscinski was prominent in club motor racing 1950's-60's. Notably a very fast Morris Minor.

[V8Ian]

Thanks Brian, armed with the wealth of knowledge from the posters on this thread; I'm betting on a square hot water service. Rather disappointing and mundane.

[UncleHo]

G'day Brian

Yup! I remember Peter U and that Morris Minor only too well,as both he and I used to hang out at the hamburger shop just up Cavendish Rd from the railway station,in fact my ex-wife lived about 300 yard further up Cavvo Rd,
small world heh! And you know where I used to live.


cheers

[Bigbjorn]

G'day to you too, Kev. They lived in a big house corner Ferguson Rd. & Old Cleveland that had a tookout tower on top accessed by a ladder on the side of the house. Peter's father, Ilie, died a few years ago now and I haven't heard of Peter for years if not decades.

[PhilipA]

Maybe I remember the Turbon as I grew up in East Brisbane.
I thought Peter Uscinski had a car dealership.
Regards Philip A