been a bad bad boy

[incisor]

i believe i just bought me a snowy ....

this is going to hurt... keep an eye on the news...

[Killer]

Watching with interest.

Cheers, Mick.

[dullbird]

excuse my ignorance

whats a snowy?

a series used in the snowy mountains scheme perhaps?

[Bytemrk]

excuse my ignorance

whats a snowy?

a series used in the snowy mountains scheme perhaps?

YES!!!.. I am not alone.....:angel:.. Snowy Hyrdo sounds like a smart guess Dullbird.

Watching with interest.......just how bad have you been Inc? :p

[pop058]

excuse my ignorance

whats a snowy?

a series used in the snowy mountains scheme perhaps?


YES!!!.. I am not alone.....:angel:.. Snowy Hyrdo sounds like a smart guess Dullbird.

Watching with interest.......just how bad have you been Inc? :p

Yep used on the SMH system :)

[Lionelgee]

YES!!!.. I am not alone.....:angel:.. Snowy Hyrdo sounds like a smart guess Dullbird.

Watching with interest.......just how bad have you been Inc? :p


Hello Dullbird and Bytemrk + Pop,

I think you could be right about it being a Snowy Mountains Hydro Landy too. So that makes it by 4 :cool:

Kind Regards
Lionel

[JohnF]

I will never say Inc has been a bad bad boy--I do not want to get in his bad books.

[p38arover]

Land Cruiser 80 Series Snowy Mountains special edition?

[Hogarthde]

I thought Thiess brought the original Tojos into Australia to work on S.M.A. as nothing else suitable ,to them anyway

[numpty]

But that was after all the survey work had been done by Series LR's and ex mil Jeeps.

I dont believe the SMHEA ever had any Toyotas.

[uninformed]

I hope its one of the rare ones that ran the big 52inch tractor tyres :cool:

[The ho har's]

Land Cruiser 80 Series Snowy Mountains special edition?

I can just see Inc driving around in an 80 series Toyota :twisted: :wasntme:

Mrs hh:angel:

[incisor]

geez it's quiet here....

[UncleHo]

There was a nice original SMHEA Series 1 at Cooma in 2008 :)

[digger]

Well, if Inc wont tell you I suppose its up to me...

this is a snowy...

78840

look familiar?

here is where you may know it from....

78839

you can thank me later...

Dr Digger, here to help...

[Hogarthde]

concede first statement.....of numpty..still thinking about toyota and thiess bros and sma

[UncleHo]

Early survey and construction work was done by Govt.then tenders called for, which was won by Thiess Bros as they had the most engineering plant available,(Dozers,Graders,Rollers,Cement Batching Equipt),they had gone around the Pacific Islands just after WW11 and collected all the Engineering and SeeBee's machinery left when the US forces returned home after the war, as US forces just walked off leaving vehicles and aircraft as well as machinery behind, Australia dumped Millions of $ worth of stuff after the war,"Lend Lease" if you kept it you had to buy it, or destroy/dump it.

I am aware of several thousands of tons dumped off Morteon Island in Qld over the continental shelf,and several dozen RAF L/Lease aircraft dumped at sea, my father spent from 1945 until he de-mobbed in 47 collecting stuff from New Guinea and dumping it at sea,returning to Brisbane,the ship reloading and doing the same on the way back to PNG, he would tell me as a kid,"out of the hold and over the side" trucks loaded with stores, kit huts,anything and everything.

[Ancient Mariner]

TIN TINs mate

[Pedro_The_Swift]

could be one on here:eek:
Snowy mountain project landrover promotional film - YouTube

[Hogarthde]

Thanks Pedro, .. a great little film, and not a curvaceous model in sight.

Little Landy certainly excelled in that environment....now , what can you dig up re my belief about Thiess Bros using tojos on S.M.A .project...or am i alone in this?

[digger]

Tojos were used in the latter stages of the project.

( after the hard work was done!! )

Toyota sponsored the SMH scheme museum and apparently made it clear
they wanted the toyota photos etc featured...

They got a lot of what they wanted...but the truth is always there.
LAND ROVERS (and I hate to say it, their older cousin -JEEPS!) started
and did most of the project.

[incisor]

no fluffy dog in sight, sorry


http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/incisor/series%20one%20smhea/2_zps84e3408c.jpg (http://s659.photobucket.com/user/incisor/media/series%20one%20smhea/2_zps84e3408c.jpg.html)

http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/incisor/series%20one%20smhea/4_zps0b231cef.jpg (http://s659.photobucket.com/user/incisor/media/series%20one%20smhea/4_zps0b231cef.jpg.html)

http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/incisor/series%20one%20smhea/5_zps6a536582.jpg (http://s659.photobucket.com/user/incisor/media/series%20one%20smhea/5_zps6a536582.jpg.html)

[numpty]

Very good Dave. An 88"? If so, just like mine, also a Snowy.

At least one decent pork pie there too.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Ok,, I'll ask--
How do you tell if its a snowy??
is there a plaque somewhere?

[incisor]

Very good Dave. An 88"? If so, just like mine, also a Snowy.

At least one decent pork pie there too.

yeah ;)

haven't seen it in person yet so not fully assessed where i will head with it other than it has a front and rear pto as well and at worst it has quite a few bits i am looking at for my other projects..

time and how much rust i find in the chassis will tell the tale...

[JDNSW]

Thanks Pedro, .. a great little film, and not a curvaceous model in sight.

Little Landy certainly excelled in that environment....now , what can you dig up re my belief about Thiess Bros using tojos on S.M.A .project...or am i alone in this?

Yes, they did, for the simple reason that they could not buy Landrovers foir immediate delivery. As you may be aware, Landrover production was unable to meet demand until well into the seventies. As a result, each market was rationed, and at the time that Theiss was needing large numbers of vehicles, someone else had got in first with a large order that was going to take almost all the Australian quota for several years (think khaki).

So faced with no Landrovers Theiss looked at what else was available, and found the Landcruiser. The only other alternative would have been the Austin Gypsy, which was brand new, but unproven. Jeeps were from the dollar area and it is unlikely Theiss would have been able to get permission, and it is likely that delivery times would have been excessive as well.

John

[incisor]

Ok,, I'll ask--
How do you tell if its a snowy??
is there a plaque somewhere?

at this stage just going by sellers comments, once i get more info including chassis number etc i will know more....

[numpty]

Ok,, I'll ask--
How do you tell if its a snowy??
is there a plaque somewhere?

By chassis number and ask Lotsa who has the Grenville books ;)

[JDNSW]

I would be interested if anyone ever comes across my old SMHEA 86" hardtop. I don't have its chassis number, but the distinctive feature that is likely to remain with it was an oil pressure gauge that was flat with a vertical movement, and was screwed to the RH side of the instrument panel. When I traded it on my SMHEA Series 2, it had a home made tropical roof.

John

[numpty]

yeah ;)

haven't seen it in person yet so not fully assessed where i will head with it other than it has a front and rear pto as well and at worst it has quite a few bits i am looking at for my other projects..

time and how much rust i find in the chassis will tell the tale...

I might be interested in a few bits and pieces too ;)

[digger]

looks very straight Inc, that in itself is a good start!

[Hogarthde]

A IH TD 30 that we used in the bush in tassie late 1970's , had a plate riveted to firewall with S M A & numbers stamped in it .

[V8Ian]

Thiess Bros imported Cruisers as Land Rovers were in short supply. From importing the 4x4s for their own use, they started importing Tiaras and Crowns becoming the exclusive Australian Toyota agent.

Thiess Toyota movie (1/3) - YouTube

Thiess Toyota movie (2/3) - YouTube

Thiess Toyota movie (3/3) - YouTube

[Hogarthde]

Thanks Ian, how the dickens do you fellows extract all this material ??

Perhaps i will enlist the bride.... if i can get her away from the carton of excellent red some transient dropped off.

Good to view the 'old' films, ..now back to Inc and his everlasting snowy ..!

[incisor]

well we picked it up today

sadly the thing doesn't have the pto i wanted the car for so i knocked 25% off the price of the thing

113601453

56 model built between aug 55 and july 56

started life in the snowy region then to mt isa then to brisbane for 15 years.

once i get it cleaned up a bit and get the numbers off the thing i should know more :p

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://s659.photobucket.com/user/incisor/media/series%20one%20smhea/DSC_1170_zps86656feb.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://s659.photobucket.com/user/incisor/media/series%20one%20smhea/DSC_1171_zps404e77d3.jpg.html)

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https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://s659.photobucket.com/user/incisor/media/series%20one%20smhea/DSC_1176_zpse3e52fe2.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://s659.photobucket.com/user/incisor/media/series%20one%20smhea/DSC_1177_zps4333c704.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://s659.photobucket.com/user/incisor/media/series%20one%20smhea/DSC_1179_zpseedd99b0.jpg.html)

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[scarry]

Looks very much like the one my brother has,built very similar time.
His has got a bit less rust,a quick buff should sort yours out:D
Yours has the optional left wiper.

Have a look at this,will give you an idea what the original owner paid:o

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/series-i-land-rover-enthusiasts-section/61395-pricing-series-one.html

[Pedro_The_Swift]

is the extended/covered brake light important in some way?
or is it the funny thing under that?
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[incisor]

is the extended/covered brake light important in some way?
or is it the funny thing under that?
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/incisor/series%20one%20smhea/DSC_1177_zps4333c704.jpg


the extended brake light is a lucas L518 and generally called a pork pie and they sell for about $100+

the clear light below is a faded lucas 556 and isn't standard but would have been fitted in the 60's i would imagine (they were usually amber or red and generally used for blinkers)

eg:

AEC ALBION LEYLAND BRISTOL DAIMLER LUCAS L556 LENSES | eBay (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AEC-ALBION-LEYLAND-BRISTOL-DAIMLER-LUCAS-L556-LENSES-/260916051821?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CommercialVe hicleParts_SM&hash=item3cbfceff6d)

[The ho har's]

OHHHH Pedro, we need to train you on series vehicles don't we;)

Mr shh:angel:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

much rather just ride in them;)