Clearing Sale

[roversmith]

Wife and I went to a sale yesterday. The farm has been in the same family since 1890, and must have decided it was time for a clean out.

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Prices were interesting. 1928 chev $10.500 1955 Kombi, might pay to sit down if you have one. $18.000 white one was full of parts, only made $2.500. All prices plus GST.

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Yours for a mere $22500

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Poor old series ones let the sale down, 1952 only made $360 while the 1957 generated $1650. The 80 had mud guards, sorry wings that I have not come across

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This could be the ultimate garden ornament, 1929 Sunshine Auto Header $10500. Mad Max would be proud.

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What did we buy, coffee and hamburgers sorry to say.

[Blknight.aus]

might just be me but that lanz looks like it was sitll a working tractor... as in in use not as in running

[Slunnie]

Some really interesting stuff in the sale there. Looks like the collectors were all out on that day!

It does look like it was a drought inspired sale though judging by the pics.

[slug_burner]

$360 for an 80 in sounds very good. Not surprised about the early combi, I had heard they were a sought after item.

[roversmith]

They had three bulldogs at the sale, two fired up one had not ran for 30 years , unfortunately the KL model that was made in Oz just after the war was seized. Made $10000 any way.

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Your right regarding the drought, looks a bit grim .

[JDNSW]

Where was the sale? Looks as if it was a very interesting day, even if you did not buy anything.

The self propelled header is probably the first such model ever made (anywhere) - Sunshine were the first to do this, and it was about then.

John

[roversmith]

John you are correct, this would have to be one of the first auto headers produced. Cant help but wonder how these blokes got on going from horse drawn gear to this. Sale was over two days, hundreds of items and yes I went both days.It was a bit like going back in time

cheers Greg

[Sprint]

i'm gonna have to send those pix around the traps...... i know a few guys who would sell thier families into slavery for the bulldogs and that auto header

[Bigbjorn]

God! We used to have a Lanz Bulldog converted into a yard crane. No-one who worked with them or on them would pay one cent for one of the bloody things. I remember taking the oxy torch to the vaporisation chamber on many occasions in winter in Winton to get it started. My opinion of them is that they were one of those pieces of equipment that sold when there was little or no alternative in the days of shortages and rationing.

As far as paying $10,500 for a mass produced & unrestored light truck of no great technical merit, that is palin stupidity. It will cost at least that to restore it and it will be worth no more when restored. Try to sell a restored pre-war mass produced car and see how you get on. Been there, done that.

[roversmith]

Brian I tend to agree but the VW at just on $20.000 with gst makes the old chev look like a good buy. Wish I took more photo's the rugby sedan and vauxhall ute, looked like they just needed a dust off and some petrol.The 80 was a bit rough, should have had a couple more bids. engine number started with 47/xxxxxxxx possibly was a 1600.I have never seen the spot welded one piece wings that this one had, blokes turning into a rivet counter.

Greg

[Bigbjorn]

I did not even consider the Kombi as a proposition at any price. Rubbish new = rubbish now.

[dandlandyman]

Wow! That 80" should've fetched a lot more than the '57. Oh, for want of a full wallet and a bigger shed...
Those guards piqued my interest. I seem to remember someone telling me that the spot-welded guards were discontinued in about 1949/50 because owners found they were too hard to fix or replace when dented. Maybe a Series 1 afficianado can help?
I'd have gladly paid lots more for that 80". Drool, drool.

[FenianEel]

God! We used to have a Lanz Bulldog converted into a yard crane. No-one who worked with them or on them would pay one cent for one of the bloody things. I remember taking the oxy torch to the vaporisation chamber on many occasions in winter in Winton to get it started. My opinion of them is that they were one of those pieces of equipment that sold when there was little or no alternative in the days of shortages and rationing.

As far as paying $10,500 for a mass produced & unrestored light truck of no great technical merit, that is palin stupidity. It will cost at least that to restore it and it will be worth no more when restored. Try to sell a restored pre-war mass produced car and see how you get on. Been there, done that.

Brian,

Paragraphs and spacing, what's going on? :D

[loanrangie]

God! We used to have a Lanz Bulldog converted into a yard crane. No-one who worked with them or on them would pay one cent for one of the bloody things. I remember taking the oxy torch to the vaporisation chamber on many occasions in winter in Winton to get it started. My opinion of them is that they were one of those pieces of equipment that sold when there was little or no alternative in the days of shortages and rationing.

As far as paying $10,500 for a mass produced & unrestored light truck of no great technical merit, that is palin stupidity. It will cost at least that to restore it and it will be worth no more when restored. Try to sell a restored pre-war mass produced car and see how you get on. Been there, done that.

Have to agree with you on the chev, i wouldnt pay more than 2k even if it was complete, $10,500 is ludacris when a fully restored running car is only 15-20k. Years ago my dad put an add in the weekly times wanting a vintage car to restore and we got hundreds of replies from farmers all over the country with cars in their sheds that had been there for 40-50 years.

[PAT303]

So what is a resto Kombi worth?I wouldn't pay that after it's finished and on the road.That family are no doubt still laughing. Pat

[roversmith]

Article in Horsham paper regarding this sale.

Looks like you have to be fairly committed in this collecting game. The loosing bider on the kombi came all the way from Perth with tandem and missed it, be an awfully long drive home.

Two of the bulldogs went to Tassie, same story. Bloke came over in a tray truck with a plant trailer on the back.That would add about three grand to the bill. Reported to have thirty two in his collection.

Story going around that an early kombi made seventy thousand in the U.S recently, the fella in the bigpond add is sitting on a fortune.

the sunshine header went to a museum at Qambatook, would be a very rare beast and all Aussie as well.https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/05/400.jpg

The machine in the back ground of the next photo is an early version of a header, called a stripper cost $400. the one in the pink jacket, still paying but if she reads this I meant priceless.https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/05/401.jpg

Greg

(Need a bigger slush fund)

[Lotz-A-Landies]

$360 for the 1952 - the 1952 & 53 are the least popular of all the Series 1's. They are not the "Holy Grail" really early and rare 1948s or the really functional 86" models.

The spot welded front mudguards on the 52/53 were thinner than the earlier and later guards and a failed modification. They went back to the 2 piece guards with the next major model the 86" and 107".

Then there is the engine, the Siamese bore 1997 cc had issues with blown head gaskets between cyls 1-2 and 3-4 so a reliability problem

Probably about the right price when you consider the cost of getting it back to an enthusiasts home in civilisation.

Diana

[roversmith]

Thanks Diana, I new someone would have seen these guards before. The other question was if it was the original engine. wasnt fitted just shoved under the bonnet started with 47/xxxxxx.

Greg

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Thanks Diana, I new someone would have seen these guards before. The other question was if it was the original engine. wasnt fitted just shoved under the bonnet started with 47/xxxxxx.

Greg
Greg

Am I to understand that it was you who bought the 1952????

Regarding the engine number, a 47****** number is also a 1997 cc IOE Siamese bore however it is from a 1954 86" or 107" but otherwise the same animal.

Could that have been from the hard top at the same sale?

Diana

[RonMcGr]

Wow, talk about high prices!
We had a Lanz Bulldog like that on our farm, ran like a noisey clock and went for a few hundred.

The motorized harvester is indeed rare.

[Bigbjorn]

Brian,

Paragraphs and spacing, what's going on? :D

Literacy, spelling, and grammar are some of the benefits of a good protestant private school education.

Marching season soon. I must spruce up my bowler and sash.

[JDNSW]

Literacy, spelling, and grammar are some of the benefits of a good protestant private school education.

Marching season soon. I must spruce up my bowler and sash.

Now, Now, you two, take it outside! Or even better, back to the northern hemisphere.

John

[FenianEel]

Literacy, spelling, and grammar are some of the benefits of a good protestant private school education.

Marching season soon. I must spruce up my bowler and sash.

:twobeers::Rolling:
That's actually pretty funny stuff Brian. ;)

[Rayngie]

Kombi's are going for big $$, especially splitty's, you would be hard pushed to find a restored split for under 35k, Classic Throttle Shop in North Sydney has an unrestored ex PMG split for 42k..and that needs work, reletively minor though.

[Bigbjorn]

Now, Now, you two, take it outside! Or even better, back to the northern hemisphere.

John

Why should we let them have all the fun?

[PAT303]

It's funny how old crap gets recycled and you must be ''seen'' in the latest fad.Has anyone seen the prices on mini mokes?,unreal. Pat