What did I do on my Perentie today???? Well I went out to Grays in Welshpool this morning and picked her up. I am now the proud owner of RFSV ARN 51-745. I put about 70 kms on the clock taking her home. I will have a crack at licensing her tomorrow. All going well I hope to have some new shiny WA plates on her tomorrow afternoon. Maybe I am being too optimistic but you never know your luck. Hopefully not too many issues to rectify for licensing.
Anyway I had a look through all the lockers and found a full set of tools as well as a heap of recovery gear, original jack, air line for the compressor, tyre levers and a heap more bits and pieces including a tire repair kit and about 5 new inner tubes. I will lay it all out and get a couple of photos on the weekend all going well.
One thing that puzzles me though is what I found when I had a good look at the ignition key when I got home. The key for her is attached to a camouflage key wallet with the letters ARN 51-745 written in permanent marker as well as a plastic key label attached with the letters ARN 51-745 and the description Irwin Barracks Karrakatta. It got me thinking though. Why would an RFSV be assigned to a metropolitan location like Irwin Barracks in Karrakatta?
She is in excellent condition and it looks like very little off road work has been done in her but I was under the impression that she was from the Pilbara Regiment until I saw that key label today. The label looks like it is quite old and a bit worn so I don't think it was something that was put together while the vehicle was waiting to be sold by Grays and stored at Karrakatta until the auction took place but I could be wrong. Any knowledge or feedback that could shine some light on the history of ARN 51-745 would be very welcome.
I will post some images of ARN 51-745 hopefully tomorrow.
Regards Warrick.
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex....It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
Albert Einstein.
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