Thread: Gosford Car Museum closure

Yes, these conversions were only two wheel drive. From memory, they do not have a parking brake, making registration problematic.

That could possibly be one of the military ceremonial vehicles used for funerals of high ranking officers aka.state funerals I think about 5 were built.

cheers

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Yes, these conversions were only two wheel drive. From memory, they do not have a parking brake, making registration problematic.

Had a disc on the front of the rear diff for parking - photo of same on remlr.com.

It seems like most vehicles were never used.

Other info from remlr.com site as follows:

The vehicles were also given registrations 01 upwards. It has been suggested that the army had a budget of $800,000 for 15 cars. Around $57000 was spent on each vehicle, almost everything was changed at the time. However the accuracy of that statement has yet to be proven.

The Army Museum Bandiana has retained one example of these specialist vehicles in excellent condition. It is also vehicle 01, however it was originally registered as 29-258.

Other examples are in private hands, with units in Tasmania, Victoria and NSW having been seen for sale at various times. The unit that appeared for sale on E-bay in victoria was supposedly unit 9 of 14. That unit's original registration was 28-788.

Information recieved in 2010 from a RAEME WO1 who was involved in the project adds this information to what we already know.

There were 15 made, numbered 1 to 16. The number 13 was not used.
No 1 to 3 were the best in terms of build quality.
The contract was for holden blue motor, but were delivered with red motor painted black.
Defence paid for additional modification for emission standards - blue motor manifold and carby.
Gearbox was 3 speed trimatic
T-bar shifter and console was from a Ford Escort.
Handbrake - disk was off a motorbike (could not recall model)
It had a rev limiter (could not recall limit)
Tail shaft was shortened.
They were withdrawn from service prior to issue / use.
Stored as Broadmeadows logistic Battalion prior to auction.

Originally Posted by UncleHo

That could possibly be one of the military ceremonial vehicles used for funerals of high ranking officers aka.state funerals I think about 5 were built.

cheers

UncleHo, it shows the history if you scroll down the page at the link. Cheers.