Thread: Clearing Sale

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.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

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,

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Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

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.

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

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.

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.

Greg

(Need a bigger slush fund)

$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

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

Originally Posted by 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

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