Thread: Now this is one tuff vehicle.....

Originally Posted by Vern

Being a Rosebudian born and bred i thank you for reminding me about that, i vaguely remember army folk down there with m16's (or something) shooting off blanks or something, i remember collecting all these black plastic shells, i'd be guessing late 70's. I'll ring the old lady tomorrow and question her about it all

SLR blank shells.

DL

Originally Posted by DeeJay

Hmm, its about 3 meters deep around Rosebud pier
AFAIK GMC made them.

Oops, thought you said TRUCK not duck.
Isn't it DUKW or something ? not sure what it stands for.
Anyway those old 6X6 Studeys were a brilliant vehicle though I reckon 3 metres is too deep even for them

Deano

Originally Posted by Vern

Being a Rosebudian born and bred i thank you for reminding me about that, i vaguely remember army folk down there with m16's (or something) shooting off blanks or something, i remember collecting all these black plastic shells, i'd be guessing late 70's. I'll ring the old lady tomorrow and question her about it all

Used to do a fair bit of bushwalking back in the 70's. Found a 20 round SLR magazine full of the same plastic rounds once. Near Mt. Hickey which isnt far from Puka.

Deano

Originally Posted by DeanoH

Used to do a fair bit of bushwalking back in the 70's. Found a 20 round SLR magazine full of the same plastic rounds once. Near Mt. Hickey which isnt far from Puka.

Deano

We used to play up there in Green uniforms in the 70's I rolled a trailer off a Landie up there so if you found it near a road

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

already got the plans for a couple of diesel engine conversions that get the paper fuel economy down to that of a toyota landcruiser.

There is or was a factory diesel engine upgrade for the Ferret from Alvis. Jordan was a customer for this in the nineties and perhaps others as well.

Originally Posted by DeeJay

I had a mate in the 70's bought one & was told by Vicroads he would never be able to get it to comply with registration requirements. Well he did!!
Hacked the heck out of it though, no turret, had to put in windscreen & wipers etc etc.
He had deep pockets !! - it went like the clappers too...

There used to be a couple of privately owned and road registered ones getting around Mitcham and Nunawading, Victoria back in the 70's. They had the fire power removed but that was about all. Like Dave said they predate ADR's and of course the 70's predates Vicroads.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

Everyone there at some point had a at some point worn the green for RNSWL.

Everyone except me.

After the war dad had brought a bit of gear of the army.He had a Bedford troop carier truck,complete with canvas cover and bench seats,a Canadian Blitz and a Bren gun carrier.Was brought to set up a business in tree falling and rural fencing. Bren gun carrier was perfect for rural fencing.Had a pile driver mounted of the back.No need for strainers.Hitched wire to Bren gun carier and moved foward a bit. Dad had converted the Blitz to a crane truck,with a simple fixed hight tripod style crane.This could be easly removed and the mid mounted winch could then be used for striaght pulling,either rear ward or through a fiar lead and rollers forwards.Only draw back with the Blitz was it being a petrol motor.It would stall on steep slopes.Dad for what ever reason never did convert it to diesel.In the 70`s dad picked up another Blitz a ford Blitz? It had a side vavle V8 in it.Bedford truck was ideal for working artound the Dandenong ranges.Very low geared.In 1st you pulled out the manual accelerator and walked be side it.
Cheers Hall