Thread: Army vehicle disposal

Thanks for your feedback. I am looking at it as a replacement for my current miltary vehicles - Ferret Mk 1/2 and S2A FFR.

I am getting too old to do maintenance in the confined space of the Ferret let alone cope with the weight of armour and I thought the Perentie FFR may be a better ride than the S2A.

On the other hand I have had a new top made for the S2A and ex-RAAF Track Trailer, spent money getting it up to scratch mechanically/electrically (including new wiring loom) and fully roadworthy so not sure about moving it on.

I will probably move the Ferret on, keep the S2A and see what happens over the coming months.

Howard

Originally Posted by Barefoot Dave

Howard, with around 3000 Perenties delivered to the ADF, there are LLLOOTTSS more to come!
I don't know your motivation for purchasing, but if you are just looking for a capable bush vehicle, save~$10 000 and go private! I am.
I hope this helps.
BDave

Originally Posted by minibloodhound

When I was in the police I used to come across this quite a bit with some of the young blokes who bought "ex-chasers"! Except for a small batch of VKs that were modified by Holden, the only thing the police did was take the hubcaps off!
There were so many blokes that refused to believe us though.

Its a bit more than that, the parts list and what is done to the BT1/9C1 Commodores is enough to warrant a supplement for the factory workshop manual.....

Depending on the model, examples of the modifications are:
Remapped ECU
Modified auto trans shifter
Different/larger brake pads
Thicker/heavier rated steel wheels with unique wheel nuts and centre caps
Uprated alternator
Auxiliary power harness & fusebox
Dual batteries
VE's are wired up with a piggyback headlight harness to add wigwag functionality to the headlights and taillights
Interior light kill switch
RF management (earth straps, etc)
Calibrated, more finely segmented and suppressed instrument clusters (VT-VX instrument clusters and possibly others have a habit of the speedo rising to 5-10km/h in park/neutral when you rev them hard, an issue that was "fixed" with the police clusters in interests of accuracy)

Not really a whole lot of fun stuff, mostly in the interests of adapting the vehicle to the end users unique requirements, the big appeal for the BT1/9C1 Commodores up untill around the VT era was that they were to all intents and purposes an SS Commodore with executive badges, down to the SS embroidery on the seats and SS badge on the dash, which made insurance a LOT cheaper for the younger male drivers who wanted them....

The garden variety general duties cars generally arent too special in terms of performance, but I've seen three VE Omega police cars, one an in service striped up general duties car, and two pensioned off into private ownership (both detectives/unmarked cars) that were fitted with the higher output SV6 spec engine....

And yes, I know I need to get a life.....

Apparently Car Yards think the army Land Rovers are gold plated....

1989 Land Rover 110 County - carsales.com.au

I know I have paid too much for foolish items in the past.... but really?

I guess there is a demand somewhere.....

Originally Posted by kreecha

Apparently Car Yards think the army Land Rovers are gold plated....

1989 Land Rover 110 County - carsales.com.au

I know I have paid too much for foolish items in the past.... but really?

I guess there is a demand somewhere.....

Problem is they paid too much for them in the first place and are trying to make a profit, I'd be very surprised if it sold, unless someone really wants one and doesn't know about the auctions.

Originally Posted by MR LR jnr.

Problem is they paid too much for them in the first place and are trying to make a profit, I'd be very surprised if it sold, unless someone really wants one and doesn't know about the auctions.

Cousins in Brisbane bought most of them in the first auction. The kilometres they are supposed to have travelled according to the odometers are also rubbish. Grey's auctions had a disclaimer regarding the odometer quotes, but Cousins seems to have omitted this.

Originally Posted by brikel

Cousins in Brisbane bought most of them in the first auction. The kilometres they are supposed to have travelled according to the odometers are also rubbish. Grey's auctions had a disclaimer regarding the odometer quotes, but Cousins seems to have omitted this.

How so?
I am planning to buy one at auction and would like to know what grounds that comment has

Cheers
Will

Army landies will almost always have less K,s than civvy one of the same age that will change as they are taken on long trips, but there has been talk that the Odo have been reset at rebuild so it may reflect klm since then not over the life of the truck

Originally Posted by MR LR jnr.

How so?
I am planning to buy one at auction and would like to know what grounds that comment has

Cheers
Will

They have all been through the parts pool at least once, so the odo is not necessarily original fitment to that vehicle. And even if it was, the rest of the vehicle might not be original fitment to that odo...