Thread: Army vehicle disposal

If an auction vehicle has no logbook or service history (confirmed with Gray's none supplied), is there any way of retrieving service info etc, from ADF? Is there a central service database, or is the info lost forever?

Also, some logbooks are in terrible condition (unreadable). Same question applies ...

Thanks for any info.

Originally Posted by DBT

If an auction vehicle has no logbook or service history (confirmed with Gray's none supplied), is there any way of retrieving service info etc, from ADF? Is there a central service database, or is the info lost forever?

Also, some logbooks are in terrible condition (unreadable). Same question applies ...

Thanks for any info.

There is no such service.

I doubt that the records are totally lost it is just a matter of having access to someone inside the system that can access the vehicles history on-line.

yes, there is, you just have to know how to get onto it or know someone who can get onto it and hope that the vehicle you are interested in hasnt had its details archived off and deleted.

Thanks for the advice guys.

Will be bidding for an FFR this auction. I have 5 on my watch list. Only 2 have readable paperwork.

But based on crawling over these ones, they are the ones I feel comfortable about.

Thanks again!

I'd be looking out for what you can see, the condition of the firewall and the rest of the body work. Of the 20 or so I had a look at 3 had rust holes in the firewall and most of the others had repairs where the edges of the repair were rusty. Many of the firewalls above the bonnet line had rust or poor repairs out at the sides under the windscreen. The GM120 will tell you about major repairs done while in service like gearbox changes, or oil seal changes, it will not tell you what the auctioneer has done to tart up the vehicle for the auction.

One vehicle I looked at appeared to be a body sitting on a new galvanised chassis with fasteners that still had their sheen. Most engines had been sprayed with a coat of black enamel but had been sprayed over poorly prepared/cleaned metal and already had flaking paint. The undersides were recently pressure washed without the usual coating of oil.

Generally the vehicles have been tarted up much like they would be on a secondhand car yard, but they can't get around the fact that some have very holey tarps that will need replacement.

Get the most complete vehicle with minimal work to get a roadworthy unless you are prepared to do some refurbishment for a vehicle you plan to keep for a long time. The history maybe interesting but what can you tell about a vehicle that has had three gearboxes. The best bit of info you might get from the maintenance history is when the last major repair was done that might explain why the odometer only shows less than 10,000km when the last repair was at 130k km.

Good luck to bidders.

Originally Posted by slug_burner

The undersides were recently pressure washed without the usual coating of oil.

Hmm. I think they sprayed oil on the topside of one I looked at. I sat in the tub for a minute and got covered in grease from a thin film of it all through the tub.

My dilemma on final bid selection comes down to picking between units that have all their bits (incl. some very new bits), but felt & looked "tired" particularly in the cabin, instruments and trim. Vs one or 2 that felt tight / fresh, (eg all switches working!) but missing things like back seats, antenna mounts, spare wheels, batteries, interior lighting, etc.

Either way, they all need some TLC of some kind. But that's all part of the experience.

(Ps. Rust and oil leaks also considered in above)

Melbourne auction:

Code:

Vehicle		Sale price	+ buyer prem +gst	URL
Unimog crane	$37,009	$43,152	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0001-3005648/
6x6		$16,109	$18,783	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0002-3005648/
6x6		$18,209	$21,232	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0003-3005648/
110 Wagon	$16,509	$19,249	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0004-3005648/
110 FFR		$6,209	$7,240	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0005-3005648/
110 FFR		$6,109	$7,123	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0006-3005648/
110 FFR		$6,209	$7,240	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0007-3005648/
110 FFR		$7,309	$8,522	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0008-3005648/
110 FFR		$9,209	$10,738	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0009-3005648/
110 FFR		$7,409	$8,639	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0010-3005648/
110 FFR		$6,309	$7,356	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0011-3005648/
110 Cargo	$5,809	$6,773	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0012-3005648/
110 Cargo	$8,009	$9,338	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0013-3005648/
110 Cargo	$6,609	$7,706	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0014-3005648/
110 Cargo	$8,409	$9,805	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0015-3005648/
110 Cargo	$5,709	$6,657	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0016-3005648/
110 Cargo	$5,609	$6,540	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0017-3005648/
110 Cargo	$5,009	$5,840	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0018-3005648/
110 Cargo	$5,909	$6,890	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0019-3005648/
110 Cargo	$8,009	$9,338	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0020-3005648/
110 Cargo	$7,309	$8,522	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0021-3005648/
110 Cargo	$8,009	$9,338	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0022-3005648/
110 Cargo	$7,109	$8,289	http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0023-3005648/

Thanks for listing those prices. You're a legend Judo!

No collapse in the prices then, generally speaking.