Thread: Found a 1954 Series 1 - now to get it home...

I would leave it there and find another one closer to home. They are not that rare .

I have known of quite a few nice vehicles at a good price, but always too far away ... the cost of transporting them is something like X 2 or 3 times what you paid for the things

Mike

Driving a vehicle that hasn't been driven for years can be problematic and the costs of a car trailer 2 ways across the Bass Strait is quite expensive.

I drove my Gog SIIb from Tassie back to Sydney and almost missed the ferry (on a non-refundable/non-changeable ticket) because of a fuel pump problem after we left the vendors property. On the way back to Sydney we had to adjust the brakes because of a sticking wheel (the cylinder of which failed between Goulburn and Sydney) and couldn't do much over 60KPH because the radiator was 80% blocked. It was 2 days driving for what you can do in 10 hours in an ordinary car.

If you can get the vehicle to a drivable condition, with the lights working and the brakes stopping. I would drive my car and trailer down to Melbourne and park them there (you may even find a friendly AULRO Member willing to keep an eye on it for you), catch the ferry or an aeroplane over to Tassie then get an Unregistered Vehicle Permit for the S1 and drive it onto the Ferry in Devonport. Then load the s1 onto the trailer and drive home with the reliability of your daily driver.

As Mike says (above) the cost of transport is often more than the purchase price of the vehicle, the fuel, transfers, airfare/ferry is going to cost you around $1,000 maybe more. So the vehicle would want to be something special, rare or have some sentimental value to you.

Diana

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I don't know much about it as yet - here's a couple of pictures I got a little while ago. It's one of those "do I, don't I" type things....

There are plenty of similar vehicles on the mainland, so again, unless it has some particular noteworthy history or family sentimentality I would be saving the cost of the trip across the Bass Strait.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

There are plenty of similar vehicles on the mainland, so again, unless it has some particular noteworthy history or family sentimentality I would be saving the cost of the trip across the Bass Strait.

Yeah - I hear you.... It's got no value to me as such, apart from the fact I can take it for free. Thanks for the input.

So on another note, does anyone in NSW want to get rid of an old SWB Series 1 or 2? lol....

Originally Posted by chumpion

Does anyone have any other ideas?

PM sent

Originally Posted by chumpion

Yeah - I hear you.... It's got no value to me as such, apart from the fact I can take it for free. Thanks for the input.

So on another note, does anyone in NSW want to get rid of an old SWB Series 1 or 2? lol....

Hi Chumpion.

PM me if you need a hand to move it or if you want it to go to someone down here that would restore it.

Cheers Arthur

Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

Hi Chumpion.

PM me if you need a hand to move it or if you want it to go to someone down here that would restore it.

Cheers Arthur

PM sent - thanks.

I'll try a few more options before handing it over to you good folks down south. I think the owner would like to see it go to someone that will restore it.