Thread: rotting Skippy

there's a nice trailer in the background also, and an ambo in one of his other pics, possibly on the same proberty

And a very straight Dodge as well. I's take them all if I thought I'd survive.

Check the pier photos, he's got some good work.

And the wrecking yard with the truck with a Cooma name on the side. Looks as if he's from somewhere down in the high country.

Peter

Hey Phonix or Rusty have a look at whats poking through the grass about 5m behind the landie. Look just above the left guard.

Looks like what you have on remlr???

http://www.remlr.com/photos/lcam/har...ms_220x165.jpg



Easo

Good to see p38arover is on the job and correcting the "it's a jeep" "no it's a landcruiser" experts!!

One comment, good work ron.

What a mouth full

Looks like the A497 Landcruiser training vehicle that was stationed at Laverton Airbase from May 11th 1953 to May 13th 1953 (left at about 4.15pm) and bought buy the Hughes Bros. who had a scrap yard just off Sydney Road in Coburg until first one, and then the other brothers died and then their son took the lot up around Kyabram and then stored them there from the mid 70's through until late 2009 when they auction off around 1105 lots, which mind you the auctioneer went through straight without so much as a cup of tea, of which this was one of them. I think the A497A, which was the trailer was lot 417 whereas the vehicle itself went off at lot 822 which itself I found quite odd. Oddly lot 416 was the altimeter out of a Spitfire trainer that was based out of Tocumwal during WWII which just goes to show the diversity of not only the Hughes Bros purchasing habits after the second world war but also the diversity of items for auction at the Kyabram auction. This very diversity brought in buyer from all over the place looking to find hard to buy genuine parts as most of the planes of WWII were sold only under the condition of them being scrapped that was of course until they made an amendment to the sale clause which allowed the planes to be sold under the condition that they were only used as static display. It really wasn't until the Avalon base decided it would start to rebuild... oops I think my wife just called me for lunch

Originally Posted by NiteMare

someone found this link and posted it on the Series2 Forum

Jeepers Creepers | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

i guess i'd better post it here in the hope someone can save it or salvage it for parts to help complete thiers, if no one wants it can you club together and send me all the front panels complete and the brushguard please that would put mine well on the road to restored

The vehicle is not a skippy as it's still in Oz (not NZ). I seem to remember a thread on this property some years ago and the owner was not interested in selling. AFAIK there is also a SIIa fire engine on the same property.