[MurrayC]

After many years of sitting forlornly in the corner of the shed and almost a year of repairing and renewing by myself and a couple of mates, my C8 attended its first outing last weekend. It's still not finished and unlicenced so I trailered it to the Old Time Motor Show in Brookton, just east of Perth. It runs well and everything works. The colours are Khaki Green and Sand Yellow and I got the colours matched from modellers' paint The Z number was found under paint on a door and the 46 on red over blue, which was also found under paint, belongs to the Anti-tank Bn of one of the 3 Aust. Infantry Div's in North Aftrica.

I've left the roof off for the time being, it's hard enough squeezing in a 6'3" driver as it is. There's an incredible lack of space in the footwell and how they jammed a sidevalve V8 in the Ford version I don't know.
The spare wheel/toolbox is from a C15, and all I had left of the body was the front frame and the panels on either side of the tailgate. Not having the detail knowledge I've since got from here, and people like Mike Kelly (thanks for all the help Mike), I made it up as best I could. I'll probably redo it sometime in the future.

On the subject of 900x13 tyres, about 18 months ago, I got 4 new Dunlop SandGrips (diamond pattern tread) from Beaurepairs at about $200 each and just 2 months ago, got tubes for them. Both times I was told they didn't exist but, after pushing them to check their computer fully, the counter jumper was surprised to find they 'had some in the wharehouse'. They are still used on some agricultural implements and seem to be replaced only after they run out. The point is they should be urged to check their special or oddsize section.

Murray.