[Mike Kelly]

Loved the Townsville rebuild on the run , epic drive write up.

I actually bought ( for $50 ) one of those 1941 1 Tonners back in 1981, it was located at Orange NSW . In very good condition, except somebody had fitted a farmers flat tray . It still had the '1941 Vans GS' stencil on the firewall and DLX KHAKI stamped on the Holden body tag.

My sister was living at nearby Cargo and we flat towed it to her place with my 1946 Dodge ute. I checked over the brakes on the chev before departure and they were in good shape. Despite some slow going in 1st gear on hills we managed to get home .

Had it parked there for many years in the open, later I discovered somebody had towed it around the corner and it had been ratted , both axles removed , it was sitting on blocks looking very sad. The cab didn't have opening frame so I'm guessing it was a very early one. Cab was rust free and almost perfect.