Peek-a-Boo

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

If you go down in the woods today you are in for a big surprise



Peek-a-Boo



I C U



I C U better



Leaf me alone

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Exposed

Okay ... now tell us the rest of the story please, Oh Master Bob-man?



You people are all very bad for me ... I'm getting to like these old green and brown things on tracks too much. They ain't in me wee bittie budget I guess I;'ll have to be content with free rides in them now and then

Carrier-less Kartmann hitchin' a ride (though not on the above one as yet)

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Let’s try loading this way



No we’ll try this way



Now don't interupt young Miss Kartmann, sit there nicely with your arms folded and let Teacher Bob continue.

No what about this way?



Whoops, bugger

(Sorry Miss Kartmann)



Gotcha

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

On the road again



Hmmm a bit heavy

(BTW young Miss Kartmann, the road in the last post is the one we will take to Corowa)



Not so heavy now



In the new home



Another view

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

This was a bonus. Whilst waiting for the truck I explored the surrounding vegetation and came across a small scrap pile. As Peek-a-Boo was missing the offside (right hand driver’s side for you foreigners) front mud guard I was still hoping to find it. And guess what; there it was in the scrap pile. But then, when I looked at it, lo and behold, the maker’s plate was still attached. You can imagine how I felt, orgasmic.

Data - 1941 South Australian Railways manufactured LP 2A with Hull Number of 1653. I believe a series of these SAR Carriers started out as LP 2s as the “A” is stamped instead of being cast. I have heard various viewpoints but have still to obtain a definitive answer.

This Carrier was spotted by one of my scouts and as you can see by the date stamp of April 2005 I have been sitting on this in secrecy since then.

She looks better than what she is. Very rusted out, useless wheels, bogies and tracks, but at least recovered.

I am in the middle of another recovery operation at this time and will post results and a grandiose scheme on that completion. Stay tuned to the channel.

Bob

Originally posted by Bob Moseley
On the road again

And you expect me to ride with you when you're driving on the wrong side of the road? Tsk tsk ... silly man

Bob ... those photos of the recovery are great! Will you also be doing a chronological series of restoring it too?

And yes, am still really interested to hear all about how this carrier was spotted so will watch this thread for sure

Kartmann ends her interrupting ... for now ...

Wow. Great story ... which you were writing while I was yapping in the background asking for "story please" ...

Congrats on your lucky treasure hunt and getting it home!

Kartmann

[ron]

Hello Bob,
What a nice find well done mate, good to see that it has been saved, do you have plans to restore the old girl? I realise that there is a lot to be done,but it is always the challenge that makes it all worth while

Regards,
Ron,

[Keith Webb]

Good one, Bob

Looks like Moseley Manor is it's new home too.

So what's the new recovery project then?

[Ryan]

Great story! Always exciting to see new 'finds'.

[Phil Waterman]

Given Australia’s notoriety for poisonous critters what do you guys do when you go pulling stuff out of the brush. Up here in the northern hemisphere we just wait till the dead of winter.

But isn’t this the dream of every collector to find a rare vehicle hidden away in the brush, or better yet some forgotten garage.

[Bob Carriere]

........ with good pictures to illustrate for those of us challenged with printed words.


The only thing lacking was two feet of snow and -25C....


Thanks for sharing the adventure.

Boob

[Rob Dyba]

Nice find Bob, the triange of steel at the front underneath that can be seen when it's up in the air, is that a standard part???? I have not seen that on any carrier that I can remember, looks like a deflector for the exhaust pipes further down the hull???

Rob

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi Rob
The next few posts are in answer to your enquiry. As far as I can remember this configuration was also underneath our Museum's Carrier which was also an SAR. We need owners of other state's Carriers to have a look.
Bob



More detail



This is where the triangular section meets the exhaust brackets.

[4bee]

Hi Bob.
That really is a wonderful discovery & to think all these years has only been just up the road from here awaiting your arrival. It all fits now.

Slightly, well quite a bit OT actually. It must be something in the air around here I think.

For many years near that location there were a pair (maybe there were 4) of 6' cast steel wheels, thought to be from the days of the Bullock Waggons & used for carting the big Stringybark tree trunks.
The disappeared within the last 4 years I reckon.

Also, not 1/2 (or should that be .5 ) kilometres away, a 1912 Hornsby 12 HP Hot Bulb Stationary Engine was unearthed & recovered from a pile of Blackberry bushes & restored back to near original by me.

This had the Flyball Governor & a 5' cast flywheel.

I have recovered a 6" piston water pump (10' long) that was going to be pushed into a hole & it makes one wonder what else may have been lost forever from around here.
A 1/2 dozen WW2 Scout Cars spring to mind here. Wonder where they went?

[Tony Smith]

No rubber on the bogie wheels and not a skerrick of paint on it - Could this have been through a scrub fire or two over the years? If so watch out for accelerated rust and prep the paint VERY well. The type of bush there doesn't look like it's native, so it might have not been through fire perhaps?

[4bee]

I'm sure this area was affected by the 1983 Ash Wednesday Bushfires.
Most of the Adelaide Hills were, around here, even the Market Gardens, when growing Lettuces were bursting into flames in the middle of the gardens.

[ron]

I well remember seeing Matilda tanks complete with turrets out at Gepps Cross in the early 70s, also cut down carriers out at Virginia on the market gardens bordering Buckland park where I hunted Fallow deer,that was a big station22.000 acres running down to within 15 miles of Adelaide, its still possable that on those old market gardens there may still be some bits and pieces
Regards,
Ron.

[phoenix]

Nice find!! I've got a similar carrier plate somewhere at home, i'll have to find it, take a photo and post it up.

[4bee]

I well remember seeing Matilda tanks complete with turrets out at Gepps Cross in the early 70s,

...........& not so many years ago, Ron, there were a few orange painted ( weathered primer?) over the SA/Vic Border at Murrayville/Cowangie?? which we would see on our way to SE Queensland. Right on the Mallee Highway.
May still be there for all I know, as we haven't been that way for a couple of years.

[Rob Dyba]

Now that would also be a good find, I need the rear end of a Scout car.......

Thanks for the additional Piccs Bob, just when I thought I could slide out from under the carrier covered in weld slag for the last time.......... more bitz to make.......... Sometimes it feels I started with a diff & copied the rest from there...........

Rob

[phoenix]

here is the LP-2A plate that I have.

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Richard
That plate is interesting. Information I have on my Carrier database from research conducted by Ian Hall many years ago is as follows;

Uptons Engineering in Corowa NSW (Dec 1992) - Hall D/base 1942 SAR LP2A poor.

I'm not sure why Ian recorded it as a 1942 Carrier. How did you come by the plate and where is #1584 now.

Tony - yes my Carrier has been through a couple of fires at least and yes the rust is certainly accelerating.

Bob

[Poppy's Carrier]

Gday bob

I have just checked under my SAR carrier and sure enough you can see where the steel for those exhaust deflectors was welded on , when my carrier was pulled up the tilt tray when it was recovered there was a piece of bent steel left on the ground i can only guess that it was one of those deflectors if that is what they are.

I have also just checked the underside of my new hull VR3860 and there is no sign of these attachments ever being welded so it may very well only be common to sar carriers

All the best with your latest aquisition a bloddy good find.

cheers matt

[phoenix]

Bob, I can't actually remember how I came to have the plate, I think it was given to me by a friend a while ago who was in the RAAF, so it could have come from ANYWHERE!!!

It still has reminants of 2 colours of paint on it as well, although un untill I looked at it the other day I just thought it was varnish or something odd

[Luke R]

Bit of a thread revival, But what happened to this carrier in the end? was it restored, parted out, scrapped, etc?

Cheers Luke.