Australian International K5

[Tony Wheeler]

G'day Matt and welcome to MLU and the wonderful world of MV collection/restoration! Well done on saving the Inter, a very worthy project indeed. Look forward to seeing it at Corowa next year!

There was another one on ebay a while back, can't remember where it was but it may be the one near you. I've seen a few in my travels so I'll dig up some pics for interest.

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[Tony Wheeler]

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[lynx42]

Hi Matt,

Welcome to MLU. I see you have also put out a call on the HCVC site. so you will certainly get plenty of info from both.

http://www.hcvc.com.au/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1380883201

There are a couple of these K5's in our area. One has the bull fronted stakeside tray made by GMH.

Try this site for info on IHC. http://museumvictoria.com.au/collect...-ih-collection

Good luck with the resto. Should be pretty straight forward as you have a great start.

Regards Rick.

[Matt Austin]

Thank very much, folks, your responses are appreciated.

Howard, I will be at the Junee swap meet, so I'll get in touch beforehand so I can say g'day. The Inter at Harefield sounds interesting.

There seem to be a few MVs around the Riverina, and I'm interested to learn that there are more collectors around here than I thought. A bloke told me of a wartime Chev truck a little north from here, but I didn't hear back from him. Mike, funny how these things can be just down the road. Looks like I'm too late to find out about the Marrar collection. A local friend of mine has the Fargo in the picture; it belonged to his grandfather, and my friend painted it with blue housepaint as a ten year-old. He has recovered it to restore, and the wheels are purely to get it on and off the trailer.

Tony, the truck in your pics could be from the same batch. It looks like someone is doing it up. So, there may be a few of them out there in preservation? Richard, it's certainly unusual, and I hope to learn a good bit along the way. Rick, the HCVC people have been very helpful, as your link shows. Bob, the Bedford doesn't have the same appeal as the Inter, but I probably wouldn't have been interested in a more modern civillian vehicle!

So thanks again; the fun continues!

Cheers,
Matt

[John Mackie]

Welcome to MLU Mat, I noticed yesterday that the truck was "missing". I often drive past the site and have admired your truck. The baby quin is still a bit further up the hill!
i went to junee swap last year and have had a stand at coota swapfor many years
Good luck with the restoration, hope to see you and the truck at Corowa.

[Matt Austin]

Thanks John.

Ah, so that's what the four-wheeled trailer is? I noticed that it had military split hubs, very similar to the ones on the K5, but didn't know what to call it to search online.

Here's hoping I'll meet you and the other Aussie MLUers at Corowa.

Cheers,
Matt

[Mike K]

Matt

The AWM has these pics. BTW you should do a swap with a Austin owner

BTW I owned one of those Dodge Fargo utes for years as my everyday car , it was in original cond, unrestored , it was a reliable vehicle , never broke down on long trips Mike