Australian Army F250's

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Brett Nicholls

Its an Ex-Australian army F250. Still has the data delivery plate on it and I also found the conversion plate for the dual fuel. It appears that the vehicle was fitted while in service with LPG.

Great buy and very interesting to see an military vehicle fitted with a dual fuel system. A hybrid in a sense, many years before today's hype.

I do know LPG is - or was? - popular in Australia, as it used to in the Netherlands. I have owned and driven many vehicles fitted with LPG systems (including an air-cooled VW Beetle), and always liked the fact that LPG burns much cleaner than petrol. Pity to see LPG no longer seems to fit in today's environmental thinking, even though it is a much cleaner fuel than petrol (let alone diesel).

Anyway, I should not distract from your thread. I wish you a speedy recommissioning and many miles of happy motoring!

Hanno

[Brett Nicholls]

Hi Hanno,
Great to hear from you and thank you. I agree with you - LPG is a good fuel source and I think people have been discouraged by misinformation. This is my second dual fuel vehicle the first being a truck. I found the power only marginally less and the advantages out weighing it.

It is interesting that another government department did the fitting of the LPG and not the Army. What I don't understand is why it was done given the defence force are not (really) limited by fuel.

I would like to see LPG make a come-back and totally agree it is far cleaner and much more enviro friendly not to mention the $$ savings.

Again - great to hear from you and never a problem -there's no distraction

Thanks & Regards,

[Brett Nicholls]

Hi Ken,
Sorry missed you reply last night. Interesting info about the D400's. I think you are right about the Gloss olive. I had several batches of the 342-1166 mixed and doesn't come close in gloss yet the tin of Lustureless does which confused me and the paint shop. I will have a look for the F196 paint code when the shop opens again.

I found the Falcon ute of the same era appears to be the same colour which makes logic. I wonder if the F stands for a fleet code?.

My vehicle has the standard spec Falcon 250 crossflow 4.1ltr motor which is adequate but I haven't tried it on gas yet which might be a let down.

Thanks again,