Local supply of Jeep spares

[Mike K]

In 1955, the govt. were looking for replacement Jeep fuel tanks. The tanks may have been needed for any type of Jeep - wartime ,CJ or truck, it's not specified.

Iit appears that Dominion Motors, supplied the tanks, but Dominion had, earlier, purchased a number of jeeps from the Disposals Commission .

I've come across a number of cases, where, it seems that, the govt, were buying back Jeep parts from businesses that the govt. had earlier, sold Jeep parts to. Some govt. Departments were using post war built Willys vehicles, so without more information, it's all involving some guesswork.

[Philliphastings]

Hi Mike,

I have a very good locally supplied Jeep fuel tank which was probably One of those referred to in your post.

Nicely made and still useable I plan to fit it in my Ford GPW project.


Cheers

Phill

[Mike K]

OK Phil

That's interesting, if you can manage it , no hurry, take a pic or two of your "aftermarket" jeep fuel tank.

In the 1950s , there were many gazetted contracts for the govt, buying " jeep spares" . So many, that the spares must have been acquired in order to keep the aging wartime era jeep fleet going.

Some of the purchases of Jeep spares were from odd organisations, such as the :

State Electricity Commission of Victoria

AG Healing ( surplus dealers )

Stokoe Motors ( the Willys agents in Victoria )

Loscam ( surplus dealers in Port Melbourne)

PM Stedman & company: NSW

EA Machin & Co: Victoria ( 535 Elizabeth St Melbourne, automotive parts house )

Dominion Motors

Northern Spare parts Co: NSW

Bradley bros Ltd: NSW

WM Haughton & Co Victoria

Dependable Accessories Ltd Victoria ( manufacturers in Collingwood and later Heidelberg )

Brooklands accessories Ltd NSW

Ceelx Pty Ltd Victoria (oil seals)

Roljak Products Co. NSW

[Mike K]

1952 purchase of jeep "canvas hood covers" (whatever that was) , costing was over 1000 pounds , from a QLD business, Geo. Pickers.

The 1950s era Aust. Army Jeep side curtain/door sets were still around when I first joined the VMVC , I had a set. The Jeep mechanic Alby Hammersley , who ran a business in Box Hill, he was making and selling copies of these 1950s pattern curtain/door sets into the 1970s. And, he was also making and selling Jeep tops.

[Mike K]

A big 1954 contract covering many Jeep parts suppliers.

Lorimer contacts : were in Richmond, Victoria, they made auto ignition parts, rotors, points, distributor caps and condensers (better quality than the modern aftermarket crap that's available today)

Gearco engineering NSW , had more than one contract. And may have supplied new T84 components ?

Dominion Motors were the official Willys agents in NSW

[Mike Cecil]

I'm guessing that a proportion of that is spares disposed of to traders at the end of WW2, and now being "repurchased" to keep the small number of jeeps still in service, mobile.

Mike

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

I'm guessing that a proportion of that is spares disposed of to traders at the end of WW2, and now being "repurchased" to keep the small number of jeeps still in service, mobile.

Mike

Yes, I believe that was the case. Looks like, at wars end, there was a bit of a frenzied rush to get rid of the many tons of spare parts. But, later on, the govt. accountants must have realised that they had sold off too much of the spares stock.

But there would also have been the need to replenish the normal wear and tear stuff - perishables. Canvas deteriorates with time and ignition points wear out. Some of us can remember those post-war CMP door side curtains that were around !