New Home For Old Carrier

colin jones · #1 14-09-07, 03:37

Its 3.15.am, I'm tired from not enough sleep, its cold but im up and dressed. My mate Pete is due any minute so i put the kettle on, went outside and started up my semi for warmup. Quick slash in the grass then back inside for my morning coffee. Pete turns up, promp as usual, thurmus in hand (container of hot water for coffee on the run). Gave the missus a kiss, she said good luck I'll see you tonight. In the truck and we're off on a mission of mercy and recovery. Great time of day to be on the road cause there's bugger all else apart from other trucks.

colin jones · #2 14-09-07, 03:42

We arrive safe and sound and make our way to a little skillion roof style humpy. Covered with secondhand corrugated iron. Still as strong today as it was when it was first built years ago, so we proceeded aroun the front.

colin jones · #3 14-09-07, 03:48

There she is. So i said to her, been waitin' long. she said about 45 years. Check it out, No cuts to any armour, Original motor and box, wheels, tracks and so on.

colin jones · #4 14-09-07, 03:53

Another view. Good to see the mudguards are still there and complete

colin jones · #5 14-09-07, 03:56

Rear stowage boxes taken off to make room for bigger fuel tank. The old 44. and she still sucks petrol from it.

aj.lec · #6 14-09-07, 03:57

great pickup

well worth a early start !

colin jones · #7 14-09-07, 04:13

A sqeeze of petrol down the carby throat, ignition connected, climb in the drivers seat with all the spiders and webbs. Give her a tractor tow for about 20 yards and it happened, just like when they gave power to Frankenstein. "ITS ALIVE". Bang bang cough fart, she was away. the only problem was that there was no spring on the accelerator. Screamed its gutts out, got rid of a heap of carbon, then i lifted the pedal with my foot and drove her on to my truck. Very exciting.

colin jones · #8 14-09-07, 04:16

All chained down. Home james and don't spare the hosepower.

colin jones · #9 14-09-07, 04:30

Back home safe, My 3 year old Alex is very excited cause her dad brought home her new tank.
THE END.
"No not the end but just the beginning"
I will finish my other projects first before i start this one.
Thanks for sharing my trip to the country.
I'll keep you posted when i start.
Colin.

David Ellery · #10 14-09-07, 05:06

Colin, you need to go away on holiday for a while, that way everytime I dial up MLU I wont be presented with another outstanding find in the back blocks of Australia. To top it all of which brought a tear to my eye was that with a bit of gas you then drove it onto the transporter

if that was over this side of the Tassy we'd be loading it on with shovels

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Awesome find

please can we have some internal pics . Cheers David....

colin jones · #11 14-09-07, 06:35

Hi Dave, I thought you would have these things behing every second tree over there

I didn't mean to bring a tear to your eye

Thanks
Colin.

Lynn Eades · #12 14-09-07, 07:22

I'd have put it this way,.....
YOU JAMMY HUA!!!!

colin jones · #13 14-09-07, 07:32

Does that mean congratulations

colin jones · #14 14-09-07, 07:47

Some internals as requested.
Colin.

colin jones · #15 14-09-07, 07:48

front

colin jones · #16 14-09-07, 07:49

back

colin jones · #17 14-09-07, 07:50

engine/side

colin jones · #18 14-09-07, 07:53

engine/top

colin jones · #19 14-09-07, 07:54

still oil on the dip stick

colin jones · #20 14-09-07, 07:55

box and coupling

ron · #21 14-09-07, 07:57

Hi Colin,
Check in the mail, just drop it off at my place when you are passing, if you prefer cash just let me know, great find mate,that used to happen like that 30 years ago, but its rare these days to find them like that.
Well done,
Regards,
Ron,

colin jones · #22 14-09-07, 08:02

here's an unusual one. I'm sure its not standard but it is a proper
44 gallon fuel drum with manufactured filler and outlet.

colin jones · #23 14-09-07, 08:05

Hi Ron, i'm going past tommorrow arvo. Is 50 bucks in cash too much

ron · #24 14-09-07, 08:09

Hi Colin,
Geeeez you strike a hard bargain, $45.95. is all its worth but you will have to throw in a 44 of petrol. Deal?
Ron,

ron · #25 14-09-07, 08:15

Co;in,
They have used the standard carrier filler and outlet,and just soldered them to the 44, I will leave the light on in the shed just stick the old girl in there and drink off the bill,
Ron,

colin jones · #26 14-09-07, 08:28

ron, seems a bit strange. If thats what they did then they even went to the trouble of putting a concave in the drum. When you look close it sure looks manufactured to me. But you could be very well right.
P.S. could i get a reciept. I need to claim everything i can

Colin.

Col Tigwell · #27 14-09-07, 09:02

I suspect what you really have is an Eprom drum.

They had a special liner on them, amd where used by the air force to hold water methonal for the injection system on some of our recip aircraft engines.

If that is the case then the bung is in the right place and would have been there since new.

The give away is the two centre rolled drum to allow drum to be roller without damaging the liner.

When I was in the air force these had a $500 deposit from the supplier.

Regards

Col

colin jones · #28 14-09-07, 09:07

Hi Col, did they have the inlet and outlet on them
regards
Colin.

Plushy · #29 14-09-07, 09:11

Thats one heck of a nice find i am soooo envious !

colin jones · #30 14-09-07, 09:14

Hi plushy, there's probably one in your neighbours shed somewhere.
Colin