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As well as being practical they'd also be much quieter and less draughty with the coachbuilt cab. The one in Rod Diery's pic is in amazingly good condition. The ones I saw in the '70s were already badly rotted.
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Having received directions from Mike I took a drive out to Terry Hall's scrapyard in Whittlesea, where to my great surprise and pleasure I discovered this FGT9 wreck had somehow managed to escape the crusher. It now rests safe and sound in my backyard awaiting some long overdue TLC.
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It took a bit of manouevering but finally it went through the gate to join its stablemates, safe at last after languishing for years under a pile of twisted metal in a scrapyard. In the shed are two FGT8 wrecks, with a third arriving in the next few weeks.
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Keith sent me this inspirational image of the future....my very own FGT9 in the driveway!
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From Keith's oldCMP site, some pics of this FGT taken in 2004.
Keith, you may want to update the caption: "This is a vehicle in the final stage of it's life, about to be scrapped." ![]() Although I must admit there's not a hell of a lot to salvaged from it!
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As Keith also notes, "This is a sister truck to the one in a wartime image taken at Kairi in Queensland."
I wonder if it was in the same Regiment....
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Yes Keith mentioned the side steps went on your CGT9. I find it amazing they survived intact on such a beat up sawmill wreck.
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