Do not watch this

Keith Webb · #1 20-05-13, 00:01

These videos were shared with me by a friend who has been able to save some of the vehicles at this site, including a couple of Ford CMPs, the Humber and Wiles cookers.
He was also able to save numerous parts from the vehicles you see being destroyed. Everything here was extremely rusty and, well... you can't save them all.

WARNING: These are very painful to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJdnD...yer_detailpage

Keith Webb · #2 20-05-13, 00:38

Another C60L at the start of it's journey to China.

Same warning applies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lesmj...yer_detailpage

Keith Webb · #3 20-05-13, 00:39

A very rusty C60S tipper gets the treatment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIZam...yer_detailpage

Mike Cecil · #4 20-05-13, 01:44

Hmmm.... the practice of burning the remains/tyres is a definite no-no!!!! Must have been in the bush somewhere.....

Glad to hear some were saved for restorers, anyway.

Mike C

jack neville · #5 20-05-13, 03:14

The awesome power of machinery. And that is not a big one.

Richard Coutts-Smith · #6 20-05-13, 09:08

Don't think the owner of the Humber will be too impressed.

hrpearce · #7 20-05-13, 09:25

Why is it that when you are told not to do something you go ahead and do it?

Now I will probably cry myself to sleep tonight

Keith Webb · #8 20-05-13, 09:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by hrpearce

Why is it that when you are told not to do something you go ahead and do it?

Now I will probably cry myself to sleep tonight

Well you can't say I didn't warn you!

And to Richard... yes I was a bit surprised at the somewhat reckless use of the Komatsu too...

but it looks like there wasn't a whole lot holding the rear body together though. I wonder whether a 'Blitz bruise' is worse than 'Bulldozer rash'.

Tony Wheeler · #9 20-05-13, 10:08

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Originally Posted by Richard Coutts-Smith

Don't think the owner of the Humber will be too impressed.

Yes I had to break the news gently to Dave! However he's not too fussed as the rear body is beyond salvage apart from a few fittings. Hoping to recover it next weekend.

Alex van de Wetering · #10 20-05-13, 11:53

Keith,

did the 12cab get the same treatment? I hope it was among the vehicles that were saved(?)

Alex

Keith Webb · #11 20-05-13, 11:57

Is the funeral pyre for C60S, L and F60L and possibly more!
Watch for the exploding tyre!

http://youtu.be/TR8h-8Y4zmE

Tony Wheeler · #12 20-05-13, 12:11

Of interest amongst all the carnage is this rusted out Cab 12 which turns out to have been a Rover armoured car initially, serial no. 77736. It appears to be a wartime conversion with the cab interior painted luminous white like an AFV...perhaps converted by the armoured unit where it served? This particular Rover was F60S based so the upshot is a Cab 12 F60S - a very surprising sight to behold!

Anyway I saved it from the marauding Mr. Komatsu who was hovering hungrily nearby after devouring a few Chevs for entree. Unfortunately this scrappy is paying $190 a ton which makes it somewhat uneconomical to save, recover, and store 4 tons of rusted out CMP of little monetary value and even less prospect of restoration. With no prior access to the property I found myself scrambling frantically over the wrecks with a hammer and cold chisel trying to save what parts I could whilst being pursued by Mr. Komatsu!

Tony Wheeler · #13 20-05-13, 12:26

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Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Keith, did the 12cab get the same treatment? I hope it was among the vehicles that were saved(?)

Relax Alex, we couldn't let the Cab 12 meet this fate, we'd be having nightmares ever after! All CMPs scrapped were Cab 13 - two Fords and four Chevs. I'll post some pics shortly.

Ryan · #14 20-05-13, 12:42

In a bit of shock.

Peter Hommes · #15 20-05-13, 12:54

I think we have to report these people

Keith Webb · #16 20-05-13, 12:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Keith,

did the 12cab get the same treatment? I hope it was among the vehicles that were saved(?)

Alex

That one is safe.

Hanno Spoelstra · #17 20-05-13, 17:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Everything here was extremely rusty and, well... you can't save them all.

WARNING: These are very painful to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJdnD...yer_detailpage

Horrible to see how cruel the "Komatsusaur" is. The poor Blitz is struggling to hold on for dear life, but only after it has been dragged into it's den the Komatsusaur bites off the Blitz' head.....

H.

Tony Wheeler · #18 20-05-13, 17:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Everything here was extremely rusty and, well... you can't save them all.

Yes, not worth shedding any tears over these rusted out relics, they're a dime a dozen in Victoria. It's a familiar story - they've been sitting out in high rainfall Gippsland weather for decades, as part of a farmer's lifetime accumulation of assorted vehicles and junk which is now left to his elderly wife to dispose of somehow in order to sell the property. Often in these situations we don't get a look in as the family simply calls in the scrappy - there's no financial incentive to advertise and have collectors traipsing around the joint and haggling over scrap value. I'll post some vehicle pics in due course, meanwhile here's a few of the general scene.

Tony Wheeler · #19 20-05-13, 19:17

This very complete Humber would have been in excellent condition if shedded. It's now going to Seymour where it will receive a complete body transplant! I'm informed there were only 150 of these imported to Australia, of which only a handful survive today. They're a nice looking unit but a little over-engineered for my CMP tastes!

Tony Wheeler · #20 20-05-13, 19:27

...is all very complicated!

Tony Wheeler · #21 20-05-13, 19:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Horrible to see how cruel the "Komatsusaur" is. The poor Blitz is struggling to hold on for dear life, but only after it has been dragged into it's den the Komatsusaur bites off the Blitz' head.....

Yes, it's all very predatory isn't it Hanno!

motto · #22 20-05-13, 22:07

Sounds like one of those cockies that wouldn't part with anything because. "I'm going to do it up one day". Meanwhile no one else gets a look in and it decays into oblivion.

David

Euan McDonald · #23 21-05-13, 01:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

A very rusty C60S tipper gets the treatment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIZam...yer_detailpage

Did anyone else notice the Bren carrier track winch hanging from the rear of the tipper?

easo · #24 21-05-13, 10:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony Wheeler

This very complete Humber would have been in excellent condition if shedded. It's now going to Seymour where it will receive a complete body transplant! I'm informed there were only 150 of these imported to Australia, of which only a handful survive today. They're a nice looking unit but a little over-engineered for my CMP tastes!

I'm in Seymour, where is it going?

Easo

jack neville · #25 21-05-13, 11:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by motto

Sounds like one of those cockies that wouldn't part with anything because. "I'm going to do it up one day". Meanwhile no one else gets a look in and it decays into oblivion.

David

That's all I could think of when I saw the well known huge collection at Rupunyip. Saved for now from today's scrap dealer only to deteriorate for the next scrap dealer.

Tim Lovelock · #26 21-05-13, 12:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony Wheeler

This very complete Humber would have been in excellent condition if shedded. It's now going to Seymour where it will receive a complete body transplant! I'm informed there were only 150 of these imported to Australia, of which only a handful survive today. They're a nice looking unit but a little over-engineered for my CMP tastes!

Think I know of one under pine trees in Somerville in a very poor state too!

Tony Wheeler · #27 21-05-13, 12:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Euan McDonald

Did anyone else notice the Bren carrier track winch hanging from the rear of the tipper?

D'oh!

Sorry Euan, I had a good look through the stuff in that tipper, which included three rusty flathead blocks and miscellaneous engine parts, but I've never even heard of a Bren carrier track winch, let alone seen a picture of one! It doesn't look "vehicular" to me, so I probably dismissed it as yet another piece of industrial or farm machinery.

By way of background for others here - access to this property has been extremely difficult to arrange, requiring the son to take time off work as his elderly mother now lives alone there. The task fell to me as I'm not working and I live out that way. My "inspection" consisted of running around taking as many photos as possible in the brief time allotted, and circulating them subsequently to prospective buyers. A handful of vehicles were identified as "keepers", with the rest to be stripped of useful parts. However, despite my numerous attempts to arrange access for parts salvage, it wasn't given until commencement of scrapping. Unfortunately one of the photos that didn't get circulated was this one:

Tony Wheeler · #28 21-05-13, 13:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by easo

I'm in Seymour, where is it going? Easo

Hi Easo,

I'd need to get permission from the buyer to identify him here, and I imagine he'd like to know who is enquiring. I don't know anyone named Easo so I'm unable to tell him!

Cheers,
Tony

Tony Wheeler · #29 21-05-13, 14:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by motto

Sounds like one of those cockies that wouldn't part with anything because "I'm going to do it up one day". Meanwhile no one else gets a look in and it decays into oblivion.

"The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do."

At present I'm still in the "dreamer" phase of restoration, pending construction of a shed in which to enter the "doer" phase. If I haven't "done" anything in 5 years, kindly shoot me and repossess my CMPs!

The real tragedy with hoarders is not that they hoard, it's that they hoard OUTDOORS!

Tony Wheeler · #30 21-05-13, 16:14

Also scrapped was this low mileage late model F60S bearing RAAF markings and what looks like ARN 209963. I had planned to save the motor but ran out of time before Mr. Komatsu arrived on the scene. I regret not asking him to help me extract it, but I'd already made a nuisance of myself and held up proceedings enough. With nothing but a few hand tools there simply wasn't time to save everything, the scale of destruction was overwhelming.