GAZ Jeep

[Mike Kelly]

The GAZ 67B featured in this video lived here in Victoria for many years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTJM1hqeIHo


The guy in the video does a pretty fair job of presenting the GAZ but I spotted a few errors - he refers to the Monegeetta proving ground as being a 'disposal yard' he then goes on to say or infer that Hughes Trading ( surplus dealers) were located at Monegeetta.

Also, the guy presenting the video is rather vague about how the GAZ was acquired by Bill W. Bill told me himself , the GAZ was advertised one Saturday morning in the classifieds of the AGE newspaper. I don't know if Bill was aware of the GAZ before the advert appeared that Saturday morning but at least one VMVC member, Bevan Fenner, had spotted the GAZ back in the early 1960s when the GAZ was sitting in a yard belonging to Hughes Trading. After the GAZ had been repaired to running condition, Bill attended a few of the ANZAC day march parades in Melbourne with the GAZ , one year, we followed him back along St Kilda road and a rear wheel on the GAZ had a noticeable wobble.

I have a few pics of the GAZ under rebuild , that I snapped when I visited Bill W. at his home in Moorabbin. Bill had employed a retired panel beater to help with the restoration work.

I found a few newspaper reports in TROVE . It appears that this particular GAZ ( now residing in the USA ) was on display at one department store in Sydney , David jones, and possibly a few other stores . The GAZ was also on display at the Sydney Royal Easter show, held in March 1953, where it was vandalized by some of the show crowd.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) View title info Tue 23 Jun 1953

[Mike Cecil]

Thanks Mike, nice vid, few errors as you point out. I note there was no reference to the documentation including a Moveable Cultural Heritage Permit for the permanent export of this vehicle from Australia. Have to wonder how it was able to leave Australia.

Mike