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09-12-09, 08:00
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Vic Railways LP 2A Carrier 755 Recovered
In our search for parts for Carrier 2515 as noted above we came across the remains of Victorian Railways Carrier 755.
The hull was in pretty poor condition but it had a lot of useful parts that had been removed from 2515. The previous owner of this carrier was able to fill us in on it's post-army history (which is quite brief); The carrier was purchased at an army disposal auction in 1946, was used for 2 years to tow a grain bin around the property but was found to not perform very well at this task and it was put to rest where we recovered it from. So it had sat in the same spot for 60+ years which explains the size of the tree growing through the rear of the carrier and the tree growing over the front of it. The tree in the rear strangled itself through the rear steelwork which had to be cut out as part ofthe recovery operation. The carrier had been salvaged of parts over the years to keep other farm trucks operational. This carrier is fitted with one of the 5 spoke front idler wheels. Ian 
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09-12-09, 08:04
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The carrier pulled away from the front tree with very little damage caused to either the carrier or the tree. The track, whilst a bit stiff in a few links freed up reasonably well and we should be able to use a good portion, if not all of it.
Ian
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09-12-09, 08:20
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SA Railways Carrier 1363
We acquired the remains of SA Railways Carrier 1363 from another collector (thanks John). This hull is badly cut up but has some parts on it that weren't attached to either of the above carriers so will come in useful for the restoration of carrier 2515.
We are still chasing a few leads on other parts (and carrier remains) but have now acquired most of the parts needed to get 2515 back to a running carrier. Ian
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10-12-09, 07:21
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Hello Ian,
You have been busy, Good finds there. look forward to seeing some progress. Regards Justin.
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Go Kimi! Met Gas LP2A carrier Hull no.2753- Progressing slowly.
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#5
10-12-09, 07:55
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Thanks Justin.
The carrier finds all came about quite quickly (well quicker than I originally envisaged). I'll make sure I update the progress of the restoration when it starts. Ian
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12-12-09, 07:30
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Congratulations
 you look to have at least one or two very good beginnings for restoration It suprises me that there are still unrecovered carriers around in various states of being Look forward to seeing their progress 
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Have a good one Andrew Custodian of the "Rare and Rusty" 
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