Chevrolet C60L ARN 89131

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Matt Austin

He did, Shane. Based on those that sold at an auction in Marrar a couple of years ago,
Cheers,
Matt

That would be old Bill Pattisons place. I visited him a few times in the 1980's . The pick of his stuff was the Ford 1940 battery staff roadster ute , he just would not part with it - sadly he left it outside and it really fell to bits , it even had the original canvas top rotting on it .

I did persuade him to sell a ex army 1941 ford 15 cwt truck 11D .... the rare model with the widened car 16" wheels . Glassons in Wagga had it as A TOW TRUCK in blue livery . I did a rough rebuild on it and took it to tassie where I got it registered in Devonport ! The ferry trip over was nice , my brother lives down there . I sold it to a film company and if you ever see a movie "the nun and the bandit" thats my truck in the movie . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nun_and_the_Bandit Paul Cox came out of the Middle Park office and said hi to me as I was replacing the radiator , they paid me to do some work on it, they paid 800 bucks to have the radiator recored

Cannot believe this ..on u tube my truck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf0pGxXBTyI

the tyres on it are bar treads ..very cut up ones too . I hand painted the vehicle with house paint !
Bill had some very nice CMP's in his collection . As a teenager during the war, he told me, Wirraways would often fly over the farm on training hops . One crashed into a tree near Marrar killing the 2 flyers . The roof of his bungalow was held down by heavy lumps of metal tied to ropes and hung over the eaves ..... I have some pics of some of his vehicles somewhere