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Old 17-02-08, 09:19
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hello kym
good pick up
You dont want one of those horrible chevs -Ill swap you a ford for it
good luck
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Old 17-02-08, 09:28
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hello kym
good pick up
You dont want one of those horrible chevs -Ill swap you a ford for it
good luck
I'll swap you one of my No9 Chev bodies for a No9 FORD!
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Old 17-02-08, 09:53
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I think the phrase even rarer than rocking horse crap comes into play there
I would be happy driving any gun tractor Ford or chev
If you want to lose one of yours keith let me know
At least i could take the whole family in a arty
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Old 17-02-08, 10:03
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I think the phrase even rarer than rocking horse crap comes into play there
I would be happy driving any gun tractor Ford or chev
If you want to lose one of yours keith let me know
At least i could take the whole family in a arty
Yep, a genuine 7 seater 'SUV' equipped with winch and tyre pump. The ultimate CMP.
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Old 17-02-08, 23:35
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Hi Andrew... Mine are all Ford bar one and thats a bit big for this back end.. Seems Ford or Chev they are all popular..
Have a good one too..
kym
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Old 23-02-08, 23:13
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Heres some more pics of the body now that she is home and safe from the scrappy's...
We lifted her on by hand (took four of us) with only minimal damage to anything including us.!!
The one with the sign post is to help Salesman Bob realize where she was found.. It's good training for cross border raids.!! The roof started to part company here so it was plenty of packing and pull her back together.. The rivets gave up the ghost on one side..
The data plate is pretty well destroyed but you can still see some of the numbers..
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Old 23-02-08, 23:21
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Theres a bit of rust but not to bad at all considering.. And about 5 bullet holes obviously received in Battle.. Possibly the battle of "Long Neck Tan Bottle"
Anyway there she is.. Just have to decide whats next..
Have a good day all..
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Old 23-02-08, 23:28
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What's next is simple. You just have to get a rolling chassis to go with it and do a frame up restoration, then get the gun and kit to go with it and you're just about there. Nothing to it!!
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Old 24-02-08, 00:00
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Hi Kym - that is close to home. I identified the intersection, ergo the location area. Most unusual vehicle to be in that area. I take it you scoured the farm for any other bits? Did you get any information about how it got there or any photographs from when it was acquired?
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Old 24-02-08, 00:57
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I can see why you were having trouble keeping it together... also why you were able to lift it with just four of you. The subframe looks to be completely absent!
The rear floor is just timber floorboards attached to the subframe. Interesting to see one of the timber POL lower holders is still there.
And she's body 59... the highest number found so far.
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Old 23-05-11, 06:50
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Hi all - one of these days I will learn how to post past threads on current ones. Anyway I think this is the body of the No.9 I have posted in the Sales Department.

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