Champ for sale

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Richard Coutts-Smith

You guys will believe anything, its just a bloke walking alog holding a bit of pipe up. In the next shot he's swimming back with a shark fin strapped to his back!!!
Rich

Rich..
I know you are right...Anything with Lucas electrics won't even start if it is foggy out and anything with an ignition coil model # LU 4-55 has to be LUCAS...
And they are trying to get us to believe that that "Thing" is running under water...
MWAWAWAWHAHAHAHAhahahahaha!!!!

[Ryan]

On Oz ebay.
No connections.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/RARE-ARMY-MAN...QQcmdZViewItem

[Ryan]

a couple on ebay in oz, they may have been around the block once or twice.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/AUSTIN-CHAMP-...1%7C240%3A1318

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/AUSTIN-CHAMP-...1%7C240%3A1318

cheers.

[Tony Smith]

Ryan, don't forget this, and this.

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Perth Champ on E-Bay.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Austin-Champ-...item45f2681c55

"Austin Champ. One of the most overengineered Jeeps on the planet. Built to British Army Specification after World War 2, running a Rolls Royce B40 engine water proofed engine, this jeep is indestructible.

It just needs someone with the time to restore it's glory. I've had this car running on and off in the last few years, and it had a good service last year. It needs some work on the drive train, which will require someone with the skills and time. "

Needs some work on the drive train? Oh Dear.......
Rich

[Ryan]

this one is on NZ trade me

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-309321489.htm

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Thanks Ryan,
This is a "real" Champ, which is to say the civilian version (The military one was only a number -FV1800 - it just unofficially adopted the name ) Considerably rarer as well.
Austin filmed a 20min or so PR colour film of two new Civvy Champs on a very hilly NZ sheep farm.
For those that are interested, the difference's are
Austin A90 engine
Civilian dash
One piece wheel rims (to all intents and purposes, Landy rims)
Fixed windscreen frame
Sidesteps
No machine gun mount on scuttle
Filled in front on front mudgaurd.
12 volt

Quite obviously (from these pics) the propensity for rust is exactly the same.
Here endeth the lesson.
Rich.